Brand name shopping can be a dead end for your pocket book. Take it from me I have had enough problems with having to have brand name goods. What is the best golf club? What is the best diet pills? What is the best pair of sunglasses? You can knock yourself out trying to find out what the best and biggest brand names are.

Here's a tip. Many large brand name companies own lots of other companies and except for the name they manufacture the same items under lesser known names for cheaper prices. Example, one of the biggest golf club names in the business is owned by the same company that owns several other sports companies. A golf store employee showed me the clubs from the lesser known company and they were practically the same but at least 1/2 the price.

You don't always have to have the brand name to get quality. Do some digging online, read some reviews and ask some store clerks. You can find really decent stuff at a fraction of the cost probably made by the same people making your brand names.