In case anyone is curious, the Lifetime Warranty on Craftsman hand tools is still in effect. You need to walk into a Lowe's with your broken ratchet, now, but they'll still swap you another one for free. It just hurts a little trading in your 20-year-old Craftsman ratchet, which is lighter, better built, and shows attention to detail, for a lump of Chinesium that's just bluntly stamped also-ran stuff. Definitely a downgrade. But the warranty is still there, so that's something.

Now, shit, who knows? My stuff is still mostly Craftsman, but stuff has been replaced with lesser brands as it fails or gets lost, it's whatever, now, for hand tools.

I've heard good things about Makita, lately. Make sure you follow TorqueTestChannel on Youtube for the real man news, they've got a whole setup for testing power tools to see if they're worth the price.

[–] Hizeh@hizeh.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

+1 for Makita. I beat mine up and they are still kicking 8+ years.

[–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks to their test performance, I'm slowly saving up for a Makita electric impact I don't need that badly, so hopefully the quality stays up. $5 in the piggy bank every couple weeks doesn't buy impact wrenches very fast.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like they do hit a sweet spot indeed.

[–] nichos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Craftsman has brought back a lot of their manufacturing back to the USA: https://www.craftsman.com/pages/where-its-made

[–] tomthegeek@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Husky tools were recommended to me by a diesel mechanic. Home Depot brand. The tools are pretty nice and warranty has been solid.