Craftsman Mechanics Toolkit : Which to buy?

[jimberg]

The best thing about the craftsman is being able to take it to any sears store and get a new one when it does break without a reciept.

Isn't this the statement that pretty much explains the deference between lifetime warranty and forever warranty? If you found a broken Craftsman ratchet on the side of the road you should be able to bring it in and exchange it for a new one.

Mach 1, do you have experience with Canadian Craftsman? Do you know for a fact that they are not of a lesser quality? To be honest, I can't say that they are for any certainty, either, but my gut tells me that they are cheap "made in China" or other parts unknown pieces of crap. My opinion wasn't based solely on the switching mechanism, though, that was one of the clues that led me to believe that they are crap. Here it is in a nutshell:

1. The Lifetime vs. Forever warranty.
2. The cost.
3. Capri306's experience with handling them.
4. I went through the U.S. Sears web site and couldn't find any sets that match the one's above. All of them, even the polished versions have the button release and swivel switch.

Maybe the differences has something to do with the patent infringement suit that Craftsman had regarding the push button release, but something just doesn't sit well with me.

A problem with buying them from the U.S., however, would be that you couldn't replace them at a Canadian Sears store since they have the different tools.

I know that Husky has a forever warranty, but I don't know how good the tools actually are (Anyone?). They do use them on some of those TNN shows. Home Depot seems to be everywhere.



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