"Never again" products

[JoostinOnline]

Gigabyte motherboards. It wasn't just the problems I had with it (although I did have plenty), because every product has a bad batch.  It was the fact that they stopped (necessary) driver and utility updates after just a year.  The thing is still glitchy because they gave up their own product.

[TheKDub]

Asus phones. Almost two years ago I got an Asus Zenfone 2 because it was within budget, and had reasonable specs. Not even six months later I had to factory reset it because it kept locking up and apps kept crashing. Then within the next three months or so, the phone continuously tried to kill itself off. The front camera is no longer even registered by the phone, it hardly holds a charge for long, even when powered off, the screen detects random ghost touches at times, and the Android 6 update that Asus had promised back in early 2016, still isn't available on the phone.

 

After that phone essentially bit the dust, I got a Samsung Galaxy S7, absolutely love it, haven't had any issues with it with the exception of some issues with GBoard, but I'm not going to blame Samsung for that one since they didn't make the app, and it didn't come with the phone. (I prefer it to the Samsung keyboard. Every now and then it might crash or lock up, but that's usually fixed by backing out of the text bar I was trying to type in, then going back to it. I wiped my GBoard data a few days ago and I don't think I've had any issues since.)

 

In addition to that blurb, never buying another HP product if I can help it, every HP laptop I've encountered has been garbage both in terms of design and quality, and I've had nothing but trouble with their printers.

 

TL;DR - Asus phones are complete crap in terms of quality, and Asus doesn't stick to their word. I'm never buying another Asus phone again, and it'll be tough to get me to even consider another Asus product with the other crap I've been hearing about them. (Terrible support, more poor quality)

On the flip side, Samsung has great phones, 10/10 would recommend.

Also, HP sucks.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Gigabyte motherboards. It wasn't just the problems I had with it (although I did have plenty), because every product has a bad batch.  It was the fact that they stopped (necessary) driver and utility updates after just a year.  The thing is still glitchy because they gave up their own product.

Strange, I have an old Z97-N Wifi miTX board and it got updates for the chips two gens or chips it was supposed to support. Not sure what else you want them to do. 

[JoostinOnline]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Strange, I have an old Z97-N Wifi miTX board and it got updates for the chips two gens or chips it was supposed to support. Not sure what else you want them to do. 

It was an H97 board.  They probably treat their higher end boards nicer.  Or maybe it was just that one model.  Either way, I avoid them now.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, JoostinOnline said:

It was an H97 board.  They probably treat their higher end boards nicer.  Or maybe it was just that one model.  Either way, I avoid them now.

Its possible but their Ultra Durable line is just that. Dual Bios is almost a necessity unless you want to risk an RMA and be out a system for a week+

[iamdarkyoshi]

Scamscum's phones. First phone from them was an s4 active

 

Last phone was that same phone, ended up just giving it away.

[Guest lilbman]

2016 Macbook Pro.

 

There I said it, come get me iSheep.

[JoostinOnline]

3 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Its possible but their Ultra Durable line is just that. Dual Bios is almost a necessity unless you want to risk an RMA and be out a system for a week+

But what I bought wasn't a high end one.

Just now, lilbman said:

2016 Macbook Pro.

 

There I said it, come get me iSheep.

IMO they haven't made a good Macbook Pro since Steve Jobs.  Now they go out of their way to prevent upgrades and repairs so you have to buy a new one.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, lilbman said:

2016 Macbook Pro.

 

There I said it, come get me iSheep.

Which model may I ask? And what didn't you like about it? The keyboard is the biggest complaint that I hear from people, but I have my own opinions on people who say that. 

 

Nobody is going to "come at you"

[minibois]

1 hour ago, WereCat said:

I can stream 8k without buffering so I really doubt it is my connection.

I tried Netflix for a month and the 1080p quality looked like 480p YT.

 

1 hour ago, DrMacintosh said:

you're the only person I have heard with anything close to this issue. 

 

This is why I dont like user reviews or this type of thread in general. 

Netflix on most platforms looks good to me, but when streaming via their website on PC it looks 480p YouTube horrible to me too.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, Minibois said:

but when streaming via their website on PC it looks 480p YouTube horrible to me too.

The hell? I stream to my PC, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, SmartTV, and anything else and the quality loads at 1080p, the max we have our account configured for. 

 

Ya'll live in spotty areas. 

[minibois]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

The hell? I stream to my PC, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, SmartTV, and anything else and the quality loads at 1080p, the max we have our account configured for. 

 

Ya'll live in spotty areas. 

I live in one of the most densely populated areas of one of the most densely populated European countries and have a consistent 80/8 Mb internet speed. I don't think it's that

 

[DrMacintosh]

6 minutes ago, Minibois said:

I live in one of the most densely populated areas of one of the most densely populated European countries and have a consistent 80/8 Mb internet speed. I don't think it's that

 

I live in Rural CA with 120mbps, but I can still stream 1080p on Sprints LTE Network (the shittiest network).......so

[MoonlightSylv]

I feel like I'm the only one here besides the obvious who actually likes their Macbook. 

 

But then again I got it for $300 and "obtained" Final Cut.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Any consumer Netgear products. They have a tendency to go downhill after their warranty is up. I've almost never had to reset my ASUS router outside of a firmware update. I've always had to reset a Netgear router at least a several times a week. Their professional gear is great though.

 

I would say OCZ, but the problem I had was during their early hayday with SSDs.

 

StarTech. I feel like they're like a bottom tier supplier with some sort of professional gig to it in order to jack up the price.

 

Those are the only ones off the top of my head. There's probably like a dozen plus programs that I wouldn't ever want to use though.

[Mooshi]

Hmm..imma add usb wifi adapters, they're so jank. All the boards I use now have built in wifi/BT for the occasion that I need some wireless support in a pinch.

[LienusLateTips]

Coolpad phones (DONT ASK ME WHY I HAVE TRAUMA OVER IT), Asian Paper and Pulp paper, cheap cases from ebay, refurbished chargers, dollar store power banks, dollar store wall chargers (killed a device), CASIO pianos, Tylenol, Old (really old) seagate drives, Samsung phones, Samsung printers, ECS motherboards, EVGA GPUs, KitKat and the Meteor bar from Dollarama.

[You_are_a_cunt]

I have a spreadsheet for this. Haven't updated it in a while, though

Spoiler

Acer

Acme

Activ

Apple

ASRock

B-MOVE

Canyon

Cougar

E-Blue

Elixir

Excelram

Geil

Gembird

Goodram

Hama

Integral

Intenso

Jizz

Kingmax

Konami

Lacie

Marvo

Modecom

Mushkin

Natec

Newmen

Nintendo

Razer

Redragon

RPC

Sega

Silicon-Power

SkyDigital

Somic

Sparkle

Speedlink

Team Scorpion

TeamGroup

Tesoro

Thermaltake

Tracer

Transcend

Tritton

Tt eSports

Turtle beach

Zeppelin

 

[yathis]

3 hours ago, Mooshi said:

What gear made you swear a vow to never purchase again? Try to avoid blacklisting an entire brand if you can help it, lol.

 

Due to lackluster performance and noise, my never again product, or at least one of them, CORSAIR FANS.

 

 

AMD until recently

Anything from Crap-O-Rama aka Dollarama

[grimreeper132]

I would love to put arduinos on this list because they are massive pains in the arse, which half the time misbehave and give off dud results etc. but I both will use them again but also find them useful when they work.

 

mind you I will put my iphone 4 on this list, which I accidentally bought for far far too much, long story, due to it now supporting fuck all, being slow as fuck and just all round buggy as fuck

[yathis]

Just about every Toilet Paper there is, except for Charmin. I hate the way every TP always has little bits falling off, every TP except for Charmin that is. Its glorious to pay that extra bit for a superior product.

 

 

[another random person]

4 hours ago, Mooshi said:

What gear made you swear a vow to never purchase again? Try to avoid blacklisting an entire brand if you can help it, lol.

 

Due to lackluster performance and noise, my never again product, or at least one of them, CORSAIR FANS.

 

 

Mine? hmm BUDGET 15.6" CRAPTOPS

[TheRandomness]

Well, since all hardware that's died on my end was my own fault.. I guess I wouldn't buy anything from myself?

[comicsansms]

6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Well, since all hardware that's died on my end was my own fault.. I guess I wouldn't buy anything from myself?

TBF, I don't think there is much to buy off you, therefore you cannot buy anything from yourself.

[scottyseng]

2 hours ago, TheKDub said:

 Then within the next three months or so, the phone continuously tried to kill itself off.

I second the Zenphone 2. My brother got one, it lasted nine months, then the phone kept turning itself off / refused to turn on. We RMA'd it, the replacement lasted a whopping 7 days before doing the same thing, and then after RMAing it again, it lasted just until the warranty ended and did the same thing. It's replaced now with a different phone.

 

As for other things, Razer DeathAdder - The one my bro got didn't last longer than a few months, and no warranty support.

Corsair headsets - My cousin had his break very quick...though I hear the new ones are better

AMD drivers - I would like my RAM back AMD (This is on a FirePro V7900 too):