HF blantantly copying Snap on look

[d.mcfarland]

I'd say you just tossed $9 in the trash. They're cheap ****, and will probably cost more than $9 in damage when the ****** tip messes up a hard to get screw head.

But hey, what a value. I paid about $20 per screw driver off the SO truck 4 years ago and will probably have and use them for the next 25 years, that to me is value. It's like the clowns that buy 5 different ratchets at $25 a piece trying to find something better than a $100 Dual 80, I still have my first Dual 80 ratchet from 15 years ago. It's perfect, haven't wasted any money trying to find something better.

Thanks for your input on a random review I did for the benefit of the forum. I have plenty of top tier USA and European screwdrivers that I've never had an issue with. The key I wanted people to know is that the HF screwdrivers that copied the Proto screwdriver design was the best ones they offer in terms of initial quality.

 

[kythri]

These threads always turn into ******* matches because there is always the guys that basically say I'm foolish to buy $25,000 of Snap On tools.

More commonly, these threads turn into ******* matches because someone with zero experience with the tool in question starts bashing it as being junk.

Go figure.

 

[scooby074]

Doesn't Snap-on license the ratcheting screwdriver mechanism from Apex/GW, or vice versa? I thought that was a thing. Not that the handles should be that close... but maybe it's not as simple as a copied look.

The Snap-on jack is/was made in the same factory as the Harbor Freight, so it's not terribly surprising they look alike. You hire Company X to build you a jack with a certain specification, and don't get an exclusive design... that's what you're going to get.

No Idea if the guts of the SO driver are Apex or not. Curious if they are. I thought SO made their ratcheting screwdrivers inhouse? Id like to learn more on the subject.

This thread was about copying "the look". And I can say without a doubt that companies are copying "the look" (with minor tweeks). Although in the jack case, you could argue that SO was copying the HF look

 

[d.mcfarland]

More commonly, these threads turn into ******* matches because someone with zero experience with the tool in question starts bashing it as being junk.

Go figure.

You make a very valid point.

 

[guitarbutt]

Everything is made in the same Chinese factory with slightly different molds for the handle.

That's science.