I used to own a contracting and manufacturing business in cal., I have/had air tools that I bought from HF, drills and grinders, that had hard use in the shop by employees that by definition didn't take as good of care or as seriously abuse them as I did, and they have lasted 20+ years. I've also bought high quality U.S. tools and one of the habits I've noticed about myself is that when I'm working in the shop on something new and/or clean I like my American tools ( like a 12" Crescent wrench with my Grandpa's signiture engraved on it!!!), but when out in the mud ,rain ,snow or serious grease etc, cheap tools get used - 'cause I don't have to care about 'em.
Jeff
