Gearwrenches (was:Alden Wrenches)

[Keith Lawyer]

I hope Autozone's Duralast tools are made by someone special because IMO
they're VERY proud of those tools $$

I keep hearing rumors that Lowe's is discontinuing Kobalt, but I've
been hearing that for a year now.

Be careful tracking who makes what.......we might be stalking these
companies.  Ok, that was a cheap shot ;)

Anyhow, back to the topic......I failed to mention yesterday the two
reversible wrenches I have that don't/didn't work properly were such
when I first got them brand new, they never saw use beyond just enough
to figure out they were defective.   

Keith L

>>> quattro at frank.mercea.net 02/17/05 10:46AM >>>
Richard Beels wrote:

> Snap-On makes Snap-On and also Kobalt for Lowes.

Snap-On also looks to make some of the hand tools sold at Autozone.  I

picked up a mini ratchet which is super-handy and looks (right down to

the stamping on the access panel reminding you to clean+relubricate) 
like a Snap-On tool; even the font which they used for their tool brand

name looks the same compared to an official one a mechanic friend had. 

We both agreed that Snap-On's support (ie, break a tool, the Snap-On 
truck shows up pretty quick vs "drive down to autozone if they're open

and have one in stock") was worth it for him, but that the 
(significantly cheaper) Autozone-branded tool was perfect for folks
like 
myself.  The major difference seems to be degrees-between-clicks and 
country of manufacture; Snap-On is (I've been told) all
Wisconsin-built, 
whereas this was made in Taiwan.

B