Thread: Best brand of tools for the price?

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

In your dreams!!!! Snap-on makes the majority of their own tools, especially the hand tools.

As others have said, Craftsman is probably fine for a weekender, but when you use them all day every day I prefer something better. Guarantee doesn't mean much when you have to keep going back to Sears to get the same stuff replaced all the time.... Time wasted waiting for some cashier who doesn't know anything about tools is not a good time.....

Snap-On is a distributor, NOT a manufacturer, all they do is sell. Danaher makes the tools for Snap-On, MAC, Matco, Craftsman Professional and NAPA. The only difference is finish and name. Blue Point, Evercraft and Craftsman are a second line. Not as slim, professionals don't want a bulky tool to get into tight spots. Finish is not as nice, but same lifetime warranty.

I was not meaning that snap on tools were craftsman rejects in a "bad way". Craftsman and others that might have a small blemish get taken down to the slim line "snap on" brand tools....