What Brand names do you trust?

Glock...Handguns
Citizen (EcoDrive)...Watches
Nikon...Cameras
Kershaw & Benchmade...Knives
Kodak...Film
Carhartt...Clothing
Ford...Vehicle
Swedish...Women .:D.:D.
 
Xbox 360...oh wait, my bad. :D

Benchmade knives
RAT knives
surefire lights
Ariat Boots
Nike running shoes ( i suppose i have narrow feminine feet) lol
Luminox watches
Fossil Watches
Oakley shades
Dell computers
Mossberg shotguns
Leatherman anything
federal ammunition
wrangler jeans
Footjoy golf shoes
leupold optics
vizio tvs
helzberg diamonds (for the girlfriend)

AND...

Anyone that gives a military discount
 
Kenmore-Appliances....have done fairly well by me in the last 10 years

BMW

Rolex

Starrett-precision tools

Wiha-precision tools

Dewalt, Makita, Porter-Cable, Milwaukee-tools

Surefire

Paul Long, Kenny Rowe, Galco, Charles Snody, David Morgan leather

Remington,Benelli,Colt

Kershaw,Swiss Army Brands/Victorinox, Himalyan Imports

The Balvenie, Clear Creek Distillery, Stone Brewing

Macanudo, Hoyo de Monterrey, Arturo Fuente, Rocky Patel

Nordstrom, Mephisto Shoes, JB Britches trousers, Brooks Brothers shirting, Harley-Davidson jeans and t-shirts, Carhartt, Joseph Abboud suits, US made New Balance shoes, Allen-Edmonds shoes, Peters Brothers Hats, Stetson hats, Dan Post boots

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Seiko
Rolex
Zippo
NovaTac
Kikkoman (teriyaki)
RooR
Kirkland (jeans, T's, and socks... and everything else Costco)

Reese Weiland
Darrel Ralph
F-N (for making a SAW that gave me no trouble)
 
Gollnick said:
Nope. My one S&W, a Sport 22, was horrible. I'm glad I sold that thing.
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I am sure when people mention S&W, they are mostly referring to the revolvers. They have a .22 auto with a good reputation, but it costs around $1000 and doesn't look like a compressed turd.

I don't like lists like these since I strongly disagree with many of the posted brands for various reasons, and it ends up reading like a "list of brands I own." (because I would never buy crap :D)
 
Honda bikes/cars
Tag Heuer/Breitling
Emerson/CRK/Spyderco
Black Flys/Arnette
Sony/Ericsson
Surefire
Etnies
Soma...
 
Toyota
New Balance
Oakley
3M
Meguiar's
Mother's
DeWalt
Bosch
Klein Tools
Chan-nel-lock
Milwaukee
Craftsman
Burt's Bees (I know, I know... But I need my chapstick.)

And the one that a lot of people are going to disagree with me on:

Apple. I know I can get a good 4-5 years out of their laptops with no BS, and if something breaks, they fix it.
 
Gollnick said:
Obviously haven't had their Pine Tree Brandy. But, that one amazing disappointment aside, I agree.
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Actually, I was given a bottle as a gift, and I find it stellar.

Not for everyone, though.;)

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
alaskanmonte said:
I saw this on another forum and I waited your guys (and gals) opinion on it. What brands do you trust? It could be clothing, cars, motorcycles, knives, guns, etc. I put it here because it could be anything. Hopefully this is the right section for it. I'll start it off:

Ford
Yamaha (motorcycles, ATV's, sound equipment)
Buck
Kershaw
Smith & Wesson (guns)
Haynes
Toshiba (Computers)
RCA

I have had good luck with all these brands, and would not hesitate to buy an item from them.
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You are probably too young to remember when Toshiba, who had been hired to do research on our attack subs electronics sold everything we had given them to the Soviets. I was happy to see that no one else named them.
 
A. G. Russell said:
You are probably too young to remember when Toshiba, who had been hired to do research on our attack subs electronics sold everything we had given them to the Soviets. I was happy to see that no one else named them.
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Not only that, but there was a smoking-gun memo in which a senior Toshiba executive said (and I paraphrase), "I know that this is wrong, but we want the money so go ahead and do it."

Oh, I remember that. My first job as an engineer at Boeing Military Airplanes was part of the big Toshiba design-out. Every Toshiba part had to be replaced in every DOD-purchased product. The DOD would tolerate no Toshiba. I have never designed a Toshiba part into a product since.... never.

I know a lot of engineers in the defense sector to this day and they tell me that Toshiba is unofficially black-balled to this day.

Just a few months ago, Toshiba's local sales rep called and asked if he could come in and present Toshiba's line to me and my team, "lunch-and-learn" as we call it. I usually take these opportunities; it's free lunch for me and the guys and we might learn something. But, in this case, my answer was: Absolutely not! He, of course, wanted to know why and so I told him. He said that that incident still dogs them in every market to this day. Good!

I, for one, would not want a Toshiba-brand life preserver if I was drowning.
 
Silky saws;

Gransfors Bruks axes;

Shiloh Sharps rifles;

Buffalo Bore ammo;

Feathered Friends everything;

Gregory packs.

DancesWithKnives

[And I agree that Toshiba can kiss my backside!]
 
Thank you for the info. on Toshiba, I had no idea about some of the past actions by this company. I was just going on experience of the two computers I had purchased from them and there customer service when I have talked to them.
 
I'm also adding my tobacco products of choice to the list... By the end of the month I hope to be tobacco free.

Marlboro reds
Camel lights
Prime Time strawberry filtered cigars
Copenhagen whiskey blend long cut
Grizzly long cut natural and mint
Punch
Romeo y Julieta
 
Acura
Allen Edmonds
Apple
Benchmade
Callaway
Discount Tire
Dyson
Häagen-Dazs
Hart, Shaffner & Marx
Honda
John Deere
Jos. A. Bank
Kohler
New Balance
Nikon
Omega
Ralph Lauren
Ritz Carlton
Ruth's Chris
Sony
Spyderco
Toyota
Yamaha
 
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I would say Blade Tech. I have always been impressed with the fact that the company owner, Tim Wegner, always trudges out to gun and knife shows and personally mans his booth. Also he is an avid hunter and always stresses that he takes his own stuff out in the field and beats on it to try to make it fail. I have one blade tech knife and two or three holsters and sheaths by them.

I have had two North Face jackets and been very pleased with both. Especially my current one--looks and functions great, and has a well designed removable liner that can be used as a cool-weather jacket by itself.

It is made in China though. The first one I bought about 15 years ago was made in the US.

For the most part I think it is folly to depend on the mega brands. If they can make money selling quality they will do that, and if junk they'll do that too. Growing up my dad always had GM cars, so I was a GM guy, but let's face it, that really is magical thinking.
 
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