craftsman has gone down in quality.... lots of plastic now

old craftsman tools are the tits

ive only had good experiences with dewalt, but am open to trying a new brand

Milwaukee tools all day everyday! I stand by Milwaukee, my only choice. Hand tools and power

Milwaukee lineman pliers stomp the shit out of Kline tools. Buy them for life and they are cheaper in price by about 20 bucks

Hammers Eastwing straight claw. Tack hammers Eastwing as well.

fuck its nice talkin about tools when youre surrounded by liberal cucks and fags

Never had a problem with Ridgid. But pros in HVAC have always sworn by DeWalt

both of my grandpas' tools still hold up better than anything new

@Goose Jewish tool cucking

lol wut?

@Goose same here I work for a 67 year old who has 40+ year old tools of his own, and he also has tools we use that his dad used.

@RevStench dude thats awesome!

old drill sets fetch a pretty penny at auctions nowadays

We do historic preservation so it makes sense we still use old tools.
I worked around an electrician who used an old wooden tool box, it was sweet.

Old hand planes are 100 times better than the "best" one made these days. New ones are cheesy and cheap feeling.

Eastwing makes the best hammers

@Goose All my Craftsman wrenches are 100% steel

@RevStench nice thats what i grew up doing in NOLA

Bro, I bought them only a few years ago

@John O - do you work in utilities?

No

Commercial electrical

Oh ok. I noticed some of the stuff you're around and was curious.

Actually I watched some guys lay underground power lines and I was like I wonder if that's the kind of work Johno does.

Nope

I would like to suggest a tape measure, if you don't already have a preference.
Milwaukee so sweet. I dropped this one 3 stories on to pavement and it didn't screw it up, I had the tape locked about 48in out. One of the magnets broke out but no big deal.

You can read it from both sides and it has an architectural scale on it.

Very nice tape.

We need a rating system

While I'm at it😂 , anyone use impact guns everyday? I broke my Milwaukee a few months ago so I've been using my hammer/clutch drill for everything. It's to much work haha.
The cheapest tool only Milwaukee I can buy is like $125 on ebay. A brand new DeWalt is $99 everyday at Lowe's with I believe 2 batteries. Anyone use the shit out of one of the 20volt DeWalts? Impact.

I do

Had it for 5 years, never a problem

Actually, I dropped it from 4 stories last year. I encountered a small problem

Right on. I dropped a Makita from just above 3 stories it survived, but it didn't have the power my Milwaukee had.

Pretty good battery life? And do the batteries charge pretty quick, like a half hour or so? I appreciate it.

Yeah, the 3ah battery lasts for 2 days for me. Our work load is probably different, though. I'd say it would last 3/4 of a day doing carpentry. Batteries charge in an hour

Sorry, 4 ah