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What items are you brand loyal to?

Asked by JLeslie (65790points) January 18th, 2011

Brands you won’t bend on, won’t buy what is cheaper or substitute something else. You prefer to do without or wait until you can buy it.

My list is:

Bounty paper towels
Cottenelle TP
Birds Eye French cut beans with almonds
Coca cola
Wacoal, Calvin, and On Gossamer bras
Polly-o ricotta
Chicken of the Sea canned tuna
Loreal and Revlon nail polish
Chanel lipstick
Lancome mascara
Sebastian mousse and hairspray
Stouffers frozen food, not including pizza or veggies

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Rarebear's avatar

Sierra Nevada
Dogfish Head
Boston Brewing
Russian River
Stone
Pizza Port
Lagunitas

JLeslie's avatar

@Rarebear I don’t know one of those. Lol. What are they?

Rarebear's avatar

@JLeslie You must not be much of a beer drinker. Those are all breweries.

Taciturnu's avatar

Great Question! :)

Charmin/Cottonelle Ripples
Birdseye vegetables
King Arthur Bread Flower Flour—(Freudian slip.)
Seventh Generation Cleaning products (except dishwasher powder. That’s Trader Joe’s.)
Arm and Hammer toothpaste
Blue Diamonds Almond Breeze milk
Tide or Arm and Hammer laundry detergent, with Downy softener.
Rocketdog Flip flops (Always. Teva is acceptable.)
Although I’m not brand loyal, Lancome’s hypnodrama is my favorite.

I know there’s more, too.

@Rarebear I did not like Dogfish Head.

Rarebear's avatar

@Taciturnu I don’t like all of Sam’s beers at Dogfish, but none of them are boring. He’s really pushing the envelope of brewing and I appreciate that.

Mamradpivo's avatar

Amen @Rarebear May I add Ninkasi, New Belgium and Avery.

Also:
Apple
Gap
Keen
Prana
Giant Bicycle
Honda

Only138's avatar

Diet Coke, Miller & Marlboro.

WestRiverrat's avatar

Sturm Ruger & Co
Springfield Arms.

deni's avatar

Fun question! :)

Ponds face cream
St. Ives face WASH
Abita Purple Haze
Burts Bees chapstick
Dr. Bronner soap
Tom’s of Maine toothpaste….I will never have another
Trader Joe’s salsa
Target fruit snacks
Levis

zenvelo's avatar

Patagonia clothing
SmartWool socks
Ecco and New Balance shoes

faye's avatar

Oh, yes, Levi’s, Gain laundry detergent and dryer sheets, Maybelline mascara, Silk chocolate soy milk, Jessica bras, Clubhouse gravy mix, Sapporo Ichiban noodles, Joico Ice Mist hair spray, Oil of Olay Regenerist cream.

Mamradpivo's avatar

Ooh, another one. J Fold wallets. If you don’t own one, get out and buy one. You’ll never buy another wallet.

Bellatrix's avatar

Not much of a brand person but here are a couple I am loyal to.

Russell Hobbs. I have now had three of their kettles and they always last for years and years.
Marks and Spencer – love their clothing. It is usually good quality and now I can buy there stuff in Australia.

I can’t think of anything else right now but I am sure there are more.

tinyfaery's avatar

The only thing I can think of is Apple. I will never go back to a PC. Other than that, I have no brand loyalty. I buy whatever I feel like at the moment.

deni's avatar

And Sarris chocolate. But it’s not available out here, so now my preference is Symphony bars. I can’t believe Hershey makes them. They’re so much better than regular Hershey chocolate, which I hate.

Brian1946's avatar

Bounty paper towels.
Honda cars.
Follow Your Heart egg-free and organic Vegenaise.

hug_of_war's avatar

Nothing, I hate brand loyalty, it leads to not exploring a good option because it’s not your brand

deni's avatar

@hug_of_war Well you can explore brands and settle on one once you know its the best!

downtide's avatar

There are no brands that I won’t bend on.

augustlan's avatar

Bounty paper towels and napkins
Heinz Ketchup
Hellman’s Mayo
Sprite Zero
Thomas’ English Muffins
Zebra pens
Prego spaghetti sauce
Netflix
Cacique bras (If you’re big busted, check them out. For reals.)

JLeslie's avatar

@augustlan I can’t believe I forgot Hellman’s mayo. Mayonnaise is one of the most brand loyal products people buy. Pretty much nobody will eat Kraft, Hellman’s or Miracle Whip interchangeably. And, Heinz all the way. I hate Hunt’s. Which prego flavor do you like?

@all Thanks everyone. GA for all. I don’t think anyone mentioned coffee? I would have thought that would come up.

@Mamradpivo I’m going to look up that wallet.

Cruiser's avatar

Quaker Oats Old Fashioned Oat Meal….any other oatmeal blows except the steel cut oats which are ungodly expensive and and I won’t pay that much money for mush!

Austinlad's avatar

Apple, though I’m not a slave to the company.

Seelix's avatar

Heinz ketchup.
Bic lighters.
Degree antiperspirant.

Aesthetic_Mess's avatar

Apple iPod
Blistex
Secret deodorant
Google
Pentel

AmWiser's avatar

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes
Alaga Syrup
Welche’s Grape Jelly
Jif Crunchy Peanut Butter
Snuggle Fabric Softner

Only138's avatar

@Seelix Yep, gotta have Heinz.

augustlan's avatar

@JLeslie Oh, I can’t stand Miracle Whip. That is NOT mayo! But my husband likes the stuff, so we usually have both in our fridge. For Prego, I mix and match. I like the Three Cheese, the Tomato, Basil, Garlic, and the regular. It’s all pretty good, and definitely my favorite brand of jarred spaghetti sauce. I won’t use any other!

Neizvestnaya's avatar

Cottonelle or Quilted Northern TP
Aveeno sunscreen/moiturizer
Covergirl powder foundation
Burt’s Bees lipbalm
Maybelline mascara
Tom’s of Maine toothpaste
Oral B toothbrushes
Tombstone frozen pizza
Rotel canned tomato salsa
Champion men’s undies
Calvin Klein men’s undies
Franco Sarto ladies’ shoes
Anne Klein ladies’ shoes
Brahmin ladies handbags

buster's avatar

Dickies work pants
Spitfire skateboard wheels
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Nag Champa incense
Element rice rolling papers
Jack Daniels
Bones skateboard bearings
DeWalt power tools
Sun-Drop citrus soda
My Remington 870 Express 12 gauge

geeky_mama's avatar

Wow—this took some thought. My criteria became: an item that I would absolutely not buy a different brand of, no matter what..and that I wholeheartedly love with no reservations.

-China Mist Passion Fruit Iced Tea (tea bags)
-Wildberry Incense
-CoverGirl Powder
-Land O’ Lakes Butter
-Pears soap (bar soap for washing face)
-Secret Powder Fresh Deodorant
-Jockey Thigh-Hi pantyhose (though I loathe panty hose, when required this is the only kind I’ll wear)

JLeslie's avatar

@geeky_mama You reminded me Fleishmann’s margarine.

incendiary_dan's avatar

I was going to say Cold Steel brand machetes, but even that isn’t true. I guess I have no brand loyalty, unless you count military surplus gear, which I prefer for my hiking and camping equipment.

Pachy's avatar

Brushing my teeth this morning, something I try to do at least once a month, it occurred to me that no matter how many other toothpastes I try or even stick with for a while, I always go back to good ol’ Colgate, which I believe is the only choice my mom gave us kids gowing up. That was a long time ago, but today it looks the same, tastes the same, and so far as I can tell cleans and protects my teeth as well as any other brand. It’s also, amazingly, a little cheaper than most other brands.

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