You know I got a set of BenchTop tools years ago for a christmas present.. guess thats what you get for sending the wife to buy tools, right??
Anyway, they seemed to FEEL heavy duty enough, and came with a lifetime warranty.. just take the busted tool back to any K-Mart and they replace it for free on the spot.
Long story short, I made about 7 trips to K-Mart in one day replacing busted ratchets and split or stripped sockets.
They didn't give me any crap.. just said go get another one! On my 6th trip, the manager actually gave me a whole new set of tools that was bigger than the set I got for christmas.. and let me keep the old set!
When I find the time to work on something, I want to spend that time doing the work, not hangin' out at K-Mart waiting around for a replacement socket.. that's why i've always tried to make a habit of buying only Craftsman tools.
Sure Mac and Snap-On are great tools, but i'm no professonal mechanic, and i'm three times harder on my tools than those guys. I've used my Craftsman rachets for hammers, glass buster-outters, pry bars, and have even tied them to wires for a ballast when running wires over rafters in ceilings.. and they've never let me down.. in fact, of all the Craftsman tools I own (most bought second hand at auctions and garage sales) i've never had to bring a single one back to sears for replacement.
The best kinda warranty in my book is one you never have to use.
