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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As long as you stay away from their Mastercraft tools. They're terrible, good thing they give refunds without a fight.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mastercraft has stepped up their game too, especially the maximum. They are rebranding Wiha screwdrivers and gearwrench stuff for example, really nice quality for a good price.

[–] Poop@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, there is some crap, but overall for most home use the tools are fine. If it's something you use every day, I would buy a better brand, but for occasional use they are decent for the price in my opinion.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I use Mastercraft sockets ratchets and wrenches daily on heavy equipment and industrial. In the past 10 years I have broken one socket and zero wrenches. Couple of ratchets. But those were well abused with a 4ft pipe on em.

Allen keys and torx bits/ sockets I'd stay away from though.

[–] Poop@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have had a similar experience with the sockets, ratchets and wrenches. I've got some of the T handle hex wrenches and I've broken the 6mm twice now. Thankfully they have honored the lifetime warranty for them.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Never had am issue, still have all my Mastercraft and Mastercraft Prodessional series tools, although I bought the majority of them in the 90s and early 2000s. Maybe quality was better back then?