Ehcrain
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A Yankee screwdriver for me, I've used it 3 or 4 times in 6 years of owning it. I usually reach for my 9in1 instead
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What Tool Purchases Do You Regret The Most?
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tommydog35
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This has to be one of the most useless things I have ever purchased. It broke after about 5 seconds of use. Its a shame as I had such high hopes for it!
Finky198
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Lol I have both gator grip sockets and use both regularly on my dill for eye hook and other random ****, There not great but they work a few things and haven't broken yet...
rodsnratfinks
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GaffGun
This is what it does:
I'm am A/V tech and sound guy. We bought it for work to speed up our cable taping process, but they are almost never helpful in real life situations because they only do two or three cables at a time, when more often than not, we're running 6+. Also, the handle provided is like that of an economy quality broom, and it's too short for normal sized humans...
Cool idea, bad execution. And, the $300 price tag doesn't help things.
This is what it does:
I'm am A/V tech and sound guy. We bought it for work to speed up our cable taping process, but they are almost never helpful in real life situations because they only do two or three cables at a time, when more often than not, we're running 6+. Also, the handle provided is like that of an economy quality broom, and it's too short for normal sized humans...
Cool idea, bad execution. And, the $300 price tag doesn't help things.
pauls_workshop
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Those are fine for woodworking bit use! - Paul
Methodical
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A Craftsman torque wrench. Although they warranty their tools for life, they only warrant the torque wrench for 1 year. I didn't know that until the plastic piece broke.
They're good for opening real tight Jar lids mostly. Pickle jars, jelly jars or whatever.
theoldwizard1
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I always see a lot of those for sale on CL. Miter saws killed them.
engineer2
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Bought a couple of tubing benders. They work better at kinking tubing. Waste of money.
For me, it would be a couple of Armstrong 1/2" drive ratchets. One standard ratchet, and one with a long handle and flex head. Nothing really wrong with how they work, other than they are rather low on tooth count (36 if memory serves). I don't like how they went w/o a release button to remove sockets/extensions...and how heavy the ratchets are. Never thought the extra heft would be tiring by the end of a day. Bought them because I needed a quick replacement for my worn out Craftsman variants (no Sears in my town any more), and these were available at my local NAPA and were USA-made.
I should have just gone to work and grabbed my Snap-On ratchets for my weekend warrior side work.
I should have just gone to work and grabbed my Snap-On ratchets for my weekend warrior side work.
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Kobalt 7 1/4 sliding miter saw. I do a lot of remodel work and I thought this would be good to have for small trim jobs. Basically anything I was too lazy to unload my 12 inch saw for. Holy **** what a piece of garbage. Sounds like the bearing are dragging and have from day one. It cuts about 4 degrees out on every setting. So bad that all is useful for is running shoe and cove. Cut anything wider than an inch and you've got a huge crack in the miter. I keep looking at the recentely released dewalt 20 v miter saw as a replacement but I've been so dissatisfied with this saw its turned me against small miter saws in general.
Hilti drywall gun. It's a great tool I just don't use it. Again I mostly do remodel work and a cordless screwgun is way more convenient. If I was hanging whole houses I'd probably feel different but I hate pulling cords for 2 or 3 sheets of rock.
Every hammer I've ever bought that didn't say Estwing on it.
Delta miter saw stand. Takes up too much room in the trailer. Probably will replace with one of the small dewalt stands that fold up like a saw horse.
And on the mechanics tools side of things.
Pieced together a complete set of USA craftsman wrenches from 1/4.-1 1/4 off eBay. Paid way too much for most of them.
Bought small sets of sockets from multiple manufacturers when a couple of the larger sets from SK is what I wanted and still want.
Hilti drywall gun. It's a great tool I just don't use it. Again I mostly do remodel work and a cordless screwgun is way more convenient. If I was hanging whole houses I'd probably feel different but I hate pulling cords for 2 or 3 sheets of rock.
Every hammer I've ever bought that didn't say Estwing on it.
Delta miter saw stand. Takes up too much room in the trailer. Probably will replace with one of the small dewalt stands that fold up like a saw horse.
And on the mechanics tools side of things.
Pieced together a complete set of USA craftsman wrenches from 1/4.-1 1/4 off eBay. Paid way too much for most of them.
Bought small sets of sockets from multiple manufacturers when a couple of the larger sets from SK is what I wanted and still want.
If work trucks count as tools. I think they do!
Let my wife talk me into buying a 3/4 ton gas truck instead of the 1 ton diesel chassis cab I wanted. When she found out the price difference between gas and diesel plus the uofit cost of the service bed she decided that was pretty close to the cost of the new jeep she had been wanting. Haha, can't really complain it's been a good truck but I service bed would have been beyond nice for my line of work. Probably could have eliminated the enclosed trailer completely.
Let my wife talk me into buying a 3/4 ton gas truck instead of the 1 ton diesel chassis cab I wanted. When she found out the price difference between gas and diesel plus the uofit cost of the service bed she decided that was pretty close to the cost of the new jeep she had been wanting. Haha, can't really complain it's been a good truck but I service bed would have been beyond nice for my line of work. Probably could have eliminated the enclosed trailer completely.
Greg85mcss
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All these gimmicky things like the robo grip, sidewinder & gator grip remind me of working at sears years ago. They'd push all that **** hard around Christmas, Father's Day... It took some tact to talk wives & kids out of getting them as gifts. I have some stupid little things I don't use but the biggest regret is the pin detent ir impact gun I use every day. I didn't notice when I ordered it & it works too well to replace but friction ring is so much more convenient.
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Unrelated but these guys sent me something in the mail promising 20 an hour and I was like hell yeah!!! (At the time 18 with little job experience) So I went to their little meeting and it was the biggest rip off I've ever heard of. You only sell to family and friends, seemed sleazy. The knives were horrendously overpriced as well
theoldwizard1
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Bought a couple of tubing benders. They work better at kinking tubing. Waste of money.
Buy nickel-copper brake line tubing. Bend by hand.
theoldwizard1
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I never bought any knives (handles are too thin). I did buy their scissors and they have been fantastic for over 20 years !
Best moderately priced knives are Chicago Cutlery. The low cost sets you se in Target and Walmart have shorter blades. If you want one with the full sized blades, you have to go to a real kitchen store.
pauls_workshop
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x2. I have two full Chicago Cutlery sets I got once at real auctions about 20 years ago. I've added a few oddball knives I didn't have from ebay since. They are still great, 20 years on. Mine were all made in USA with the walnut handles. I'm sure there is better, but they are just fine and reasonably priced. - Paul
Easily my Snapon KRL773. I was planning on eventually getting a KRL1003, blue with chrome trim, but the Snapon guy made 20 year old me feel like I was getting such a great deal on the 773 that I went ahead and bought it. I still have the 773 16 years later and I hate the cranberry with gold trim, hate that I have to put my 24" long extensions and prybars in the drawer sideways because the drawers are not deep enough to put them in lengthwise, hate that the top surface is too low for me since I'm 6'3" where the height of the 1003 would have been perfect. I should have saved up for a few more months and bought what I really wanted.
BDT/NWMN
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Thanks for sharing Your experience and thoughts of dealing with the Snap-On Guy.. Some Dealers are excellent salespeople. They sell expensive, quality tools on a daily basis, and use each sale to hone their salesmanship skills...
And here comes a new 20 year old customer.... I doubt that You were the first or the last in the GJ group.... Many of Us were not excellent tool BuYeRs, with dull or non-existent purchasing skills..
Sure, We may understand the quality of the product, but that should only be one segment of the purchase... If Your case; it was the wrong model choice.
For others, it is the price.. Some buy things when their job is up in the air..
Some have other bills to be paid..
An old industrial engine mechanic once told me :"If you are not sure what to do; Do Nothing!! Doing so gives you more time to think about the matter; and; it is easier to undo something that wasn't done in the first place"
Thanks Ruben, sure wish we had talked about this years earlier..
This conversation was forty some years ago, when I was in My early 20's
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Duster346
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Have never really regretted buying tools or equipment (owned an auto shop for 8 years). Maybe had buyers remorse a few times?
The closest I can come to regretting anything would probably be all the scan tools I've purchased over the years (about 5 different scan tools in 10 years or so). They are extremely expensive brand new, cost a lot of money to update, and are worth about .50 on the dollar after you take delivery of it and plug it in to a vehicle.
The closest I can come to regretting anything would probably be all the scan tools I've purchased over the years (about 5 different scan tools in 10 years or so). They are extremely expensive brand new, cost a lot of money to update, and are worth about .50 on the dollar after you take delivery of it and plug it in to a vehicle.
bwringer
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I've got this really cool 90 degree Motion Pro motorcycle carburetor adjusting tool that I've never once actually used.
http://www.motionpro.com/product/08-0229
I think it cost me $70 or $80, so I guess as tool regrets go it's not all that bad.
http://www.motionpro.com/product/08-0229
I think it cost me $70 or $80, so I guess as tool regrets go it's not all that bad.
2004.5cumminsman
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Anything snap on battery powered. There is better for less.
CutterFarms
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Probably the dog bone wrenches, thought they might be handy to keep a standard and metric on each tractor in a bind...bunch of junk. But I did find that they are somewhat handy to keep around my paint sprayers when I'm using them as they aren't torqued overly tight
engineer2
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Had a Cutco sales person over who was a friend of a friend. They count on your kitchen knives being dull to sell you on their knives. She had a piece of rope and cut through it with a couple of strokes. I told her "Let's try it with my knife." I pulled out my Japanese Santoku knife and pushed through the half inch rope like it was butter. She said "I've never seen that before".
A set of Craftsman wrenches I picked up at a Kmart that was closing and had just about everything on clearance. First use was the 14mm and it rounded. Not the bolt, the open end of the wrench. Second use was dissasembling a Chevy rear end with a buddy of mine. I can't remember what size he tried but that one rounded too. It was like the factory wasn't hardening wrenches the day those came off the line.
On a whim I took them into the Ace I stop at leaving work to see if they would warranty them. It took the manager a few minutes to actually look at the two I brought in to see that they were defective. I guess he didn't believe a wrench could fail.
Part of me wanted to sell them to recover at least some of what I had lost, but I just couldn't do that to someone. Not even a stranger. It just wouldn't be right considering the chrome cracked up and started peeling where the steel underneath gave way. Not safe to use.
On a whim I took them into the Ace I stop at leaving work to see if they would warranty them. It took the manager a few minutes to actually look at the two I brought in to see that they were defective. I guess he didn't believe a wrench could fail.
Part of me wanted to sell them to recover at least some of what I had lost, but I just couldn't do that to someone. Not even a stranger. It just wouldn't be right considering the chrome cracked up and started peeling where the steel underneath gave way. Not safe to use.
BioNerd
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composite ratchets, all three at HF.
Really? For the 9bucks I think I spent on mine I enjoy it. I keep it in my trunk tool bag
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