I never have thought "Damn I wish I would have bought the cheap tool".
Me personally, I am damn happy I have bought quality tools over the years. I do know one thing, I was taking apart the bed on my truck a short time ago that I had put together in 1980 when I realized that I was using the same sockets, ratchet and wrenches I bought off that SnapOn truck to put it together. You learn what you really need high dollar and what you don't. My box has a mix of many different brands, some high dollar some not. Screw drivers, SnapOn, Mac, Matco ONLY, that is what I have found, they are WELL worth the money. And they are a specialty tool, I am not going to muscle a rusted suspesion bolt or nut with one, they WILL break, done it. My wrenches are all Snap On outside of my GearWrenches. It's not like you need to have super strong 1/4" sockets, and the walls are a little thinner to get into tight spaces. I do have Craftsmen 1/4 sockets, they are perfectly good for even the pro. Many are DAMN nice compared to years ago.īut I have to tell you, Ratchets, I am still going to use SnapOn. They aren't the "Made in China" tools that would break in your hands, HOWEVER there STILL are VERY poor quality ones. It's not the tool truck tools aren't as good as they once were (though the cheap lines they sell certainly aren't) the difference is the CHEAP tools are much better these days. These days, the top end Craftsmen stuff is pretty damn good. When I bought my first socket set off a SnapOn truck in 1978, there was NO comparison what so ever with ANYTHING on the market. They are still probably the best for the most part (though the cheapie lines they carry are most certainly NOT) but there are some big differences in the quality in these tools from decades ago. The Mac, Matco and SnapOn trucks don't have the same tools they once did. Since then, things have changed a little. Here is a little basics I wrote on buying tools about ten years ago.
So are the much more expensive tools made by Snap-On, Matco and Mac REALLY any better quality?Īre there any other advantages to buying these more expensive tools from Snap-On, etc? I've got LOTS of tools made by Craftsman, Kobalt, Gear Wrench, etc., and have not had any problems with them in any way. I've met many people who have owned tools made by these other, cheaper, but good quality tool brands, and they swear by them. Craftsman tools are guaranteed for life, but I thought they just weren't as good as Mac tools though.īut today, there are many newer brands of good quality American tools that only cost a fraction of what Snap On, Mac, and Matco cost, and they are guaranteed for life too.
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Stanley didnt make a full line of wrenches and sockets then. They are guaranteed for life.īut the only other decent quality tool manufacturer that made a large line of all different types of hand tools was Craftsman.
So I spent $92 for just a standard ratchet and 9 sockets back in 1985, and that was expensive even by today's standards! They probably are a lot more expensive now.
Then I also needed sockets, so he showed me a basic set of like 9 shallow chrome sockets(SAE) in a metal tray for like $60! But he had a black 9pc set of shallow impact sockets for $45 in a metal tray, and he said they would work just fine with the ratchet, so I bought them too. In his van I saw a 1/2 inch ratchet I liked and I bought it for like $47. Then in 1985, when I was 17, a Mac tools guy would stop by the High stall torque converter manufacturer I worked at while in High School. When I went to buy my 1st ratchet set, I made the mistake when I was 16 of buying a cheap Taiwan made set.
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