donn wrote:I agree, you get what you pay for. BUT, do you NEED what you are paying for. as a chippie I have always bought the best quality carpenters tools I could afford, that's not always the dearest though. Many years ago I went to Kmart to buy an oil filter remover, cheap as, both in price and quality, I saw a mate there who was an apprentice mechanic at the time, he saw what I was buying and laughed at me for buying crap, I still have that tool and still use it over 40 years latter. The thing is that in all that time I guess I have used it maybe 100 times, my mate the mechanic has probably used his thousands of times, the cheapie has served its purpose for me, it would most probably have failed him long long ago.
I agree Don. I buy good quality carpenters tools also (as a builder), but when I was an apprentice I bought a cheap socket set to work on my bug. Anything that has worn or broken in it over the years, I have replaced with good quality stuff (I figure those are the bits I am using the most), and now I only have about 1/3 of the original set, and the rest is good stuff.
You do really have to take into account how much you will use the tool, and how much you can afford.
