Re: sudden car death (Husky tools)

[geordy <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com>]

Have you seen the new husky pearhead rachets with the 8 degree arc swing?

Harry Dean Stanton wrote:

> On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 05:33:05PM -0700, geordy wrote:
> 
>>> Eh, hardly impressive.  What happened is that the parent company of
>>> snap-on bought Williams tools, who had just introduced a low-level conumer
>>> tool line.  Saying Husky is as good as Snap-On is like saying that a Skoda
>>> is a Lambourghini because VW owns them both.
>> 
>> Husky may not be as good as snap-on but they are also a fraction
>> of the price.  Have you ever tried the tools?  They are pretty good.
>> And for the home/small shop mechanic, the price/performance is
>> very good.  Not everyone has $400 to spend on a 22 piece socket set....
> 
> 
> Yup, and I was not happy with them. I had a set of Kobalt box wrenches for
> a while. I found that there were many areas where they could not fit where
> my Craftsman Industrial wrenches worked fine.  I also found the wrenches
> very uncomfortable in my hand. 
> 
>  Some Craftsman stuff has REALLY gone downhill... look at their ratchet
> handles. My 20 year old ones are great... they have a really fine arc
> pitch and have never failed. New ones have a really coarse pitch and feel
> cheap... but the Husky tools feel just as bad. If I ever need new
> ratchets, they're going to be Snap-On. However, Snap-On screwdrivers
> absolutely suck. Hard plastic handles that are impossible to grip when
> greasy, tips that wear down in just a few months of constant use.  I like
> Craftsman Industrial drivers much better.
> 
> Dan
> 



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