What is a product that lived up to it's advertised claims?

Steam Deck

Head-On CAN be appied directly to the forehead! Which was it's only claim.

One of the only brands I would ever promote, Darn Tough socks.

Wear em out, ship them back, order a free pair. It's that easy and they are the most comfortable, durable socks I have ever worn. Won't ever buy another brand.

I've worn mine long and hard and haven't gotten to test out the warranty yet, the first pair I bought is probably closing in on a decade and nearly indistinguishable from pairs that are several years newer. Even if they don't honor their warranty for some reason I feel like I've gotten my money's worth and then some.
I want to point out here, in Australia there is a brand of socks called Darn Tough that is sold at Kmart, Target and BigW, it is NOT THE SAME Darn Tough brand you see raved online. It's a completely different sock brand thats been around for about 20 years in Australia and just happens to have the same name. They are not great socks, very thick but don't last long.
Do you use those for everyday wear?
- Not op. Yes.
- I do indeed. Most of mine are the midweight quarter high hikers.
- Fifth not op. Yes.
  I also wash them with Wool Wash, and about once every 5 wears. Merino Wool is naturally antimicrobial, so I cycle a bunch of pairs letting them air out.
Bought 2 pairs of their normal socks (everyday/sport socks) because they advertised to keep your feet cool during the day. I decided to test them out before I bought a bunch as workout socks.
1 was completely ripped on the sides by literally the 3rd wear (2nd week I had them), only walking around the office a bit.
The other lasted 8 wears before it got a hole on the balls of my feet and was almost worn through on the sides (about 6 weeks), still not one workout done with then
By very far the worst socks I have ever owned. I didn't get a chance to try their warranty because I moved out of the US, but hot damn I will always recommend against their thin socks, only go for the large tube/hiking/warm socks.
- Crazy. I have hiked hundreds of miles in the thin hiking socks, and while they weren't nearly as durable as the midweights, they still outperformed every other sock I have tried. Smartwool, rei, carhartt, typical cotton socks etc. I guess as with most things, YMMV
  Well, that sucks that your experience was poor, especially at their price point. I would be a bit frustrated with the brand as well.
- Bear in mind they're in the EU and don't need a receipt https://darntough.eu/pages/our-unconditional-lifetime-guarantee

Timex: Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

I licked my watch when I was a kid and it kept on ticking.

I think zippo lighters say they’re wind proof. I did enough professional testing a month ago to confirm this. My neighbors can also confirm there was a man in my lawn with a lighter violently whipping it around in his hand until said man was winded.

Sadly i am not made of zippos.

I think "wind-resistant" would be more accurate.
- As someone who used to smoke and had a Zippo, absolutely this. If it was pretty windy, the flame may stay lit but it wouldn't hold still enough to light anything.

Wood glue, no particular brand recommendations, is one of the pew products I trust to do exactly what it claims to - glue wood.

I wonder if there is any bad wood glue out there. I use it quite a bit and I don't think i ever used the same brand twice.
- My latest bottle is gorilla and it works well enough. But exactly like you said, I don't think I could pick it out from every other bottle I've used in the last 20 years.
- For some reason I have a thought in my head that I don't like Elmer's wood glue. I don't know why, I don't remember it ever letting me down.

I fixed my hot tub with Flex Tape. It seems to be doing the job.

now that's a lotta damage
"Open heart surgery - guy's got an artery going - FLEX TAPE"

Bone conduction headphones

Really? I've been dubious of these but...if true...
- The sound quality is definitely worse than similarly priced regular headphones or earbuds.
  But having the ears completely free make them a great option for cycling or running, where keeping track of your surroundings is literally kind of vital.
- I worked in a setting where we had to use them because people had to get audio prompts but still needed to be able to hear for situational awareness. They definitely work and work pretty well. You can even use them underwater. They can’t match the sound quality of actual headphones though. But for voice stuff or if you’re not super picky about audio quality they’re great, you can easily hear everything going on around you much more clearly than any of the “transparency modes” that modern noise cancelling headphones have because they don’t block your ears at all
- They are fantastic for spoken audio like audiobooks and podcasts by themselves, if you're using them in combination with earplugs they work a lot better for music because you get the low bass sounds that you would miss without the ear plugs.
- They're good for activities you want open ears for, like street cycling. Audio quality is not fantastic though. I use them for podcasts.
Have a recommended brand or style?
- I use whatever the premium Shokz product was 4 years ago. They have a new model that's supposed to have better sound quality. I think it's the open run pro 2. That's what I'd get if I were buying another pair

My mom bought my backpack 25 years ago and the clerk told her "they'll last for at least five years".

Well I still use mine daily, so yeah. Definitely lived up to expectations. Although I've did get it fixed, but first time just a year or two ago. So lasted without any fixing for longer than the average age on Lemmy, I'd say.

I bought a laptop backpack a loooooooong time ago, and still use it constantly. It's been through 3 laptops, and I'm not the type to upgrade until it is absolutely necessary.
I bought a military grade backpack on a Marine Corps base in 2001. I used it for 3 years in the military, then all of undergrad, masters, and phd school. I use it on almost all of my travels, and I use it daily in town. It's still going strong. Hope to get another 23 years out of it.

Yes, Apple have become a steaming tower of shitheads, but fuck me, their hardware is (generally) incredibly well built.
I have a 2011 13” MacBook Pro that I bumped up to 16gb RAM, and replaced the DVD drive with a second hard drive. I had it running Sonoma through OCLP until a few weeks ago when I threw Linux Mint on it. Damn thing won’t die. Same for the 2011 and 2014 Macs mini that I also use regularly. I also have a 15” M2 Air, which is legitimately the best computer I’ve ever owned. I don’t imagine I’ll get the same life out of that, not with macOS at least. Asahi Linux seems to be very, very promising though.
- Louis Rossman enters the chat.
The one apple product I'm willing to buy.
I feel like other brands have closed the gap but there was a time where macbooks seemed like the only great laptop on the market.
- IMO:
  Early 2000 -> 2014 - MacBooks are great
  2014 -> 2016 - MacBooks are decent
  2016 -> Last Intel Models - MacBooks are bad
  M1 -> Present - MacBooks are great

Knipex ♥️
A Knippix Kombi-Zange. Well played! Good tools are worth every cent.
Their flush cuts are the shit. Next time I break a tool I'm going to see if there's a knipex version.

Believe it or not, Oxyclean. That stuff works wonders. RIP Billy Mays.

Those magic erasers turned out to be pretty effective, too.
- If people wanna save money they can use Melamine sponges! Exact same thing, give or take a few small proprietary cleaning agents or scents. But effectively the same
- The reason they work so well is because they're basically sandpaper. You are removing your countertop finish when you use them.

people with really wide toes:

my 260 euros hiking shoes with extra wide toebox. i had size ten. with these shoes i have size 8.5 (i had to go longer, so i got more widht to fit my toes)

no pain anymore, no more infected nail beds. best shoes i ever had. model innsbruck

www.baer-shoes.com

Noted. My frog toes are always busting out the sides of my running shoes like british POWs from a german prison camp
- https://lemm.ee/post/40124924

Miele washing machine. Doing my laundry since 2001 and still as good as new.

A $250 Epson ink tank printer.

500 full colour 10x15 photos and still half full.

LASERJET COPIERS ARE SUPERIOR!

Mr Clean magic bathroom erasers. Holy shit. They literally melted the soap scum from my bathtub when every other tile cleaner did next to nothing. I was completely blown away.

This 100%. Here's a life pro tip: Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is the trademarked brand. The generic product (which is exactly the same thing) is "melamine sponge".
Depending on where you live, the Magic Eraser is an 4-5X more expensive than the equivalent generic on Amazon or eBay.
- I bought like 300 off Amazon 10 years ago for something like 30 bucks. They arrived in a large (like 55 gallon) black garbage bag. We still haven't used them to this day.
  Edit: I had to go look, looks like I wasn't quite right, was 100 for 11 bucks, and was only in 2017.
  USMYTHA 100Pcs/lot Magic Melamine Cleaning Sponge Multi-Functional Foam Eraser Pads 10x6x2CM(4x2.4x0.8 inch) https://a.co/d/fytlPA1
any they work incredibly well at putting micro plastics in the environment too!
Dude, foaming oven cleaner is similar. If you have a jacked up oven, get the foaming stuff and you'll have a nearly brand new oven.
edit: oops, misread the parent post as the scrubbing bubble cleaner. going thru a colonoscopy prep, so im all funky. the foaming oven cleaner is good af tho. also, get melamine sponges. theyre the same thing as the magic sponges but much more cost efficient.
- PSA to carefully read and follow all usage directions on any oven cleaner product. Some of that stuff can destroy your lungs (and more) if not used properly.
- Good luck with your colonoscopy. The prep is fucking miserable, but it's definitely worth it in the end.
  (Don't use foaming oven cleaner for that.)

Darn tough socks, lamy pens, Ibanez guitars, and crumpler bags have all been very solid quality products I consider well worth the value.

I have a Lamy pen and it’s wonderful. I put a more fine nib on it and it writes beautifully, despite me being a lefty. I know you can get a lefty nib for them, but can’t really justify buying one and they only come in medium width.
- i had like 10 of them since childhod, goddamn loved them. loved the colors and how smooth they were.
Second Darn Tough. Best trail running socks I've ever had
Have an Al-Star and a Safari with two of my favorite inks close at hand nearly always. Can't remember the last time I so much as thought about cleaning either, even the one with a shimmer in it. I just keep refilling them, and they just keep working.
Dirt cheap, given the quality, too, IMHO. They could charge twice what they do for the lower end of their products, and there would still be value there.

Instant Pot

Contigo AutoSeal Thermal Mugs. They never spilled their contents, which I could never say about other thermal mugs. They keep everything warm/cold for a good amount of time. I'm just super happy with it, and it still holds up after 8 years of frequent, almost daily use.

We used to get these but over the years the newer designs got cheaper and less well designed. It looks like they still sell the old designs though, so that's nice.
I've been looking at these today. Which autoseal model do you have, some of the reviews on Amazon are bad.
- https://www.mycontigo.com/products/thermal-mugs/west-loop-autoseal-travel-mug-470-ml/SAP_2095796.html Well, at least that is the model that looks like mine. The brand name changed from AutoSeal to Contigo in the last years, so it might be a bit different to mine, but function-wise it looks the same.
Same here, they worked well for so many years. They’ve been slowly dwindling as kids lose lids and stuff, and I haven’t seen them in stores for.a lot of years

PIA wiper blades are pretty amazing. They've lasted me close to 6 years now I think. Way more price efficient than regular wipers.

I had some PIAA silicone wiper blades that lasted like 5 years, but I also kept that car in a garage. Amazing wiper blades!
When I moved to a new area where I had to park my car on the street because I no longer had a garage, I replaced the wiper blades with the same model but they didn't even last a year.
- I'm very surprised. I kept my out for the last 3ish years. Let me know if you try them again. I'm wondering if that was a fluke bad purchase? Hope its not quality degredation

Those weird brushes that remove pet hair from carpets

My bamboo back scratcher.

Had one of these for years. Would never be without one. Tried a collapsible metal one, cut my back and bled on the sheet. Threw it away and back to bamboo.

Twix. They said "chew it over with Twix" as a joke, but I suck at socializing so it's a lifesaver when people know I need extra time to say something or think of something to say.

This thing is way more expensive than it seems like it should be for what it is, but if you've got a yard full of burrs it's worth the $270 to clear it up and reduce general misery at home.

https://stickerburrroller.com/products/sticker-burr-removal-tool

Bought a Eufy g30 robot vacuum because it advertised that it could climb over thresholds and it does! The accessories are cheap too, especially if you buy knockoffs. Bought it in 2021 and still going strong, no complaints after almost daily use in a home with a cat and a small child.

up to its* advertised claims

Actually, OP is referring to Samuel It's, a famous product reviewer who makes many claims.
Its gonna be OK. Its not really that important.

I was given a small food processor and a small bullet blender a decade ago and I still use them monthly.

I have a full size brevelle food processor that gets less use.

Fender Telecaster

Similarly, Fender Precision Bass. Hard to go wrong with a classic.

Sliced bread.

I still use it to this day. It really do be sliced and bread. Good stuff.

I tasted the rainbow 🌈

I knew someone who did that at a rave in the 90s. I had to make sure they stayed really hydrated for the rest of the night.

There was a mobile game app that claimed that it actually is the game it is claiming to be(one of the generic mobile ad games)

It actually was the game it was claiming to be*

*every several levels of a different game, the promoted game was just a minigame

Evaporust. Incredible product and reusable so many times.

Blundstone boots, they look great and last forever.

i have a mammut backpack from 2007. i love that thing. 25 liters snowboard model, indestructible.

Actually 3 favourites:

Brother Laser Printer - it really just works flawlessly
Ninja Creamy - it really makes phantastic ice cream
Coleman tent - easy to assemble, good quality tent.

Coop Home Good Foam Bed Pillows (Eden)

We now own like 6 of them now and 3 body pillows. Such great pillows.