The Snap-On Effect

[Downwindtracker 2]

This was back a few years, I hadn't been pulling wrenches that long. My partner and I were buttoning up a leg on a bucket elevator. I was using a rough Gray Maple Leaf 9/16 combination, Maple Leafs were Grays economy line. My partner offered to let me try his Snap-On. I couldn't afford Snap-On , but on the way home I stopped and bought a fully polished 9/16th Gray.

We aren't married to beauty queens, in spite of what we tell our wives, since we spend more time with our tools, at least they should be nice.

Wrenches have changed. I bought a set of Mastercraft for my last out of town job. If lost no big deal. They might not be as good as Snap-On or Proto, but they were as nice as that Snap-On.

 

[Robert Haas]

the point of your post is lost on me.

My bride is a beauty, but insist she is a princess. Who am I to argue with royalty?

I have been "pulling Wrenches" for over 50 years. Get back to me when you have an actual informed opinion and not some troll type post.

 

[Jack84]

the point of your post is lost on me.

Buy shiny tools because pretty.

 

[f121]

I think this is the point:

Wrenches have changed. I bought a set of Mastercraft for my last out of town job. If lost no big deal. They might not be as good as Snap-On or Proto, but they were as nice as that Snap-On.

I agree, the quality of cheap wrenches has really improved massively over the last 15-20 years.

There's a lot of snap on tools that I think are better than the competition (at least the easily-available-in-the-uk competition), but some stuff like wrenchs I don't think is worth the extra cash.

 

[zendriver]

It's never too early in the day, to start drinking.

It sounds like that if your coworkers wife is way hotter than your own, you should at least upgrade to something more shiny.

Hell, I'm thrilled my lovely wife gave me the time of day! She could've done way better, LOL


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[rsanter]

The tools you use only have to be as good as you need them to be.
Over the years I have upgraded many of my tools to snap on because I was exceeding the capacity of the stuff it replaced.
If what you have is working for you, then use it.
I like many people don’t have all snap on, I have no issue working with an elternate brand that will get the job done. Even if it was made in china

 

[Downwindtracker 2]

I guess I should simplify it for Robert. Using fine tools makes the work day more pleasant.

 

[CR888]

So using a friends SO wrench made you appreciate a good wrench. Have I got it? I too struggled with that original post, I couldn't make sense of it at all.

 

[Mr_B]

Made sense to me, robert just tetchy on anything that might be taken negatively against snapon . 5 decades of snappy stroking has these effects lol .

 

[Barrymaxx]

Cant drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

 

[Wamsutta]

the point of your post is lost on me.

Same here.

 

[Fulcrum]

the point of your post is lost on me.

My bride is a beauty, but insist she is a princess. Who am I to argue with royalty?

I have been "pulling Wrenches" for over 50 years. Get back to me when you have an actual informed opinion and not some troll type post.

I think the original point of his post is that now you can buy look alike Snap-on tools that appear to be equal, but still aren't. Now you can make believe a little better.

It's that old saying: Better to look good, than to feel good! Or in this case, to actually be a useful, top of the line tool.

/smh.

 

[M6erfan]

OP used a crappy wrench. Borrowed a good wrench. Concluded that good wrenches are better than crappy wrenches. Bought a new better wrench to replace his crappy old wrench on his way home later that day.

The end.

 

[Wamsutta]

OP used a crappy wrench. Borrowed a good wrench. Concluded that good wrenches are better than crappy wrenches. Bought a new better wrench to replace his crappy old wrench on his way home later that day.

The end.

But the thread title would have made a lot more sense if he had bought a Snap-on wrench instead of a Gray branded wrench. And I have no clue what "Maple Leafs" are.

 

[Robert Haas]

telling folks their spouse's ain't the "Beauty Queens" we tell them they are, just might possibly get ones *** kicked.

Oh and Mr B I have only been stroking my Snappy for 30 years. Before that I couldn't afford them. (I can't really afford them now)

 

[Fulcrum]

And I have no clue what "Maple Leafs" are.

You've never dated hot Canadian women from Toronto then.

 

[Mr_B]

telling folks their spouse's ain't the "Beauty Queens" we tell them they are, just might possibly get ones *** kicked.

Oh and Mr B I have only been stroking my Snappy for 30 years. Before that I couldn't afford them. (I can't really afford them now)

LOL

Funnily enough some real quality tools may not look the part much like wives, can look a little unfinished, perhaps not be a known family name but still give you decades of great service and be hard to find a truly better option ...

 

[M6erfan]

But the thread title would have made a lot more sense if he had bought a Snap-on wrench instead of a Gray branded wrench. And I have no clue what "Maple Leafs" are.

The quality of S-o makes one appreciate better quality tools

 

[WittHay]

OP used a crappy wrench. Borrowed a good wrench. Concluded that good wrenches are better than crappy wrenches. Bought a new better wrench to replace his crappy old wrench on his way home later that day. The end.

Long winded version is Maple Leafs were clunky industrial wrenches that did the job but were not particularly pleasant to use. Made in Canada, Snap-on wrenches were in a league of their own back in the day. Nothing came close

Fast forward to the present decade where you can go to a local retailer Canadian Tire and buy a set of Mastercraft Maximum wrenches that are the same length the current USA Snappy, just as purdy and you can twirl them around in your fingers just like a Snap-on

The maple leaf is a Canadian thing, its on our flag and a lot of Canadian products have a maple leaf sticker on them

 

[Professional Tool User]

Mastercraft wrenches are dirt cheap, expendable, and are great for light use. Cheap tools have definitely come a long way.

 

[toolaholic]

I have made in Taiwan long pattern wrenches. Napa 7PC. Full Polish Extra Long Pattern Combination Wrench Set Metric 90933 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JT5DXAG/?tag=atomicindus08-20 I really like them and I have proto, Wright , hazel and stahlwille (deep offsets). I don’t wish I was using one of my better wrenches when using the Napas.