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pawoSD · #2 04-14-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 123c

Please come to Lowe's and buy your tools

, alot of the stuff we sell is the same of better than Sears at a lower price. Some of the newer Kobalt stuff I am a little scared of, but it should be fine. I had a gift card to Sears, so I bought some tools from there, and were a lot less, but I needed the tools and needed to use the gift card on something. A lot of tools can also be special ordered, so if it is not on the shelf, we can might be able to get it for you. Home Depots tools are even better than Sears junk, I actually wish that Lowe's would carry some of the stuff that Home Depot has...

I worked at lowes using those "ToolForce" and "Kobalt" tools (I was an assembler....I broke drill bits and drills and ratchets all the time! And it wasn't even that tough of stuff I was working on...junky tools.) Cordless drills are pieces of junk too....all made in china. A good corded drill can kill a cordless.

I have almost all craftsman tools for the most part. I was be-gifted a set of "around the house" tools from lowes at christmas....they are "ok" but would probably fall apart in heavy use. They're all made in China of course....the part I hate most.

Menards sells "ToolShop" brand tools, they seem to hold up pretty good, also made in china, so I've bought VERY few tools from them. I always try to buy the USA stuff, even if it costs 3x more. Chinese hammer: $6 USA Hammer: $23....I bought the USA hammer.

Autozone sells "Great Neck" tools which are made in Taiwan....they're of pretty good quality...(close to or the same as Craftsman)....I have some sockets I use a lot from them, drain plug allen sockets...and some other stuff, and they've held up to a lot of work/abuse.... Their price is in-between china junk and the usa stuff.

I usually just stick to the craftsman or great neck stuff, and try to avoid asian products as much as possible (in all categories of what I buy)