Well the torque wrench was one of my very early purchases, gets little use
and works ok. The wrenches that were much later purchases saw a lot of use,
had flakey chrome, opened ends and went out with the rubbish as each one was
replaced by a Snap-on.
The compression tester was in 3 parts: the dial and a lead, the re-set lead
section and an alternative lead section. Only the re-set is bust but because
I cannot contact the manufacturer (no address/brand details) I cannot get a
spare part. With the Snap-On stuff I can all types of itty-bitty spares like
a clip for the drawer runner on my roll cab.
SO, maybe the craftsman stuff is cheaper for the same quality as Snap-On - as
far as I know, it is not obviously available here in the UK. Britool stuff
is English and quite good but is not as good as the Snap-On. What else am I
meant to buy? In destructive tool testing a british car magazine found that
Snap-On came out way ahead of every other brand of spanner they tested
(Craftsman were not tested).
I'm not making a pitch for Snap-On because they neither pay me or give me
free tools just relating my experience that you get what you pay for.
I'm not saying every purchase should be Snap-On - just the stuff that is
going to see a lot of hard or regular use or where accuracy is important.
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In a message dated 15/10/00 22:33:05 GMT Daylight Time, ccrobins@ktc.com
writes:
<< Hah! Snap-On is wonderful, so Dan has a "British made" torque wrench.
So much for brand loyalty. >>
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