Yep! I hate how they wont take out of kits

they always want my id and they throw a fit when I say that they have a no hassle warranty

Harbor freight Sux. All china

@@Kevlar67476 like the device you just used to make that comment

@@MiguelGarcia-nl3ci my phone is made in South Korea...............Fool!

Les go ace woot woot

The ace in my city is "all sales are final" and they really make it well known because they constantly are telling you this both prior and post buying whatever it is your buying. Do you think that is going to be a different story if I were to go and try to warranty a craftsman socket wrench I bought not to long ago? I know it's different, warranty vs sales, but they already are giving off the vibe of being extremely difficult to work with.

Sue them if they don’t honor the warranty! Maybe don’t buy from that particular store? I would threaten to sue them!

From posts i saw online, if they dont honor the warenty you can contact craftsman directly through their website and make them warenty it for you.

I bought the craftsman v series wrench sets because they are rebranded Facom, and I’ve gotta say they’re pretty nice for the price. I did have to buy a Facom 440 in 13/16 to complete the set though.

I did have a good experience with the phone call warranty option in the past. Seems like the best option especially if you have the part number or know what the equivalent replacement should be.

I agree 100 percent

They were never premium tools. I think the nostalgia is fogging people’s memory. In their heyday, I would have put them in the category of “most bang for your buck”. They were the lower end of the “missing link” tool brands that bridged the gap between the highly expensive and inaccessible premier brands like Mac or Snap-On and the homeowner grade, cheap tools. I would put it in that same category of Proto and S-K, but at the lower end of the category.

@@derschafer1012 Mac and snapon have the same nostalgia. You can get just as good as if not better tools for a quarter of the price (or less). Even other American made tools.

@@futon02 Mac and Snap-On take advantage of a different psychological phenomenon. People think higher prices automatically mean higher quality. They use this by rebranding a lot of el cheapo Taiwano tools with their own names and charging much higher prices. That being said, they are the top tool brand for automotive hand tools. Their quality and consistency is objectively higher than Cornwell, Stahlwille, GearWrench, Craftsman, NAPA, Williams, Proto, Husky, Titan, etc.

@@derschafer1012 maybe, I made a good living working on heavy equipment with craftsman tools. My love affair now is with tekton. Best advice use the BEST tool you can afford

Not that out of the ordinary. Most got refurbished tools if they were available in the store, you only got new replacements if they didn’t have a refurb.

@@6atlantis I know. But my point was that this dude made a effort for the ages just so he didn't give someone a brand new tool...that's my point

I just went to Lowes today and they told me to call Craftsman. Craftsman phone support just sent me everything I wanted with no exchange.

Get tekton ratchets they even sell service rebuild kits if you so desire them

Totally unethical

If you can't get a pick in it or a needle head... How are you going to get dirty into it...

@@noeaguinaga4018 You can't get a pick or a needle into any closed-head ratchet. They all get dirty, but once this one gets dirty, it's garbage. Most can be cleaned in a few minutes. Fine dirt works its way into almost everything.

Apparently if you read through these comments a man now asks for cheap and Chinese

Just keep using what you have until it wears out and glance at it in store when available. Hold out for the new USA craftsman in the next 13-18 months and hope the prices aren’t too much higher than these.

@@ClientGraphics thanks for the tip, Sir. I sold my two older Craftsman 3/8” ratchets about two years ago. I still have the older sockets sets and wrench sets. But, the font on the older Craftsman sockets is too small to read anymore. And I never got a response from HF about it, but why they had everything stamped upside down on their ICON sockets is a mystery.

@@donaldhollums3278 they’re probably stamped that way because alot of socket storage has the sockets stored upside down.

@@5kata5tic Okeedokee, I mean, I ain’t lost sleep over it and it won’t affect the way the sockets perform, but it sure was an odd thing after reading the socket sizes the normal way the last 40-something years.

Ebay

These are facom screwdriver is a dead giveaway for me

SBD cannibalized Facom which was big in Europe before the evil empire bought them. The cases are exactly the same as Facom.

@@gplusgplus2286 The cases are used across SBD brands. Facom already ate itself (and took SK down with it) through poor management . SBD saved the company while keeping some of the factories running to this day (Bost screwdrivers/pliers especially). A lot of what isn’t made in France is made in Italy at USAG. I much prefer their older (white paint and black jaws) locking pliers vs their replacement models from about five or six years ago. Otherwise, the lineup seems to have improved. Sockets and wrenches obviously got shifted to their Taiwanese interests but I would argue that (other than job losses) it was an improvement.

It's a Mac tool just affordable

That's not true at all sbd makes warranty craftsman extremely easy the local franchises just don't like doing it compared to selling a tool

@@dstblj5222 I'm just repeating what they told me. I would think lifetime warranty would mean no qualifications but apparently it varies from store to store.

This is my local Ace's position also. If they can't find the part number for the broken Craftman tool they won't warranty it.

I have tons of tools and my decades old craftsman ratchets and wrench’s still working well .

@@gergemall same here!

Can we please stop blaming the consumer for bad company policies!? Theres no way that that type of resale abuse was widespread enough to force craftsman to change its policy. Craftsmans policy change was a result of greedy poor management on behalf of Sears. The reason Stanley isn't reintroducing the policy is because they haven't nearly recouped the 900 million they spent for the craftsman brand plus Sears can still sell "Craftsman" tools until 2032. I imagine they will start to reintroduce the original exchange(so long as we keep consumer pressure on them) as the brand becomes more reestablished. Other high quality tools still offer that same exchange Warranty. Brands like Icon and Texton have stayed true to the "if their name is on it and its damaged, they will send you a new replacement". In the case of Texton that's means without even having to send in the broken one.

It’s a nice looking ratchet. I should get a proto one of these days to check out.

@@ClientGraphics I just recently purchased 3 of the PROTO ratchets and I have to say it's now my favorite so far.

Proto is owned by Stanley B&D also, so these quite possibly share some design questions from the proto's just like the v-series wrenches are very similar in comparison to the Mac Tools sets

Pero muchas eran fabricadas en TAIWAN Y PATENTADAS EN USA.

It would have been more painful to see the Flying V series ratchets broken but on the other hand it would have been interesting to see if a 60 year old ratchet would beat the modern ones

I use icon at work everyday, work perfect, abuse them, if u think icon is over priced u don't know anything about tools

Thank you for the comment. Sears definitely burned Craftsman fans for the money and dumped it when it was done.

I moved on to tekton already

Agreed, I'll take Capri, tekton and even icon any day over V series.

You would take them over facom? Because that's what they v series is

@@dstblj5222 I'll take them over facom. I know they're a huge company but still. I prefer ratchets that can be opened and regreased/rebuilt.

Delayed due to the pandemic by at least 12-18 months. Stanley Black & Decker has been pretty hush-hush on it since they are a publicly traded company and negative communications can impact the bottoms line and investors.

@@ClientGraphics That makes sense. Thanks for responding! Love your channel

I was wondering the same thing. I bet we never see them made in the U.S. again.

Taiwan might be near China, but is leagues different than China. Spyderco is great finish, great steel, great quality. Same level as American made Benchmade

@@mrwendell4564 I would have to say spyderco USA and taiwan are better than benchmade. Benchmade fit&finish is probably between spyderco china and spyderco japan.

@@iamfuckingyourwaifuandther2743 I want to get a Spyderco Taiwan knife. Can you recommend one

​@@mrwendell4564 My favorite is the Spyderco Amalgam, but a lot of people don't like it because you have to know when to move your finger out of the way to close the knife. The spydiechef is a good one if you like titanium framelocks. I like the blade shape, but I'm not a fan of framelocks. There's also the spyderco smock, it's fun to play with and you don't need to move your finger out of the way to close it. I don't like the blade shape or the fact that it's hollow grind, but if you don't care about blade geometry then it's a great knife. The holes on it are kind of small, so you can open it with your thumb, but I cannot flick it open with my thumb. Those are the three I own from the taichung factory, and I like flippers more than standard knives, so my viewpoints are kind of skewed. If you tell me what kind of knife you like, and what features you prefer on knives I could probably give you a better recommendation for yourself. things like do you like hollow/flat grinds, how heavy of a knife you prefer to carry, how beefy it is, if you prefer it look more cool than functional, do you use your knife for a specific purpose, etc. The downside of the taichung factory is that most of their blades are s30v, so you can't pick your favorite steel unless they come out as exclusives, or your favorite steel is s30v. That being said I think the amalgam is my second favorite spyderco knife because I made a frankenstein knife out of the k390 endura 4, and the pacific salt 2, which gives me a 2.4oz blade with k390 and is almost 4inches long with a strong lock, which kicks the benchmade bugout, and their carbon fiber 940's ass. Not as fidgety though, but I don't have to worry about the spring/lock breaking.

@@iamfuckingyourwaifuandther2743 lol I have the carbon fiber Benchmade 940 with s90v steel. But it got a small chip and that disappointed me because it is almost impossible to sharpen without sending it to Benchmade. The spydiechef sounds nice but the frame lock is a dealbreaker. That Frankenstein you mention sounds really nice though. I looked up the smock you mentioned and it looks awesome. I've been thinking of getting a knife with m390. Thanks for the feedback

I have the same "professional" wrenches, they must have used spring steel to make them😂 They do feel good however, just have to beware of the spring action.🤦‍♂️

@@russojap1864 Those are rebranded S-K wrenches, great quality!

@@TheComputerZombie I love the feel of them for sure, only wrench that doesn't hurt your hand when cranking on something.😅

@@russojap1864 I used a set from a colleague and loved them! Went to look them up for myself only to find that they stopped being made in the 90s, unfortunately..

Lucky that they sent you new replacement ones. Seriously, I do have the worst luck with sockets that lack detents. I have a few 1/4” drive full socket sets that lack them.

I thought so also. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

When Craftsman went Chinese, I started buying most of my hand tools from Harbor Freight. Quality is about the same as (new) Craftsman but cheaper. If I'm gonna be stuck buying Chinese tools because I can't justify paying the prices for any of the remaining American made brands, I'm certainly not paying for a brand name.

@@elijahwatson8119 It's true, current harbor freight tools are so much better than the ones from years ago! I run Dewalt's 12v and 20v batteries for my cordless tools, but unfortunately Dewalt doesn't offer electric ratchets. I found a video on KZfaq of how to convert a Harbor Freight Hercules ratchet to run 12v dewalt packs. I'm seriously impressed by the build quality and performance of their Hercules line!

@@KrazyGoodMods DeWalt does have a cordless socket wrench now

@@elijahwatson8119 I just watched Project Farm's thorough tests of best hex key set. The Chinese Craftsman - their lower-priced, regular model, not the V-series featured in this video - consistently featured in the top 3 in performance yet was around the bottom 3 in price and destroyed all the other lower priced models. It was easily the standout and overall winner of the tests ahead of American and German brands. Just because something is Chinese doesn't mean it's low quality. This isn't 25 or even 10 years ago. Chinese-made products can be great, middle, or poor. Proper, unbiased tests are needed to know. Look at Kaiweets (and their re-branded) multimeter models as an example. They are fantastic with tests proving so, yet they're incredibly inexpensive. Kaiweets is Chinese. I buy lots of high-strength (12.9 grade) bolts and other pieces of aluminum extrusion, brackets, fasteners, etc. from AliExpress at much lower prices than American or European websites. The quality of the Chinese stuff is like 80-90% but at only like 30-60% of the cost - and somtimes even better quality. Sometimes the fine details - the fit and finish - is a little off but I'm talking details that would make no impact unless you're doing an extremely high-precision engineering/scientific job and, if that's the case, then I would never be buying parts based off good prices and price-to-performance ratios because affordability wouldn't be a factor. I purchased a set of sim racing (racing simulation videogame) pedals. These are high-end, industrial-like pedals meant to re-create real racecar forces with brake-pedal loads capable of up to 300 pounds (140Kg) of force. They are often used in commercial and professional environments. The Chinese version is $400-$450 USD shipped, the brand-name is around $1150-$1200 USD (may or may not include shipping). The Chinese version work 99% as good. They use the same german-brand & model rubbers, the same excellent Mavin brand load cells, all 3mm aluminum like the brand-name. etc. The electronics, structural support, overall operation, etc. seem to be just as good as the original plus, the Chinese version can also be had in a black version rather than only the typical bare-metal / silver looking version of the brand name (a nice bonus). Fit & finish is not quite perfect with some holes just slightly not perfectly aligned and some cheap looking finishing of some of the edges and cuts on the aluminum but nothing that affects the performance / operation nor the reliability.

I have a Carlyle 90tooth roto head and it's great

Carlyle tools are decent Taiwan made tools. I wouldn’t hesitate to pickup a sale item or deal on one and they do have a lot of locations.

They are way to high at retail prices, so are icon tools.

@@kevinragsdale6256 Napa does sales on Carlyle all the time. You can also find them used on ebay.

I work for a BIG company in Southern California and I get BIG discounts on everything in the NAPA store, from parts to tools. My favorite auto parts store is NAPA because of this.

It has a lifetime warranty who cares

Definitely lots and similarities to both Facom and USAG Tool. Both bought and now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.

Facom are great. Very well respected in Europe as well.

And that's the problem. The weekend warriors want to buy a full set of chineseium sockets for 50 bucks every week when they break instead of saving up a few pay periods to buy one good USA made set.

U.S.A. tools cost $$$ though. Would be cool if a mid level tool like craftsmen had U.S.A. tools though