> The power tools and lawn equipment were never really any good. Not never, they used to be awesomely utilitarian and rugged, but that's back in 60s-70s. My d

> The power tools and lawn equipment were never really any good. Not never, they used to be awesomely utilitarian and rugged, but that's back in 60s-70s. My dad still uses his all-steel construction Sears snowblower and had a Sears cast aluminum-housed 2-stroke chainsaw until seizing the motor with a bad mix of gas ~7 years ago :(. These were both from the 70s, fabulous tools, built to last. > Craftsman hand tools were decent until the mid-2000's when they started changing warranty policies. Yes, in my opinion when I started getting new Craftsman ratchets from Sears which appeared to be both refurbished and needed replacing just weeks after purchase, it was the beginning of the end. Prior to that, the writing was already on the wall when we couldn't easily get parts for the aforementioned snowblower and chainsaw from the service/parts department. It used to be a sure thing even in the 90s, 20 years after purchase!