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  • Cornflk1
    My opinion, their in the same vein as the Pittsburg tools that Harbor Freight sells. They will replace wrenches but bigger items not so much. Bought a Kobalt bench vice (although it was before the new warrenty program ), was informed that that particular vice wasn't in production anymore. S*** of luck for me.

    You get what you pay for.
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  • select-fire
    Just got back from lowes. Took a 16oz hammer back I had beat to death for years. The head was loose. Walked back got a new one and went to the checkout. No problem they replaced it.
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  • rufe-snow
    My only experience with them, wasn't positive. Bought small wire cutters, (dikes). Mostly to use, cutting zip ties. Granted the plastic is much tougher, then the small diameter wire they were intended for. But they went bad, way quicker then I would've expected.

    If I can find them. Going to take them into Lowes. To see if I can get a replacement.
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  • wpageabc
    At Lowes got a Kobalt screwdriver set. So far so good...
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  • grdad45
    I bought a Kobalt 40 volt pole saw that so far has been amazing. The battery lasts long enough to wear me out, the chain is easy to tighten, bar oil use is very low. I have cut 7" oak limbs with ease, and cleared 3 100 yard shooting lanes for my deer stands without any problems.
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  • discusdad
    i couldn't throw their tap and die set far enough.it wasn't worth the trip back to the store to exchange for a new one. poor geometry on the drills, pitiful cutting forces on the taps, the dies would not cut a smooth thread no matter what cutting lube i used.
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  • mrmike08075
    Between my father and myself and yard sales and estate sales we have over 300 craftsman screwdrivers - many of the chromium and vanadium variety - most pre 1975

    When Sears was still a real company and an American standard with good products my father discovered a small repair and parts center nearby and would purchase every broken craftsman product he could find and drop it off...

    He got away with that for a decade.

    I would prefer the quality vintage tools over many new brands.

    Mike
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  • Ditch-Runner
    that reminded me me of a co-worker from 30 -40 or so years ago before he became a carpenter
    he worked a a sears store
    he told me he found they would toss all the returned tools in a trash hopper behind the store not every night but often
    until they started locking the dumpster him and other's would dumpster dive all the tools take them to another sears store and had amassed quit a collection .
    I know a lot better tools were out there but on a budget ( and lack of money to spend 5x as much on a ratchet ) craftsman were hard to beat and have served me well . I would guess maybe two dozen mostly sockets I returned over the years , hated to see them go cheap and now out of business I would bet the tool line brought a lot to the bottom line for them


    mrmike08075 wrote:
    Between my father and myself and yard sales and estate sales we have over 300 craftsman screwdrivers - many of the chromium and vanadium variety - most pre 1975

    When Sears was still a real company and an American standard with good products my father discovered a small repair and parts center nearby and would purchase every broken craftsman product he could find and drop it off...

    He got away with that for a decade.

    I would prefer the quality vintage tools over many new brands.

    Mike
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  • WearyTraveler
    To kinda hijack the thread...
    The talk about Craftsman / Sears got me thinking.
    I'm from New Britain, CT - home of Stanley Tools. I love going to yard sales and flea markets and looking thru the old tools. Whenever I find a tool stamped "made in new Britain" I grab it if I can. I just went to the wood workers show in Chantilly. Man - you wouldn't believe all the antique Stanley tools they had. Planes out the ying yang. I've got a couple and I've got to learn to clean, sharpen and successfully use them.

    Sorry about the hijack!
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  • select-fire
    Lowes sells Craftsman tools
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  • Mercury
    Chinese junk is Chinese junk! It doesn't matter WHO sells it, or what kind of warranty it has.

    I'm sick of all this Chinese crap. But that is what the average consumer (who is an idiot) wants, and will buy.

    Merc (Tool seller from 1997 to 2016, including Chinese junk)
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  • tomh.
    Mercury wrote:
    Chinese junk is Chinese junk! It doesn't matter WHO sells it, or what kind of warranty it has.
    Merc
    AMEN!
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  • He Dog
    Yeah, but have you priced Snap-on lately set of sockets is about $165, not including the rachet. I can break a lot of Chinese junk for that money.

    I don't much like Kobalt either though.
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  • slumlord44
    For a lot of what I do the Harbor Freight throw away stuff is fine. If I want really good tools I scrounge the flea markets, yard sales, and swap meets for old Craftsman and other name brand stuff.
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