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Re: sudden car death (Husky tools)
Have you seen the new husky pearhead rachets with the 8 degree arc swing?
Harry Dean Stanton wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 05:33:05PM -0700, geordy wrote:
>
>>> Eh, hardly impressive. What happened is that the parent company of
>>> snap-on bought Williams tools, who had just introduced a low-level conumer
>>> tool line. Saying Husky is as good as Snap-On is like saying that a Skoda
>>> is a Lambourghini because VW owns them both.
>>
>> Husky may not be as good as snap-on but they are also a fraction
>> of the price. Have you ever tried the tools? They are pretty good.
>> And for the home/small shop mechanic, the price/performance is
>> very good. Not everyone has $400 to spend on a 22 piece socket set....
>
>
> Yup, and I was not happy with them. I had a set of Kobalt box wrenches for
> a while. I found that there were many areas where they could not fit where
> my Craftsman Industrial wrenches worked fine. I also found the wrenches
> very uncomfortable in my hand.
>
> Some Craftsman stuff has REALLY gone downhill... look at their ratchet
> handles. My 20 year old ones are great... they have a really fine arc
> pitch and have never failed. New ones have a really coarse pitch and feel
> cheap... but the Husky tools feel just as bad. If I ever need new
> ratchets, they're going to be Snap-On. However, Snap-On screwdrivers
> absolutely suck. Hard plastic handles that are impossible to grip when
> greasy, tips that wear down in just a few months of constant use. I like
> Craftsman Industrial drivers much better.
>
> Dan
>
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