One sentence in the "What we learned" section of that article bothered me.
"They don’t feel as high quality as the 72-tooth Snap-On ratchets found in high-end toolboxes, but we also wouldn’t dare bring those into a junkyard."
Wouldn't dare bring those into a junkyard? At what point did Snap-On tools, require such reverence in their utility?
Last time I checked, necessity doesn't always find itself in a shop, or garage.
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Although my "good" tools are mostly just duralast, I agree.
Why the hell do you have the good ones, if you don't have them when and where you need them? People say "well I know and trust my snap-on/matco/etc, others break more, my life, wellbeing, etc, depends on not having them break", so, shouldn't they be the ones you take out and get dirty with?
I keep the cream of the crop of my tool collection under my driver's seat. A fat lot of good quality tools do you, if you're on the side of the road and they're behind 3 locks in your garage at home.
Don't be impatient and do things the right way, keep your stuff organized (so it's in it's slot, not in a puddle of sockets around you, as you might in your garage), and leaving stuff in the junkyard shouldn't be a problem. If it looks like a tool might get stuck or fall down something or whatever, don't put it there, or grab the china one for that.
When I clicked the link and that picture came up, my first thought was, why would you have just one? I want them all. And for their scenario, I'm sure my torque multiplier can handle it, the ratchet hardly matters, thank you. I won't be needing any pipe.
They have a pointless, kinda lame, test, but I'm actually amazed that most of those held anywhere near that - who freakin' needs a breaker bar? Though the reason the duralast is so strong is that it's hard to break when you only have ten teeth, they're coarse as sin...
