Another vote for Cilit Bang, it caused my table top to bubble and peel. Had to buy a new table as it looked so bad.
Pampers nappies that leaked constantly with DS, swapped to Aldi own brand and Tesco value. Neither leaked, and DS stopped getting nappy rash, and his eczema on his bottom calmed down a lot too. Makes me wonder what was in the Pampers!
My new Dyson is no where near as good as the one I had before. I loved my Animal Dyson, but it packed in and I bought a normal Dyson. It is rubbish.
Hotpoint dishwasher - worked beautifully to start with. About 2 years after buying it smoke started pouring out of the top. Turned out the electrical mother board had set alight. Had the board replaced and about 2 months later same happened again! Luckily we were in both times and noticed the burning but it could have caused much worse damage had we been out / up stairs.
We now have a Bush, and so far so good... touch wood.
Hotpoint Washing machine - worked for about 18 months then had an error code, turned out it would need a new electrical panel - not a cheap job and just out of warrenty. Luckily this happened during a very good sale where I got a new machine (Bush) for cheaper than repairing the old one.
Bush washing machine - this is a difficult one. I like it, it is stylish, and it does what it says on the tin. However it takes blumming ages to wash anything. A 30 degree wash takes 2 hours! I wondered if our machine was faulty, but no, it states right there in the instructions that it takes 2 hours.