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I have Craftsman blue/black & red/white for general purpose, but Willi Hahn (Wiha) is who I trust for tiny precision work - I have slotted/Phillips & Torx sets. Got sick & tired of garbage "precision" screwdrivers, and just sprung for the Wihas.

Flashback to childhood! My mom had a Princess (lighted) phone installed back in the 1970s, and the transformer looked quite like that!

An update: the conversion went perfectly. The adapter I got worked exactly as hoped. And now the bad news...I discovered it wasn't a matter of low batteries. The weather station (a Meade TE278W) is inherently defective. It kept losing signal with the remote sensor, and the problem seemed to...

The cheaper "wide" toolboxes I'm finding top out at 26 inches. You might want to check eBay for some used pieces. Search for "wide toolbox". If you're into restoring one...

Sears counts on people not doing that. Apparently their strategy, like the product, is a FAIL.

While it probably won't shatter, it might nonetheless stop working if dropped. Pretty expensive still; $24/bulb at Home Depot for the Philips.

Union? :D Is it affecting your productivity directly? If not, it's best to just let them fail. Alienating them by directly confronting them will only cause you problems. If it's affecting your productivity (team projects, not allowing you to finish, etc.), you could try some mini-posters...

A lot of Chinese boxes are more like quickly pressed paper than cardboard. That mess our fellow forum member got is an example of why Sears won't last this decade. Their "customer service" is an utter joke. They should have slobbered an apology while offering him a $50 gift card for that epic...

I have never been reasonably disappointed in a Made in USA Craftsman tool, so, PASS on all Made in USA Craftsman pieces.

I'm surprised Matco would even put their name on it. Looks like one of the ones I've tried. TCJ - typical Chinese junk. Does it have a hassle-free warranty? I only see a return policy.

Looks like something I can endorse, based on my Polystinger experience (see previous post).

Every single rechargeable shop light I have tried has been junk. What I have not tried is expensive rechargeable products like Streamlight's E-Flood LiteBox: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039D1MQG/?tag=atomicindus08-20 I have a Streamlight Polystinger rechargeable flashlight - absolutely...

Number 1 tool? As in, "if you only had one tool"? A Petersen Vise-Grip, 10WR. Can even be used as a hammer, LOL.

Is that a tool or a part? Just kidding - it's both, of course!

Thanks for the advice! I just went ahead and picked up an overstock Radio Shack regulated adapter for cheap (they rebranded them to "Enercell" so RS-branded are half price or better). I'll experiment with unregulated on a device I don't care about. :)