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What are your 'name brand only' items? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by whosdadog@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What do you refuse to get generic versions of?

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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

Ballpoint pens. Bic, Papermate, and Zebra are pretty much all I would consider buying.

Edit: there are lots of other brands that I forgot to consider. I'm mainly talking about inexpensive plastic tubes, but included Zebra (a metal tube) which I'm a fan of.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's Pilot G2 05 for me.

[–] barrage4u@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Pilot is king

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