OK, Im being dumb.

Not really, if you're happy to pay the extra (which is substantially
more than a few quid). I just think Snap-On take the piss.

 

My Kamasa sockets and ratcher are about the same age, and still going
strong.

 

The only reason I'd buy snap-on is where I want a tool that *works*
better. The six-point sockets are a good example.

 

Is there something special about their six-pointers then? Everything
10mm & below in my Kamasa set is six-points, & I'm sure most
manufacturers do six-pointers.

 

They are also nice to touch and stroke when no-one else is looking.

 

I don't actually have any Snap-On tools but i do have a few King Dick ones.
This saves me any embarrassment during tool stroking sessions as when I tell
the wife I'm off to the garage to stroke my King Dick she thinks I just
going to be masturbating.

 

Guess what make my 28 y-o half-inch socket set is.

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Snap-On
"You either want them or you don't"

'Hog

 

Gruyére?

 

Dingalingalingalingalinga

The point about quality tools is that, apart from lasting longer, they
*fit* better. And that means fewer rounded-off bolts, butchered screw
heads, etc.

And this also makes good tools a pleasure to use.

 

Persactly

'Hog

 

On a tool-chest tangent...

I've got some hex-bits (including that one that sliced me open) and
sockets on rails. What the best way of fixing the rail to the tool
chest draw? Pop-rivets?

 

I agree that quality tools are important, but I don't believe that
Snap-On will automatically fit better than say Britool, Teng, Halfords
Pro etc. Many people seem to think they must be so much better than
anything else purely because they're so much more expensive than
anything else. Price is an indicator of quality, but it doesn't hold
across the board. Look at AGV versus Nitro for example.

Plus of course the fit depends on the fastener too. Even if Snap-On
were machined to far tighter tolerences than all other makes (which I
seriously doubt), you're still using them on nuts & bolt-heads that are
manufactured extremely cheaply & to much lower tolerances.

The only reason I'd ever buy Snap-On is if I needed a tool that only
they do. But as Beav said, you either want them or you don't.

 

Ben says...

I have all my sockets on a lift out plate that I bought from the Mac
Tools guy. It holds 5 rails and you can swop the fittings from 1/2 to
3/8 or 1/4 drive. That way I can take all sockets out and keep them
together when I'm working away from the toolchest. I think the plate
cost me 15 quid, money well spent.

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Track pixie
GSX-R1000 K1
I haven't lost my mind, it's
backed up to a floppy disc
that's around here somewhere.

 

"Flank Drive"

I'm pretty sure that Snap-On were the first to produce sockets that
bear on the flats rather than the points of fasteners. That's why I
bought my set of 3/8" drive metric six-point sockets and they're still
going strong and look just as shiny 25 years later - this despite
spending a considerable time in toolboxes rattling around in rally car
service vehicles and being ground into the mud at banger tracks.

Yes, they were/are expensive. The guarantee 25 years ago was unique
and it worked - now just about every manufacturer offers similar
warranties they may have lost their USP ... but not their cachet.

 

Dunno. I wouldn't do that. I like being able to grab the whole rail
and take it with me to the bike, to avoid having to keep getting up
and down.

 

I think that's all fair comment.

I suppose for "Snap-On" you could read "any quality tool manufacturer".
I still hold by my assertion that quality tools (Snap-On or, OK, other
brands) are a pleasure to use.

 

Yeh.I bought a couple of their HVLP spray guns as backups for my job
as my Old DevilBliss was getting a long in the tooth.Then found out
that the guns are actually re-marked,"Sata" which were a good make.I
now use the MM guns more than me old one.So cheap as to be nearly
disposable to me and their drill bits are pretty good as well

 

Hmm, maybe I'll use some small bolts then.

I'm lucky that everything is pretty much within arms reach in my
garage. I just find it annoying that when I reach into the box for a
bit and pull it out I end up with the entire rail.

 

You need a bigger garage