I seem to do a good job busting things, no matter what brand. Some cheapies have survived well, and I've busted a lot of Craftsman stuff. Luck of the draw.
The only ratchets/sockets and open-end wrenches I've never broken were the GM Goodwrench stuff. My parents gave me a 1/4" and 3/8" socket set in a molded case in high school, and it's survived a lot of abuse. Later, my dad and I found some 1/2" socket sets at a swap meet for next to nothing, and those have lived through a lot of abuse, too. Good stuff. For a while, they were hard to find, but O'Reillys is carrying Goodwrench tools now.
