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Big Brand names who are worth the money and deliver great quality products?

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  • 09-05-2020 7:30pm
    #1
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    Thanks


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    #2
    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,987 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    G star

    Adidas

    Panasonic


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    #3
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭0gac3yjefb5sv7


    Philips also


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    #4
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Columbia
    Sako
    Audi

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #5
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    escort ireland.


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    #6
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,595 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Apple.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Apple.


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    #8
    Colonel Claptrap
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Colonel Claptrap


    Brennan's bread


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    #9
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,886 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Leatherman
    Ecco
    The North Face
    Grey's Rods
    Shimano
    Deerhunter Clothing
    Bovril

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Bosch.

    Even when stuff does eventually break down, you can get parts for 20+ year old kit easily


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    #11
    Ekerot
    Registered Users Posts: 536 ✭✭✭Ekerot


    Nintendo


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    #12
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    None.

    Or rather before going on reputation check if there has been a recent takeover or new CEO and check the reviews of recent products.

    Far too many company's biggest asset is the brand which makes the a target for asset strippers and CEO's and shareholders whose interest is a short term return rather than keeping the company solvent.


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    TommyGun2017
    Registered Users Posts: 272 ✭✭TommyGun2017


    Sony. Found an old walkman recently whilst going through the attic. Lashed a few fresh batteries in and was as good as new


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    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,723 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    Canon. Love all my cameras i have bought over the years. Sony. Great headphones.

    Samsung, maybe not as good as Apple ( I don't like itunes so was always Android ) but I have a 200 quid phone that is fine. Maybe I don't need a more expensive one. Also really like their tablets. Never had a problem with any Samsung product.


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    nthclare
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭nthclare


    Patagonia, Century fishing rods, Bellstaff,
    Bowers and Wilkinson, Shimano fishing reels, sage fishing rods, Yamaha...

    All good quality products and especially the sage fly fishing rods.
    You could trash the Sh1t out of them, I do have a gentle cast but I've caught plenty of tree's.
    I bought Grey's fly rods and broke two in tree's.

    Bellstaff wax jackets are almost bullet proof, I won't review the rest lol


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    #16
    bluefinger
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭bluefinger


    Honda motorbikes are bullet proof


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    #17
    Melanchthon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Melanchthon


    L1011 wrote: »
    Bosch.

    Even when stuff does eventually break down, you can get parts for 20+ year old kit easily

    I thought it was only Bosch blue tools that were actually real good with the Green stuff being pretty standard. Think Makita and milwaukee tools are the very highly rated brands by the trades (when they think it's not going to get nicked by someone!)


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    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    Original Penguin


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    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Adidas

    Samsung

    Sony

    Ibanez Guitars

    French Connection / FCUK

    Nissan

    Hyundai

    Mercedes


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    KoolKluxKlan
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    German Bosch appliances are always rock solid, no issues at all.

    Apple have done me well too, got 11 years out of a Macbook, purchased a new one last week and the build quality is just blow-away. Their iPads are in a league of their own.

    Yale also a great company, have never heard anyone at my work badmouth them.


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    #21
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    KoolKluxKlan wrote: »

    Yale also a great company, have never heard anyone at my work badmouth them.

    I went to their Christmas party years ago. I got locked. Tried to get into another place but was turned away.


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    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,886 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    nthclare wrote: »
    Patagonia, Century fishing rods, Bellstaff,
    Bowers and Wilkinson, Shimano fishing reels, sage fishing rods, Yamaha...

    All good quality products and especially the sage fly fishing rods.
    You could trash the Sh1t out of them, I do have a gentle cast but I've caught plenty of tree's.
    I bought Grey's fly rods and broke two in tree's.

    Bellstaff wax jackets are almost bullet proof, I won't review the rest lol

    You should have availed of their lifetime warranty on the first one.

    I've found them a great company to deal with, accidentally broke one of their rods when closing the boot of a car one time. Contacted them and was told to cut the damaged section into 6 inch pieces so it was cheaper to post and enclose a note with my return address.

    One week later I had the replacement at no charge and I am still covered for my lifetime with the same rod.

    I forgot to mention Vortex as well, they sell rifle scopes, binoculars etc. Top quality stuff. I bought a secondhand Vortex rifles scope from a private seller in the UK. It worked perfectly until I had an accident while out hunting and damaged it, completely my own fault.

    Contacted Vortex and told them my predicament, same service, returned broken item and it was replaced with a brand new (actually updated newer) model to what I had bought secondhand.

    Their lifetime warranty is not only unconditional but follows the item for life, no receipt or proof of purchase required.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #23
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,257 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Miele

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #24
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Microsoft


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    #25
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    LEGO (but the year on year price rises means some new sets are not good value)


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    #26
    mooreman09
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭mooreman09


    Weber


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    #27
    TommyGun2017
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    bluefinger wrote: »
    Honda motorbikes are bullet proof

    Can vouch for the Honda lawnmowers also. My oul lad bought his in the mid 90s and it just wont die.


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    harry Bailey esq
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    TommyGun2017 wrote: »
    Sony. Found an old walkman recently whilst going through the attic. Lashed a few fresh batteries in and was as good as new

    For most things I'd agree, but I've went through three Experia phones in three years. A joy to use, but the slightest knock and the screen is bollixed


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    #29
    PCeeeee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭PCeeeee


    Baikal.


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    #30
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    LEGO (but the year on year price rises means some new sets are not good value)

    I got the Technic Space Shuttle about 25 years ago, it was £127.95. XMas prezzy, I was 11, dunno why the price stuck in my head, maybe it's that it was a right few bob at the time.

    What the hell would it go for now?

    First they came for the socialists...



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    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,886 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Feisar wrote: »
    I got the Technic Space Shuttle about 25 years ago, it was £127.95. XMas prezzy, I was 11, dunno why the price stuck in my head, maybe it's that it was a right few bob at the time.

    What the hell would it go for now?

    The moon?

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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