husky vs. craftsman

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by -Spike-

The Husky tools are all right, but replacing them is a PITA. I bought them because at the time I thought I'd be able to get them easily replaced, but they keep changing styles and discontinuing stuff, and their selection sucks. If I were re-tooling I'd probably go Craftsman.

-Spike

Agreed. I was stoked a few years ago with Husky. I snapped a breaker bar a couple years ago and it was a frickin ordeal to replace it. I'm back to either Craftsman or Lowes for hand tools.

Home Depot sucks.

[BooKilla]

No question about it....craftsman is the lowest quality anyone should be using. Snap-on, mac and matco are usually the way to go. I have a lot of craftsman tools, but I like the professional series they put out. Much higher quality and you can fit in tighter places and they won't strip bolts. Buy the nicest tools you can afford, because they will pay for themselves.

[Rattler]

I have been using Stanley metric sockets I got at WallyWorld fairly cheap several years ago. I have used them with my IR201(?) impact gun that boasts 650 lbs. in reverse and haven't croke one yet.

I thought Husky and Craftsman were made by the same company. I know Ryobi makes Sears cordless tools for them.

[koop]

I like Craftsman between the two although I don't think that they are manufactured by Danaher anymore. The Kobalt line looks OK but a lot of it is Chinese/Taiwan made.

[-Spike-]

Originally Posted by Rattler

I have been using Stanley metric sockets I got at WallyWorld fairly cheap several years ago. I have used them with my IR201(?) impact gun that boasts 650 lbs. in reverse and haven't croke one yet.

I thought Husky and Craftsman were made by the same company. I know Ryobi makes Sears cordless tools for them.

Stanley used to make Husky tools, but I heard that relationship ended (might be wrong). Ryobi makes many of the cordless RIDGID tools for Home Depot. I absolutely HATE Ryobi, but I bought a 6 piece set of the Husky cordless stuff. I do like some of the features, and some stuff annoys me, but all in all I can't complain. Can't beat the warrantee- guaranteed for life, including batteries? Wow.

-Spike

[Tools R Us]

Originally Posted by -Spike-

Stanley used to make Husky tools, but I heard that relationship ended (might be wrong). Ryobi makes many of the cordless RIDGID tools for Home Depot. I absolutely HATE Ryobi, but I bought a 6 piece set of the Husky cordless stuff. I do like some of the features, and some stuff annoys me, but all in all I can't complain. Can't beat the warrantee- guaranteed for life, including batteries? Wow.

-Spike

The last I heard, the RIDGID stuff was made by Emerson Electric.

Ryobi is owned by Techtronic Industries, a Hong Kong company that has been busy screwing up some previously good brands like; Milwaukee, AEG, Homelite, Hoover, etc.

[-Spike-]

Originally Posted by Tools R Us

The last I heard, the RIDGID stuff was made by Emerson Electric.

Some is, some by Ryobi. If you go to the spec sheets online at homedepot.com they often list the manufacturer. Many if not most of the cordless tools were manufactured by Ryobi when I researched it a year ago or so. Sometimes they didn't list a manufacturer, and I did see Emerson on some stuff, like vacuums, and corded tools IIRC.

Edit to add- It might have been Techtronic they listed, or some by them and some by Ryobi, I do remember having to trace through some companies' ownership to figure out who exactly made the stuff.

-Spike

[Rattler]

I got a bunch of the +One Ryobi stuff and have never had any problems with their products. Even the stapler/brad shooter (changed to just a stapler) that they no longer sell works fine for me. I love the hedge trimmer.

My Ryobi gas trimmer is kinda getting hard to start but the most I have done to it is clean the filter and change the plug in 7 years.

[reffug]

craftsmen

its what I grew up with and the guarantee is solid gold.

[paranoid56]

for all you guys that are having issues with your husky tools and replacements. head to the HD, if they wont exchange it for for one (even the newer model) call up the customer service, they will call the HD you are at, and basically bitch slap them on the phone and you will get what you want. they will get yelled at for not being customer driven and you will just laugh at the ass hat that wouldn't help you (i used to work for HD corp and they are very very customer centric) I have broken many ratchets that are no longer made, they are supposed to just replace them with a model that is simmular.

Shane