Who Uses KD/NAPA Sockets?

[Jason_D]

Before I could afford Snap-On, MAC, etc, KD/NAPA sockets was my first choice. Tinkering on my own car at home today & using my KD tools got me to thinking & remembering how much I used them when starting out in the trade, and how KD rarely let me down.

So, who else uses KD/NAPA brand and what is your opinion about them?

 

[wilbilt]

I have one NAPA socket...a 21mm 1/2" dr impact. I've had it for 15+ years, no complaints.

 

[Uncle Buck]

I have one NAPA 1/2" drive extension I got free years ago and I have no complaints either!

 

[davestlouis]

I have several KD/Danaher/NAPA ratchets that are just hunky-dory, I don't own any "old" KD, just a couple of wrenches that are obviously Danaher production. I like Danaher tools, and prefer their ratchets to my Snap-On, I just like the way they feel.

 

[billymade]

I was at NAPA the other day talking to the guys behind the counter; it seems pretty obvious as of late that Danaher makes most of their stuff at this point. The good experiences you guys are having is it a earlier OEM then the current Danaher tools? When did Danaher start making their tools and who made their tools earlier? I just swapped out a Evercraft 3/8" ratchet and they gave me a new one; the old one was skipping/binding; it is made in Taiwan with a lifetime warranty. They replaced the tool without much fuss; I just asked them if they could do anything and after asking each other what to do, gave me a new one after signing a receipt. I guess the Evercraft line is their lower end economy line of tools and the NAPA tools are made in USA.

 

[krusty the clown]

I was at NAPA the other day talking to the guys behind the counter; it seems pretty obvious as of late that Danaher makes most of their stuff at this point. The good experiences you guys are having is it a earlier OEM then the current Danaher tools? When did Danaher start making their tools and who made their tools earlier? I just swapped out a Evercraft 3/8" ratchet and they gave me a new one; the old one was skipping/binding; it is made in Taiwan with a lifetime warranty. They replaced the tool without much fuss; I just asked them if they could do anything and after asking each other what to do, gave me a new one after signing a receipt. I guess the Evercraft line is their lower end economy line of tools and the NAPA tools are made in USA.

easco had been the supplier to napa for some time before danaher bought them same as craftsman. way before that new brittan was the supplier.

 

[eschoendorff]

Beware K/D... used to be a really good name for tools... now it is still a good name, but much of their stuff is from Taiwan. Not the end of the world, but don't think that you are getting USA made goods from K/D like you used to...

 

[Uncle Buck]

Beware K/D... used to be a really good name for tools... now it is still a good name, but much of their stuff is from Taiwan. Not the end of the world, but don't think that you are getting USA made goods from K/D like you used to...

I have noticed that to!

 

[Coach James]

I have several NAPA sockets, extensions and hex bits bought in the last 3 or 4 years. All have been good.

Coach

 

[Ducroix]

I like there made in the u.s.a sockets and wrenches not the evercraft trash