Walmart Getting Serious About Tools in 2026?

[Outahere]

I go to Walmart every 7-10 days to buy groceries. I haven't been paying much attention to the tools Walmart sells. But maybe I should?

 

[jsaw]

They definitely have more tools than they used to have, and the quality seems much better

 

[WhataTool]

While there's definitely two examples of them there trying, seems like the wrench video pointed out those things are not very good. Cordless seems promising though, at least to not continue the up and up price trend

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

They used to have really good tools too back in the late 90s and early 2000s called Popular Mechanics and I think that’s probably the best line they had. These new ones definitely look promising though but I haven’t tried any out yet. I’ve got some of the regular Hyper Tough tools from before though.

 

[RobBob21]

I've got a few Popular Mechanics end wrenches, they have held up well.
Walmart has always been iffy about keeping automotive/mechanic stuff in stock, at least in my area. I went a few months ago and the ENTIRE oil filter section was almost bare.

 

[john.k]

Brother buys interesting (to him) stuff off actual Chinese suppliers ......anyhoo ,his latest is a knock off Makita 1/2 impact for $30 .........looks very genuine down to serials and stickers ........and it works OK ,he says .