I was talking to this retard at a tool shop the other day he told me that kc pro am tools (cheap chinese ****) come out of the snap on factory and everything is made in china. Even snap on and that they lie. I am now starting to think that tool reps are as dumb as politicians...... and as...
In australia we put up with all sorts of taiwanese/chinese rubbish. The only real made in usa option is overpriced (snap on) and we have a bit of good german gear but the other day i saw japanese koken sockets. My old man bought a few when they were a relatively new brand and were probably jap...
I know you didnt want an asian set but the yellow and green see through handle stanleys are the toughest ever lol, id rate them higher than snappy almost, they are durable, I know a few fitters that have had the same set going on 10 years etc.
Its official, I hate stanley black in decker,
got a new motto for them
"taking your countries tools and making them chinas tools, for still the same price"
Sidchrome
facom
mac etc
taiwan **** now
epic fail
I'd take stahlwille, Australia gets cheaperish german stuff than the u.s.a i think and stahlwille is great value for money, hazet is too hard to find over here
btw coolabah, love your dp can u send me some scans of that sidchrome catalogue please
(all prices are in aud so if stuff seems unreasonably expensive thats cos its australian prices)
`Kind of sick of the australian tool scene atm,
Sidchrome, kincrome, sp tools, fuller etc are mostly made in china and taiwan but are still at ridiculous prices for chinese/taiwanese gear. A cheap...
Please dont drill me for this,
A cheap impact wrench costs 10 bucks from china and 30 bucks for the highest quality china one.
As much as you can say "its more expensive to produce in america" its not that. Snap on offers a (debatably) better product than some other (speciffically German)...