Common brand names for generic items

[allegro]

Inspired by this evenings Top Gear, how many products can you think of where a brand name is commonly used for the generic item?

May : Jaffa cakes

Me : Hoover, Scalextric, errr struggling.

Anyone else?

[HOGEPH]

Thermos flask.

[zollburgers]

Tannoy.

[anonymous-user]

Coke

[OnTheOverrun]

Transit.

[Handbag]

Stanley knife
Post-it
I-pod

[whirligig]

Biro

Sellotape

[hyperblue]

^^ Edit - Beaten!

Sellotape.

Edited by hyperblue on Sunday 18th July 21:31

[allegro]

Breville? (sandwich toaster)

[zollburgers]

Dirty we (TM).

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Perspex

Hoover

Edited by 2 sMoKiN bArReLs on Sunday 18th July 21:32

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

ABS

[sneijder]

I think Google has overtaken Hoover.

What's the proper term for this malarkey ? I always carry out an *internet search* and promptly forget.

[allegro]

sneijder said:

I think Google has overtaken Hoover.

What's the proper term for this malarkey ? I always carry out an *internet search* and promptly forget.

Hey thats cheating!

[shakotan]

allegro said:

Inspired by this evenings Top Gear, how many products can you think of where a brand name is commonly used for the generic item?

May : Jaffa cakes

Er, since when have jaffa cakes been called anything other than jaffa cakes, regardless of the manufacturer?

It's nothing like the Hoover/Breville/Biro/Sellotape concept.

[allegro]

Mr Whippy

[eldar]

Durex

Blu Tak.

[Famous Graham]

shakotan said:

allegro said:

Inspired by this evenings Top Gear, how many products can you think of where a brand name is commonly used for the generic item?

May : Jaffa cakes

Er, since when have jaffa cakes been called anything other than jaffa cakes, regardless of the manufacturer?

It's nothing like the Hoover/Breville/Biro/Sellotape concept.

True. I thought it was a McVitie's brandname, but apparently not.

[allegro]

bostik

[E31Shrew]

Tippex