im not ashamed to admit i buy from HF all the time.

they are great for the weekend warriors who thrash on their shit on their weekends.....but not for the mechanics who make a living with their tools.

yeah, their stuff is cheap and i break it all the time, but it would take me 3-5 times of breaking the same tool to match the price of a name brand tool.

i use to be a brake/suspension/muffler guy 12 years ago and bought all the name brand tools because you get what you pay for and those tools are still working like new.

 now-a-days if i buy HF tools it's because i don't use them daily. plus it's better on the pocket when you have to modify a tool (cut,weld-on)

btw i had a HF cordless drill gun (29.99) and it work just fine during my home remodel (5yrs) until i dropped it from 7ft and it broke in half last weekend, i'm going to buy another HF cordless gun.

craftsman is a good choice too.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the 12 pack might of had something to do with that.

Well I'm going to drop the bomb of information here that no one wants to hear, YOU NEED BOTH!!!, A set of good, most the time expensive tools  for the shop/garage to handle the tougher jobs like old rusted bolts and a 6 point snap-on socket, But if I'm tightening up the same size bolt at the end of the dock over water I'm not taking my shop tools, Like others said same goes for truck tools, camp tools, That can be easily stolen. I have tools that I won't take out of this garage and I have my cheap stuff that has never been in my garage.
       Gave the ol'lady a decent self contained Craftsman set cause I know she will not need more and she will not lose any and that keeps her out of my tool chest's. If some one asked to borrow something I'd rather lend them a H.F then my Snap-On's. The right tool for the right job is more complicated then most think.      Roy.

great post^^^^^^^^^^ could not have said it better my self

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