I was told that Carlyle tools are sourced in Taiwan by NAPA from 2 global manufactures that produce some of matco, mac and snap on's global tools.
We have never been told they were made by snap on !
Wow found a defect today in ratchets #R14R, R38R and R12R. :dunno:
None of the other ratchets have this issue at all.
I didn't look but I believe this is the least expensive Carlyle ratchet we sell.
link for pic. http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=CHQR12R_0151389659...
Carlyle tools are quality made in Taiwan, as are a lot of snap on and matco, they have all gone GLOBAL.
The tools did not get released until July, 2012 and to have them in your store then would have been a miracle. We got ours the first part of September.
Hi all, my name is Randy and I ran across this thread searching some stuff, so I'm new.
I am a manager at NAPA and we got our Carlyle tools all set up and to me they feel like much better quality than the old NAPA hand tools.
Carlyle Tools (Balkamp) had a contest enter a pic of your boards and...