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All Craftsman hand tools are all made in China now. My metric Craftsman wrenches are made in China and my SAE ones are made in the USA. The difference in qualit
by blt 11y ago
All Craftsman hand tools are all made in China now. My metric Craftsman wrenches are made in China and my SAE ones are made in the USA. The difference in quality is obvious. Not saying that Made In China == Low Quality, but in the case of Craftsman tools it's true. Plus it makes their "lifetime warranty" feel like a load of BS when the replacement for anything more than 10 years old is going to be vastly inferior to the original.
The middle market of hand tools has been gutted. If you're not buying top-of-the line stuff like Snap-On, Knipex, etc. you might as well just shop at Harbor Freight and save some money.
- mc32 11y agoProtos are pretty good too. Made in Taiwan gearwrench are affordable and decent for the price.
- pbreit 11y agoConsidering that Apple and others are able to get extremely high quality manufacturing out of China, it's a shame this isn't more widespread. I guess consumers don't really expect much better.
- solipsism 11y agoApple products are assembled in China. Manufacturing comes from all over the world.