Craftsman Limited Edition Dry-Erase Tool Box

water-works · Mar 27, 2013

New Limited Edition Craftsman. Definitely not my style but I thought it was interesting they are trying some gimmick stuff to increase sales.

Interestingly, this item seems to have been pulled from the craftsman website, although it's still shows up under google searches.

"The Craftsman 8-Drawer Limited Edition Combo has a white dry erase finish which allows you to label the contents of each drawer with a magic marker."

More info on the box here:
http://toolguyd.com/craftsman-limited-edition-dry-erase-ball-bearing-tool-box/

bobcatdan · Mar 27, 2013

I never got why people need to lable drawers. My main box has 22 drawers. Road box has 16 drawers. Home box has 8 drawers. I know my way around my dad's and grandpa's boxes. People must buy tools and only open the drawers once a year to forget where stuff is.

Mohawk Dave · Mar 27, 2013

Only reason I have contemplated labeling drawers is for my GF, and a few good friends that I allow to use my tools when they bring their projects on my property.

The best solution I have is to get a roll of magnetic tape stuff that has the white label on one side. Cut it to length and add description. This way you can move them around when tools change boxes and you're not messing up your paint with a sharpie.

vlpronj · Mar 27, 2013

You could buy some of the vinyl static cling rolls of whiteboard material, and do the fronts of your drawers with that, or glue on showerboard laminate in strips, or even pay a vinyl wrap shop for a plain wrap of the box.

It may not be a solution in search of a problem, but aside from programmable LED readouts on each drawer, it may have been a search for the least practical and most expensive solution.

TheGrooveking · Mar 27, 2013

I could see using labels if the box is a shared box, such as a production line or such. In my garage I have over 150 tool box drawers and know what is in each of them, of course if I ask the wife to get a screwdriver for me she goes to her tool drawer in the kitchen.....but she does have pink Snap On and Matco she keeps in that drawer.

TheGrooveking

str8axle55 · Mar 27, 2013

bobcatdan said:
I never got why people need to lable drawers. My main box has 22 drawers. Road box has 16 drawers. Home box has 8 drawers. I know my way around my dad's and grandpa's boxes. People must buy tools and only open the drawers once a year to forget where stuff is.

Agreed. I know where my stuff is. It could be handy for a shared box. I had an old boss/friend do that to his box, of course it was a KR1000/1100, and he used a Sharpie.....

Brownsfan · Mar 27, 2013

bobcatdan said:
I never got why people need to lable drawers. My main box has 22 drawers. Road box has 16 drawers. Home box has 8 drawers. I know my way around my dad's and grandpa's boxes. People must buy tools and only open the drawers once a year to forget where stuff is.

Same here. I have 16 drawers in my box and I know where everything is. I never have to open more drawers to find something. Just kinda have it all memorized

SKAutomotive · Mar 27, 2013

If you can't remember what drawer has what tool you are looking for, you don't use your tools enough and there is a good chance that you wasted a lot of money on them.

06 DIESEL · Mar 27, 2013

I have labeled drawers on my box, but my box is shared by a few close friends. I know where almost everything is without looking at a label, but every now and then I need something I do not use very often and have to check a label. I have magnetic roll labels printed with a brother label printer that I can move around as I change boxes, draw configurations, etc.

tjmonsen5 · Mar 27, 2013

My box has labels because my friends use my box all the time. They never know where anything is. The labels are great because then they put the tools back in the correct drawer.
CANT STAND WHEN SOMEONE PUTS A TOOL IN THE WRONG DRAWER!

The Ratchet Man · Mar 27, 2013

If they made a fully magnetic box instead, you could just stick all your tools on the outside and not even need the labels.

I think my current Cman box just dropped in value because of this one.

Bull · Mar 27, 2013

Really, this is what Sears has thought up for men? A dry erase toolbox?!

allinon72 · Mar 27, 2013

Man, what a terrible gimmick to go along with a poorly constructed box.

neophyte · Mar 27, 2013

I've actually thought a "blackboard" painted toolbox would be useful, same as a "dry-erase" one. If you need to do a quick calculation or drawing and you don't have a pad of paper handy, or your hands are covered in something really messy, you just do the drawing on the side of the toolbox and wipe it off later. If you keep the toolbox next to you while working it's more convenient than walking over to a separate wall that might have a blackboard on it.

water-works · Mar 27, 2013

Bull said:
Really, this is what Sears has thought up for men? A dry erase toolbox?!

This is EXACTLY what I thought when I saw it. Makes me never want to be caught with a craftsman tool again. This has got to be one of the lamest gimmicks I've ever seen for tools.

gagreen · Mar 27, 2013

Its actually a great idea. To be able to quickly draw something up on the side when you have an idea or inspiration. Leave a note etc... I could see it being handy on a home built aircraft to write down a note and transcribe it to the log when your hands aren't filthy.

4xdog · Mar 27, 2013

The white box looks OK to me. The dry erase stuff sounds like a goofy gimmick.

scouting · Mar 27, 2013

gagreen said:
Its actually a great idea. To be able to quickly draw something up on the side when you have an idea or inspiration. Leave a note etc... I could see it being handy on a home built aircraft to write down a note and transcribe it to the log when your hands aren't filthy.

I agree, I need to make notes all the time, especially code #'s. I don't know why, but snap-on doesn't have a memory function for cleared codes. Once you clear them, they're gone. So I usually end up writing them on my hand, or a scrap of paper that inevitably gets lost. Or just sketching for fabbing parts. I don't know why they market this for labelling drawers, if you don't know where tools are, then the dry-erase will have worn off by the time you need it.

TheGrooveking · Mar 27, 2013

I know Craftsman had white boxes in one of the last printed Tools catalogs, I bet these are one and the same, just add dry erase markers and pesto-chango new marketing!

TheGrooveking

Scout Driver · Mar 27, 2013

Lots of dry-erase graffiti. Draw a different theme on the box every week. Let the kids scrawl on it. Jot down phone numbers on it. Write the shopping list on it..............

Still an odd idea for a box.........

Scott

rusty65 · Mar 27, 2013

I think it's actually a good idea for a guy who uses his tools every once in awhile not only for labeling but for note taking idea plotting the list can go on and on but of course for the more advanced dyiers or the pros it may seem useless.

DirtRoad · Mar 27, 2013

Wish they would do what harbor freight does.........build a solid box at a reasonable price.

Gimmicks aren't gonna help them at this point.

BUILD A SOLID BOX AT A REASONABLE PRICE YOU MORONS

Shadowdog500 · Mar 27, 2013

Never labeled my box either, but I've had to reorganize my a few times, and each time it screwed me up for a while.

I do label my portable tool boxes like my 110v box, and my plumbing boxes. I found wide painters tape on the box makes a great removable label for writing on with a marker.

I would do that to my drawers before I bought a dry erase toolbox.

Chris

NC-Fordguy · Mar 27, 2013

bobcatdan said:
I never got why people need to lable drawers. My main box has 22 drawers. Road box has 16 drawers. Home box has 8 drawers. I know my way around my dad's and grandpa's boxes. People must buy tools and only open the drawers once a year to forget where stuff is.

Very simple. It allows others(tool *****) to find what you want when you are under a vehicle

Chadwilliam1 · Mar 27, 2013

its something different, my guess is if snap on did this it would be the greatest idea ever.

gagreen · Mar 27, 2013

Chadwilliam1 said:
its something different my guess is if snap on did this it would be the greatest idea fudge.

Lol truer words have never been spoken.

water-works · Mar 27, 2013

Chadwilliam1 said:
its something different, my guess is if snap on did this it would be the greatest idea ever.

Bull · Mar 27, 2013

I don't think a male tech in a professional shop would want to be rocking a whiteboard Snappy box, and the SO marketing people know this.

Super Sport · Mar 27, 2013

A whiteboard in a garage is a great idea. Not sure I'd want my toolbox and whiteboard to be one in the same, but some people might.

I do love the look of the white though.

Psiber · Mar 27, 2013

I saw this and had two thoughts, white for a toolbox? And have they ever used a dry erase board, that **** wipes right off when you touch it. Dumb.

zcbauer89 · Mar 27, 2013

Next is the Craftsman Crayola box!!!

Stuey · Mar 27, 2013

I've been on the fence with how I feel about this. I really don't think it's all about being able to label drawers. Maybe 1/2 about being able to label drawers and doodle around the box, 1/2 about the glossy white finish.

They did have white boxes before, and perhaps they wanted to bring that color back, but instead of regular white they made it more dry erase friendly.

While I like the look of it, it's not something I'd buy. Admittedly, if Craftsman came out with sunburst orange combos again, I'd probably buy one of everything. They also had yellow and electric blue a few years back, and I kick myself for not catching them at clearance pricing.

arbadacarba · Mar 28, 2013

I used to have trouble remembering which drawer had what in it. And then I started stickering my box. Now it seems like I just know where everything is.

It's not that I didn't know which drawer (1, 2, 3, 4 etc) contained the tool I was looking for, it was just that they all looked the same and I would open the wrong one.

That being said I'm labeling my drawers so my wife can grab the right one quicker when she is helping.

thetreshon · Mar 28, 2013

The Ratchet Man said:
If they made a fully magnetic box instead, you could just stick all your tools on the outside and not even need the labels.

bahahaha! This is hilarious...it actually made me LOL! Frickin' funny...I keep picturing it...

I guess you could use the drawers to store all your labels...

allinon72 · Mar 28, 2013

rusty65 said:
I think it's actually a good idea for a guy who uses his tools every once in awhile not only for labeling but for note taking idea plotting the list can go on and on but of course for the more advanced dyiers or the pros it may seem useless.

It's one of those things that sounds like a good idea in theory but will never be done in practice.

jonathan75 · Mar 28, 2013

What ever happened to the Craftsman retro looking black one with the rounded top? Only saw it once and never again. It looked so cool.

djb2 · Mar 28, 2013

I can't imagine a white box being practical for anyone here. Clean rooms and hospitals perhaps, where you go in freshly scrubbed and still wear gloves and a hat to keep your filth off of everything rather than the reverse.

I imagine they put a few test boxes on store display and canceled the product the next week.

TerryH · Mar 28, 2013

So I show the tool box to my wife and she says she loves it. There you go. It's a tool box for women. Men don't need no stinking dry erase tool boxes.

shocksandstrutz · Mar 28, 2013

4xdog said:
The white box looks OK to me. The dry erase stuff sounds like a goofy gimmick.

agreed, i think the idea of having a white box was the best part that came out of the whole thing

LordTom · Mar 28, 2013

neophyte said:
I've actually thought a "blackboard" painted toolbox would be useful, same as a "dry-erase" one. If you need to do a quick calculation or drawing and you don't have a pad of paper handy, or your hands are covered in something really messy, you just do the drawing on the side of the toolbox and wipe it off later. If you keep the toolbox next to you while working it's more convenient than walking over to a separate wall that might have a blackboard on it.

I have a cabinet that i painted with chalkboard paint to keep notes on.

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