[Paylay]

snap on sucks. I have pound the tar out of my craftsman with sledgehammers and they are still kicking. I tried to do that to snap-on and I busted them.

 

[Import Power]

I use to waste money on Snap OFF also. I remember MANY MANY tools I had to wait a week til the SNAP OFF guy came around to get replaced only to find out it had to be ordered.

I have only EVER broke ONE craftsman tool, drove to Sears on a sunday, pulled a new one from the shelf and walked out happy!

 

[Import Power]

Oh, And I was doing something to a deep socket that I shouldn't have been...So it really was not the tools fault..Non impact socket on impact hammer..Whoops....

Now I gots an awsome Craftsman Impact socket set

 

[JeremyG]

I too don't want to flog a dead horse but I see most people (everyone ) is disagreeing with me.

What I didn't mention is that I'm also taking into consideration WHAT HE STATED HE WANTED TO USE THE TOOLS FOR.

No offense to KingNothing but he's buying his first set of tools, to work on his VR4 in his garage. My assumption (and maybe I'm wrong) is that he doesn't have the skill (or desire) to do MAJOR work on the car... and even if he DID then I can't think of many things on a 3/S that would break even a cheap tool.

The other day I couldn't get a rear suspension toe bolt to break loose. I used my MIT 22mm (I think) combo wrench (open end part) and a regular hammer to try to break it loose. I hit that wrench HARD with the hammer for almost 20 minutes. The bolt never broke loose and the wrench doesn't show any damage other than some scratches. That's on an open-end wrench that, in a set, cost me about $1 (a dollar!).

I can't speak for all cheap tools but the MIT tools I have seem to be darn tight on the bolts. The open-end ones also are the newer type that fit the bolt (ie have the angled part instead of the flat part).

Now, of course a professional guy, or someone using the tools every day (or even 3 times a week) should buy better tools. But someone like myself who works on his car maybe once a month on average doesn't need even Craftsman.

BTW since I bought the tools, I have done some pretty heavy-duty stuff with them... changed out suspension (struts, springs)... removed calipers, tried to loosen frozen bolts, etc. I've had no trouble with them at all.

 

[Mikes95RT]

Player- What I meant was that if you set the wrench to turn clock wise it will go about 1/2 turn and then "free spin" as if you are turning it backwards.B.T.W. the only other Crapsman tool I have had problems with was a 1/2" drive 2' breaker bar (heafty).I put a 5' pole on it and the bar snapped in half.Not the swivel but the entire bar.But then again theres that abuse factor.

 

[DanF]

Buy the best that YOU CAN AFFORD. Dont listen to people trying to hauck you to one brand or another. Different companys make different tools some have great wrenches and poor sockets or vise versa mix it up and get the best of everything you can afford. I'm an aircraft maintenance engineer and my roll away is full of Craftsman( perfesional),Snap-on,Wright USA,Husky,Jet,S-K Tools and Mastercraft perfesional(Canadian Tire.CANADA). No one company makes everything better then another not even SNAP-ON.

Anyone have anything good/bad to say about Home Depot's Huskey line of tools?
:dodge:

 

[KingNothing]

Wow, I'm amazed at all the replies... Thanks for turning this into a big discussion -- now I can see what everyone thinks

 

[bad84kat]

Husky wrenches seam to be quite nice but the double box end offset wrenches are a bit too long. The snap-on one's are a bit shorter and seam to fit in small places better. I dont have any of there sockets so I can't say about them. If your looking for sockets try to find a set that has the little indent in the drive end that holds to the little ball on your ratchet or extension. There is nothing more annoying then having the extensions or socket fall off when you try to reach in to areas where you hand doesn't fit believe me you will praise me when the socket doesn't fall off roll ten feet and fall down that drain you parked near.