Tool brand of choice?

[Rollin Thunder]

Kobalt ftmfw

 

[99COOP]

Kobalt ftmfw

Kobalt has some nice designs, but i have had my fair share of problems with their ratcheting mechanism.

Craftsman is also one im not impressed with. I think their quality has gone way down. Snapon FTW.

 

[road1will]

Yep, for a ratchet, nothing other than Snap On.

 

[3blackchevys]

anyone ever try Cornwell Tools?

 

[Backon4]

Cornwell ratchets blow. Their sockets are about the same quality as a craftsman but about 10x more expensive.

 

[Cartwright]

I Might be getting a Snap-On Tool box full of Snap-On tools for a house warming present from my parrents

 

[thumper_ehhhhh]

Hmmm I have been using the same craftsman sockets for 20 years and no failures and yes I do use them. I work on high speed machinery. Now there ratchets suck. I've had 2 blow out. But they were replaced the same day free of charge. lol I guess craftsman is like Jaguar you need 2 incase one breaks down. One day my tools might grow up to be snap-ons but I doubt it.

 

[mdtahoe]

I have a mix of Snap-on, Matco and craftsman, most being Snap-ON

 

[mdtahoe]

I have about $55,000-$60,000 in tools. That is the doenside to the job.The need for alot of tools.

 

[road1will]

I Might be getting a Snap-On Tool box full of Snap-On tools for a house warming present from my parrents

Thats a nice $30,000+ housewarming gift.

 

[99COOP]

I have a mix of Snap-on, Matco and craftsman, most being Snap-ON

Thats an awesome working station/bench set up. And i dont think i have ever seen that many vise grips in one collection, thats just great.

Hmmm I have been using the same craftsman sockets for 20 years and no failures and yes I do use them. I work on high speed machinery. Now there ratchets suck. I've had 2 blow out. But they were replaced the same day free of charge. lol I guess craftsman is like Jaguar you need 2 incase one breaks down. One day my tools might grow up to be snap-ons but I doubt it.

Exactly craftsman sockets= great Ratchets=suck.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

we just talking mechanics tools?

mainly craftsman and Allen (allen is made by the same parent company the craftsmans come out of) bosch for power. and then thers a mix of odd and end brands from work for the "use it once applications"

anyone else have any of the gearwrench socket sets? the ones that are open through the center? have yet to break any of them and they really have come in handy.

 

[BOSS]

Just thot I'd chime in here....My fave brand of tools is PAWN brand LOL!

I pick up all my tools at pawn shops....talk about steals man, I just pick a day and basicaly do what I call pawn-surfing LOL! I just go around to 3 or 4 different parts of town to check out what's new...you'd be very surprised what you can find!



BOSS

 

[HMFDZ28]

For what I do I use Craftsman hand tools... Greenlee and Klein for my electrical needs... and Dewalt for my power tools. My best friend at work though is my Fluke Multimeter. I cannot say enough for my 18v Dewalts drills though... I kick the hell outta them, thats both my standard drill and my right angle. I dont us pnumatics at work but personal use is all Inger.

 

[tybardy]

well, my tools are quite a scattering of things i have been accumulating over the years since high school, lots of craftsman (most of which were hand me downs from my Pops) I have a huge husky wrench and driver set, a bunch of other god knows what brande tools (screw drivers, wrenches, loose sockets, and other misc items that float around in the bottom drawer)

As for power tools, i have been a carpenter for quite a long time now and i dont buy anything but DeWalt for cordless tools(just wish the batteries lasted a bit longer). Hitachi air tools are also great (i am regering to nailers)

Ridgid puts out a pretty nice prodcut

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Just thot I'd chime in here....My fave brand of tools is PAWN brand LOL!

I pick up all my tools at pawn shops....talk about steals man, I just pick a day and basicaly do what I call pawn-surfing LOL! I just go around to 3 or 4 different parts of town to check out what's new...you'd be very surprised what you can find!



BOSS

i used to do this but with Junk Yards back in high school when we would fix up peice of shit 89 civics... those things were always getting wrecked and we would go pull a seat and see if we could mod it all custom or whatever... lots of fun.

 

[sc00bz]

craftsman and Pittsburgh (harbor freight brand)... the ratchets from both brands suck but both have a lifetime warranty and everything else is good. May pick up a snap on ratchet this weekend

 

[Rivieraracing]

Craftsman, dewalt, bosch, snap-on!!

 

[Mr45]

All (98%) Snap-on, except for some work specific stuff, that's mostly Daniels (wire crimping stuff)
And of course my trusty Fluke multi-meter, and an older MAC meter.

 

[wmgood64]

craftsman, Blue point,dewalt!!

 

[jESse]

i have a kobalt box and mostly craftsman tools. few other random things too. i need more