Popular Wrench Fights a Chinese Rival - Do you still buy Craftsman tools?

[Racer X]

Current manufacturer. Been around about a decade. http://muelleroptics.com/

[DRR]

Country of manufacture alone, is not a determination of quality. Anyone that makes broad statements to that effect is a fool.

China makes some great stuff. Crap is made right here in the U.S. of A. Country of manufacture can be used as a consideration but I would never buy solely on where something was made. It's as arbitrary as what color it is.

I still buy Craftsman tools. I have not had a problem with any of their stuff. The only ratchet I had go bad on me, was replaced immediately. It was a refurbished wrench, not new, but the replacement has been fine. And a good tool is a good tool. I use my 3/8" ratchet heavily.

I also buy Husky and Kobalt. Try to stay away from brands like Stanley. Can't afford Snap-on or MAC (for my needs at least) and will go to Harbor freight for low-use, non-critical tools.

[deckeda]

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2,1459254

[Octave Doctor]

I have most of the tools I need, bought most of them years back and held on to them. Some Craftsman, but a lot of other formerly US brands.

I did buy a Craftsman 12" #2 phillips screwdriver a few months ago to fix an outlet box in an odd space, but ended up finding another use for it--the infamous Glissando Bar used by Gong, Steve Hillage, etc., angelic guitar drones.

[hal]

Which popular wench??? What Chinese rival???

Worthless without pics...

[deckeda]

hal wrote:
Which popular wench??? What Chinese rival???

Worthless without pics...

You lookin' for a flowchart instead of the text (which also leads to a pic) in the OP's post?

[Mike Johnson]

Sears is little more than a real estate holding company these days. They're propping the stores up largely to keep some sort of cachet on their top brands -- Craftsman, Kenmore, Die Hard, Lands End. They have little interest in actually making or selling tools or appliances or clothing.

[NewtonMP2100]

wait, so who is fondling TOOLS......???

[chopper]

I used to be a bit of a tool snob and have some 1990s era Craftsman, Snap On and etc tools. I can remember when $15 was a decent hardware store deal on an okay set of pliers (1980s). Now quality has taken a hit across the board but you can buy a nice pliers for $6 or less.

[mrlynn]

I still have a bunch of the Montgomery-Ward PowerKraft tools I bought as a tool-box set back in 1970. Like Craftsman, they were warranted for life; they're still fine.

/Mr Lynn