What items do you buy or use where you think the cheap version is just as good, does as good a job as the expensive version?

I thought of this as I was looking in my kitchen cabinet, and saw some birthday candles I got from a dollar store. I wondered how the dollar store candles could be any different than candles you may buy at the supermarket for about $3 or $4.

I have a friend with a Kia. The car gets her to work the way my Honda gets me to work. I don’t feel the cheap version (Kia) is quite the same as a more expensive version (Honda) but it’s just my opinion.

I have a Dirt Devil vacuum I bought for about $40 at Sam’s Club – it picks up dirt fairly respectably, but may not do as good a job as a Dyson.

I hear discount furniture commercials that claim that their no-name mattress is just as good as a name brand Sealy, Serta or Simmons. I don’t know, as I have never bought a no-name mattress.

These were just some examples. What items do you buy or use that you think the cheap version is just as good, does just as good a job as the expensive version.