Am I the only one who noticed Husky tools arent good anymore?

[shortylickens]

Or is this really old news and I'm behind the times?

 

[olds]

Were they good tools at some point?

 

[dud]

Were they good tools at some point?

I was going to ask the same question. I've never consider Husky to be "good". You would think that HD would want to carry and be associated with "quality" tools. I would convider them to be more "value" than quality.

 

[shortylickens]

They used to be considered excellent tools a long time ago. But since I dont keep up with such things I have no idea when that changed. They were considerably better than Harbor Freight and Stanley, and are now worse.

And HD has plenty of good power tools, more than Sears. But Sears has better hand tools.

 

[3chordcharlie]

I was going to ask the same question. I've never consider Husky to be "good". You would think that HD would want to carry and be associated with "quality" tools. I would convider them to be more "value" than quality.

Has anyone noticed that "value" tools aren't good anymore.

At some point the meaning of "value" changed to "cheap".

 

[olds]

They used to be considered excellent tools a long time ago. But since I dont keep up with such things I have no idea when that changed. They were considerably better than Harbor Freight and Stanley, and are now worse.

And HD has plenty of good power tools, more than Sears. But Sears has better hand tools.

Harbor Freight, Stanley, Great Neck have always been junk.

 

[lxskllr]

They used to be considered excellent tools a long time ago. But since I dont keep up with such things I have no idea when that changed. They were considerably better than Harbor Freight and Stanley, and are now worse.

And HD has plenty of good power tools, more than Sears. But Sears has better hand tools.

Harbor Freight, Stanley, Great Neck have always been junk.

I may be misremembering, but I thought Husky made semi-pro tools years ago. I'm talking about the 80s and earlier. Stanley made good tools years ago. They were a solid brand for heavy homeowner use.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Husky tool quality changes from year to year. They don't manufacture any of them, just buy them from proto or whomever and relabel them. I have some really good low profile husky ratchets from ~10 years ago.

 

[spaceman]

have had a set of husky pro rachets for 10 yrs too
it isnt snap on, but it aint bad either
paid like$100 for set
no complaint or failure in light/med duty

 

[zokudu]

What do you guys consider your go to homeowner tool brand nowadays then? Just curious.

 

[waggy]

meh for the stuff i do they are fine. i have a husky air compressor and it has done everything i need.

 

[lxskllr]

What do you guys consider your go to homeowner tool brand nowadays then? Just curious.

Historically Craftsman, but I've been hearing bad stuff lately. I also liked Stanley for wood oriented tools, but I know they've gone downhill. I try to buy used, and anything 30+ years old will be good, and much cheaper than buying new. I haven't had to buy tools in awhile. I got a good collection years ago, and haven't really needed anything.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

What do you guys consider your go to homeowner tool brand nowadays then? Just curious.

I usually buy from amazon - SK, proto, etc.

Ratchets, commonly used sockets (6mm-12mm) are worth buying 6pt snap-on/matco/mac/tooltruck if you use your tools often.

I am also a fan of cornwell, but it's another tooltruck brand.

 

[Jeffg010]

Craftsmen for hand tools

Power tools, dewalt Milwaukee, Black and Decker or Makita

Makita for cordless drills

Milwaukee for sawzall

dewalt for table saw

 

[Mixolydian]

I use Klein Tools. Most if not all of their tools are made in the Chicago area, I believe. None of that Chinese crap.

 

[Sluggo]

I have mostly Craftsman stuff, since if there was ever an issue, there is a store 5 minutes from my house. They are now closing that store, so I'm not sure what I'll do. I do have some Ace stores close by, but not sure if they are exchanging broken Craftsman tools.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I think I have a Husky screwdriver set laying around but that's about it. I typically just stick with Craftsman and DeWalt for power tools.

 

[shortylickens]

Historically Craftsman, but I've been hearing bad stuff lately. I also liked Stanley for wood oriented tools, but I know they've gone downhill. I try to buy used, and anything 30+ years old will be good, and much cheaper than buying new. I haven't had to buy tools in awhile. I got a good collection years ago, and haven't really needed anything.

Stanley is the default Walmart & Target brand so you know darn well they arent top notch. But I'd rather have Stanley than Harbor Freight or whatever Green brand is popular in stores at any given time.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I recently moved and got a new set of Husky screwdrivers for small jobs... they are machined very, very poorly. They're definitely just a "cheap" brand. Then again, if you only use them a few times a year, better to pay a few bucks than $20+ for real tools that you'll never use.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I stick with the good cheaper brands craftsman, Armstrong, sk, proto. Every thing snap on I run across I end up reselling for profit.