OT: Things that the store brand equivalent is not equivalent

99jc

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Coffee no store brands are as good as fresh whole beans from the Himalayans. I am in several coffee clubs and though it does cost more the taste is incomparable! I bought a Ninja professional machine and i can make coffee better than Starbucks. Americano, Expressos, Lattes, you name it with the foamier hot or ice coffee. If you love coffee, you must get this machine it grinds your beans before you brew.
 
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Seinfeld

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A couple more off-brand drinks that suuuuck compared to the actual products...
One of our weekly rituals is getting gas station snacks on Friday afternoon after picking the kids up from school, and being that most of Casey’s snacks are pretty dang good, I decided to give Dr Flavor a try a month or two ago.

I’ve had Dr Thunder, Big K, and probably a dozen other knockoffs, but Dr Flavor is one of the most god awful sodas I’ve ever tasted.
 
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Chesusdog

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Coffee no store brands are as good as fresh whole beans from the Himalayans. I am in several coffee clubs and though it does cost more the taste is incomparable! I bought a Ninja professional machine and i can make coffee better than Starbucks. Americano, Expressos, Lattes, you name it with the foamier hot or ice coffee. If you love coffee, you must get this machine it grinds your beans before you brew.
Nearly anyone who doesnt overroast their beans can make coffee better than Starbucks. Can't comprehend how that chain became so prolific.

About 10-15 years ago we swapped to whole bean and doing freshly ground. I'm not a snob about many things, but damn is it worth the little bit of extra effort.

We've tried a bunch of different brands throughout the years and our favorite for quite a while has been Dunkin Donuts original whole bean. Its just a damn smooth cup of coffee.
 
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RocketDawg

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Not sure if already mentioned, but store brand batteries are trash. Particularly Amazon. Gimme that Duracell all day.
I bought some Amazon batteries for my golf range finder, and they last at least as well as Duracell or bunny Energizers. Buying those is a crapshoot though. They cost about 1/3 the name brand as I recall.
 

Bulldog Bruce

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Tried them. Hope you get your cut for selling some. These could be great for Mississippians because they can be broken in half and used as a toothpick j.
I have only had two or three out of that sub plastic pack of 50 break in half. The rest are solid. And I have bought them 3 times over the past few years. That's why I use them.
 

kired

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The Kroger brand kitchen garbage bags are really good. They’re just as good as hefty.
Nothing comes close to Glad kitchen garbage bags. I've used exclusively Glad for probably 10 years now... until a few weeks ago I was tempted by Hefty being on sale at ~1/2 price. Literally the first one I used leaked in the bottom of my garbage can. Never again.