Last time inventoried the boxes there was about $25,000 worth of hand tools and only three items were SnapOn. I don't like the big money output for items I might use three times a year. I also don't like waiting for the tool man to show up and then give me crap about how I miss used "his" tools.
Most of my stuff is Mac, Matco and Craftsman. I have some big Proto wrenches and a lot of specialty stuff from the Napa store. There is also plenty of SK stuff in there. If they are generic brands like Vise Grip I'll buy them at the cheapest place I can find.
My philosophy is to buy the best that I can afford that will fill the need I have. I'm not going to pay $50 for a half inch ratchet that I can buy at Sears for $23. I can get the Craftsman rebuilt or replaced any day of the week. I can find a Sears store in about every town I go through.
It's funny growing up my father was a mechanic and never saw a snap on till I was an adult. Can say I never even seen or even heard of them till I was about 16, saw one of thier trucks. All the mechanics around had mac. Considered a hack with sears but yet just about all tool boxes had some.Last time inventoried the boxes there was about $25,000 worth of hand tools and only three items were SnapOn. I don't like the big money output for items I might use three times a year. I also don't like waiting for the tool man to show up and then give me crap about how I miss used "his" tools.
Most of my stuff is Mac, Matco and Craftsman. I have some big Proto wrenches and a lot of specialty stuff from the Napa store. There is also plenty of SK stuff in there. If they are generic brands like Vise Grip I'll buy them at the cheapest place I can find.
My philosophy is to buy the best that I can afford that will fill the need I have. I'm not going to pay $50 for a half inch ratchet that I can buy at Sears for $23. I can get the Craftsman rebuilt or replaced any day of the week. I can find a Sears store in about every town I go through.
Ditto.Alot of the tools in my box say craftsman as well as the box, and they have been getting the job done for the past 10 years. That being said, craftsman isn't what it used to be. Price is up, quality is down, and gimicks abound.
I don't know what it sells for now, but about 10 years ago their ratcheting screwdriver was like $40. For 1 screwdriver? Stupid.Here is my beef with snapon, is a standard flat head screwdriver worth what I can buy a whole set of screwdrivers from craftsman for?