Craftsman sockets and socket ratchets are pieces of shit. Socket falls off the ratchet and cracks the paint on my front fascia. WTF? Wrenches are fine. Screw drivers, I break them. They suck too. To me, Craftsman are disposable tools. That is what I take out to the desert or the race track. I have a complete set of Craftsman for the trailer. When one gets lost or breaks, I go to the parts box (300pc Craftsman tool set bought on clearance at the Sears Outlet) and replace what is gone.
Now, do not get me wrong. For the average person, Craftsman is PERFECT! For any type of regular or professional use you are asking for misery. Until I started wrenching regularly, I used Craftsman. Even then, I still have some Craftsman in my shop set of tools.
Word to the wise: Pawnshops offer less than 50% retail prices on tools. I usually run an ad on Craigslist that says I pay 50% of retail on Snap-on, Matco, and Cornwell tools. People do bite and sell. Very few pieces of my shop set were paid at retail. The yellow box below, I paid 3500.00 for that.
1 of my 5 boxes. We were adding the right hand locker that day. 3 of my boxes are the Cornwell Roll-a-rounds.
