Top Brands In Your Box

[Canadian Charlie]

First off let me say that I love this site


What are the top 3 or 4 brands of tools that you have in your boxes, the most of this manufacturer. Here is mine

Snap On: 120+ pieces ( I love E Bay)
Gray: 70+ pieces ( had alot of Canadan Tire money)
Mastercraft: 50+ pieces (Canadian Tire money used wisely)
Beta: 30+ pieces (best out here)

and alot but need to be weeded out China/Tiwaan tools

 

[dink]

Sk
Wera
Craftsmen (phasing out)
Facom

 

[wythors]

I don't have a per piece count, but general percentage-wise I would guess about 40% Craftsman, 50% divided between Snappy, Mac, Matco, Cornwell, Plomb and S-K with the rest being miscellaneous bits and pieces picked up over the years.

As far as the Chinese thing, I have a pair of Pittsburgh long needle nose pliers, an old brake tool set that I got 15 years ago and 4 BIG wrenches that came in my first set of Wilmar tools that I got right out of high school. They're the last surviving pieces of that set and I can't see spending the cash to replace them since I used one of them once.

 

[eschoendorff]

I don't know the number of pieces off the top of my head, but I can tell you that I have the following brands represented:

Craftsman (my core brand for tools)
Sturtevant Richmond sp??? (tq wrenches)
SK (ratchets and sockets + screwdrivers)
Snap On (screwdrivers, ratchet, tap and die set, a few sockets, a couple wrenches, waterpump pliers)
Proto (ratchet and sockets, extensions, pliers)
Facom (pliers *oh yeah!*, screwdrivers, sockets)
Armstrong (1/2" drive ratchet and sockets)
Allen (ratchets, sockets, drivers)
Channellock
VIM (specialty tools)
Lisle (specialty tools)
Matco (ratcheting screwdriver set)
MAC (socket and ratchet)
Kobalt (sockets, ratchet and screwdrivers)
K-tool (hex, torx bits)
OTC (torx bits)
Husky (breaker bars, wrenches - only USA stuff)
Various wrenches by Cornwell, Challenger, Proto, Bonney, Blackhawk, etc...

 

[sprackydoo]

Craftsman
Klein
Eastwood

 

[chevy302dz]

Craftsman
SK
Armstrong
Visegrip
Channellock

 

[l_bilyk]

mostly proto/craftsman/mastercraft/channellock/klein

 

[kartracer55]

Craftsman, SK, Snap on


Jim

 

[Fast Orange]

Mechanic's box-Snap-On,Mac,SK,Craftsman,Klien and Channellock,in order of quantity
Throw in Chicago Pneumatic impacts and ratchets,about 5 or 6 Harbour Freight die grinders,Blue Point and KD specialty tools,Actron scanner
Electricians kit-almost all Klien,with a few Channellocks-test equipment is Fluke,Amprobe and Simpson.

George

 

[pl_silverado]

90% Snap-on over here.

 

[milly]

Snap-On/Blue Point
Mac
Craftsman
Husky
Campbell-Hausfeld(spelling??)
Stanley
MIT
Cresent
Channel Lock
Great Neck
Vise Grip
Allied
Various generic brands that don't get used vary often

 

[evildky]

mostly Crafstman, added a good bit of SK and Mayhew lately, have a few Snap-on, Mac, Matco pieces as well

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

NOT IN order of quality, just in the order they spring to mind!

Snap~On, Mac, Matco, Craftsman, SK, SK Wayne (show age difference), Easco, Challenger, JH Williams, KD, Lisle, Armstrong, Mayhew, Husky (99% PRE home depot days, around 1920's), some Ford model T and A stuff, Kobalt (when JH Williams made them, dropped those items now), Some Pittsburg (strap wrenchs, some loaner tools), Sunnex,ChannelLock, ViseGrip, OTC, Kraeuter, Indestro, Durochrome, Wizard, I think even some Powerkraft.

And these are just what springs to mind.

 

[Thumper]

Here goes mine... Snap-On, Cornwell, Mac, Proto, Matco, Craftsman, Husky, Sun, Truecraft, Durochrome, Blackhawk, S-K Wayne, TRW (wrenches) Stanley (1/4 drive ext.),Vise Grip, Channellock, Diamond, Crescent(old stuff), Easco, Fleet, NAPA, Vulcan, Vlcheck, OTC, Thexton, Central, Starrett, Lisle, New Britian, Armstrong .....and geeze........I gotta go look now......I forgot what all is in there.

 

[IntrstlarOvrdrve]

90% snap on, 5% craftsman and the last 5% are SK, matco, mac, and a few taiwanese tools

 

[Jared]

craftsman, master craft, gray, proto and snapon

Thats in order of quantity

 

[drbill]

Snap-on, Mac. Then it's a toss up between Proto and Craftsman.

 

[Pantera]

85% Matco
The other 15% is SK, Craftsman, Huskey, etc..

I also use a Matco Tool box to hold all my tools

 

[maa139]

Craftsman mostly. But when somehting breaks and needs replacing, or is going to be purchased new, I ask myself how often it gets used. If the answer is alot, I'll go the ebay route and go for a snap on. If the answer is only every once in a while, I'll go with craftsman.

Matt

 

[slowride66]

Yep! all that stuff & some more im sure except mt tool box is a haulmark.

SR66

 

[iiibdsiil]

Snap-on, Mac, Matco, Husky, Some China stuff, SK, and a few others.

 

[Tx Firefighter]

Snap-On mostly, followed closely by Mac, and then S-K Wayne (not SK, the old stuff).

 

[Coach James]

Craftsman, Bonney, SK, plus some Wright, SnapOn, Vlchek, Thorson, Indestro, ProAmerica, Kobalt(JH Williams and Danaher), New Britain, P&C Plomb.
Coach

 

[sizzler90]

Craftsman, SK, Snap on and a few Huskies. And yes I have a few from Asia.

 

[sjsfire]

Craftsman, Channel Lock, Armstrong, Milwalkee (SP?) 4 inch grinder, some Stanley only the older "Made in the USA" stuff

 

[OctaneMotorsports]

I've got Snap-On/Blue Point, Mastercraft, Westward and a little bit of Jobmate (garbage).

That's about it for my hand tools anyhow.

Gotta love Mastercraft! High quality tools, innovative new products and the price is right for sure! Now that I think of it, some of my Mastercraft stuff is better than some of my Snap-On stuff at easily a quarter of the cost or less.