The price of individual wrenches drives me nuts as far as US/Euro brands go. They tend to be ridiculously cost prohibitive. I’ve been looking at 11/32nd wrenches for work and they are anywhere from $15-20 for the US industrial brands. That’s crazy for such a small wrench. I could buy a 7pc Wright set for $80 but I don’t need the other sizes. Oh well, c’est la vie.
Your story confirms my fear rather than eases it.
That's very dramatic. I'm not trying to screw any workers. If my one purchase or lack thereof screws a company then it was already finished.
I've been looking. I'm open to used combination wrenches because there are no moving parts.
It’s not stopping me from buying a set at Epstein’s one of these days. I think I have an addiction.
That’s been my experience on eBay unless I just got lucky. Everyone thinks because it says snap on its worth full MSRP and is plated in gold.
NAPA replaces the broken tool with whatever their premium equivalent tool is at that time. For instance, if you brought in a broken New Britain socket that you'd bought in the 80s, they'd give you a new Carlyle socket today.
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Exactly. Used Snap-On prices are ridiculous. But prices of pretty much everything are insane right now so that could be playing a part in it.
Bingo! I don't know why anybody would accept that. You do make a good point with Craftsman. It could happen with any company, but to me it seems way more likely to happen with Carlyle/Napa since they are an auto parts store that just happens to sell their own lineup of tools.
My NAPA would just look at me like, “What do you want me to do with that? And whats New Britain?”
The Southeastern part. I'm about an hour northwest of Philly. Why do you ask?
I've done the same,you won't be disappointed in what the Proto Tool has in their extensive line up.
Is there credible news about NAPA dropping Carlyle? It is their house premium brand. It would be like HD dropping Husky. Anything can happen but I would think it is unlikely. If they did they still have to honor the warrantee in some manner. As someone else asked earleir, how often to you break a quality box wrench? A 6 pt is even harder to damage than a 12 pt.
Thank you! Never heard of it, but I'll check it out.
I'll have to checkout Proto.
Well apparently Napa has already changed their tool lineup in the past, as you can read on this thread, so yeah that concerns me. I've never broken a combination wrench myself, but I've seen it happen. Is it rare? Yes. But What if? You don't have to agree with my thinking, but this is my thread after all...
I don't care what anybody says about Snap-On, they make the best combination wrench I've ever used. Their prices are outrageous, but in the end they do make great products.
The only thing stopping me is the price.
Necessitate? None. I have a set of 12 points. I want 6 point wrenches. They’re just better in my experience.
Proto ASD doesn't have teeth it just has notches.
Yep, experience has told me bad wrenches ruin good fasteners.
Proto only seems to have small wrench sets of 10 pieces. Do you know if they have larger sets? If so I couldn't find them.
For sure and that's the main point of this thread - to help me find good wrenches for my use. Maybe I should have specified more on this in my original post.
I don't believe they offer any sets larger than 10 in 6 point. The sets are decent coverage and adding the additional sizes like 8, 21, 22, 24, 27 wouldn't be too hateful I'd imagine.
Proto only offers 6 point metric in sizes 6-19mm. SAE goes up to 1-1/4"
You said it all here.^^^^
Got a 50% off coupon? Or would you like to go halves with me?You said it all here.^^^^
Go get them.
Start with the sizes you need most.
Use them and be happy.
Don't look back.
Happy wrenching.
I don’t usually worry about the price as a rule, but then again I’m married so I have to indirectly worry about the price lol.Once you get a couple in your hands, you won't worry about the price.
You gotta take the first step.
I think missing 16 mm. so just buy a stray 5/8" to put in the set