Path: utzoo!utgpu!alliant.com!UUCP Reply-To: british-cars@alliant.com Errors-To: british-cars-request@alliant.com Sender: british-cars-request@alliant.com Return-Path: Posted-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 15:23:59 CST Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 16:23:59 EST From: kam@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Katherine Minister Hosch) Message-ID: <9002282123.AA26919@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu> To: british-cars@alliant.com Subject: Re: miscellany Newsgroups: list.british-cars Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu > Has anyone bought Snap-On spanners recently? What might I expect to spend > for this brand of tool? > > entirely too much. i've a current price book, and have bought one > new Snap-On tool (a slide gear puller/hammer.) unless you really need > a particular tool, or are using lots of tools very heavily, i'd stick > with one of these choices: 1) craftsman; 2) S&K; or 3) find a decent > used tool store. i have purchased a number of used Snap-On tools, > and it doesn't hurt as much at 1/2 of list price. > richard > At the risk of starting a flame-war, I must beg to differ with the response. We have tried snap-on, s&k, and (of course) craftsman, and I would recommend snap-on every time, if you can possibly afford them. Craftsman is adequate for trivial stuff, but really seems guaranteed to disappoint. My husband and I made a pledge not to shop at sears after we returned the second (and last) of two torc wrenches. The first had been opened and didn't contain any instructions at all. The second had *not* been opened, but when we opened it it was clear that it had been used. The wrench had cakes of greasy grime rubbed in it, and the instructions were covered in greasy fingerprints. We bought a used (not used sold as new) torc wrench from snap-on, as well as several other items. We seem always to reach for the snap-ons when there is a choice. . .