No, not all.

 

Craftsman tools with moving parts have limited warranties. That means ratchets, air tools and the like. Sockets, forged wrenches and things like that have a lifetime warranty (stuff that you are more likely to lose than break).

 

Thank you for clarifying my ignorance.

 

buy from Harbor Freight with care. the fitment of an inexpensive wrench not at spec and can damage the fastner. their air tools are torque free and dont work.

i like the digital snap-on torque wrench. new from snap-on it is to expensive for me but via ebay the price is functional. i had a snap-on mechanical torque wrench that broke, they refused to warrenty it.

for large wrenches i usally buy them locally used but still a name brand. either from a store front in town or craigslist.com. avoid marked stamped tools.

the down side of sears tools is that their metric tools have odd sizes. those metric sizes that correspond to sae sizes. then to complete the metric set you are left to buy single tools at a premium cost.

 

hand tools Including ratchets are guaranteed for life.

With the exceptions of some other tools.

Can't go wrong with the Sears Craftsman, I have plenty of them that are 10 years old. I love the no questions asked return policy.

Husky tools are basically the old craftsman tools. The company that made the old craftsman tools makes the new husky tools, sears went with a different company to make there tools.

I like the husky stuff, but you need to have a receipts to exchange them, that's what I don't like.

With that said, Snap on is a super nice tool, feels great in the hand.

Do a search and you will see that husky, cobalt, and craftsman are made made by mac, snap on, matco etc.

I don't remember the excact info on this, but I did a search when I heard the rumors.

 

LOL! Sounds like me! (only it's been more like 30 years.)

I've gotten by with cheap tools all my life. Finally, a couple of Christmases ago my family got tired of my whining and bought me a very nice set of Craftsman tools. There is a WORLD of difference and their "no questions asked" warranty is outstanding. I will never buy anything else.

By the best tools you can afford, and if you can't afford Craftsman, save up until you can.

 

I have 2 craftsman ratchets that are broken and they won't exchange them because they are from a set and not sold separately. My only option would be to exchange the entire set, not just the ratchet, they won't give you just the ratchet if it breaks. They don't sell the crappy ones in the kits by themselves; something to be aware of when buying kits.

 

I have exchanged several ratchets, never had a problem.

 

Snap On all the way............

 

toptul (www.toptul-usa.com)is the way to go plus they give a big discount to s2ki