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Originally Posted by MPREZIV
HF tools are crap, if you put ANY kind of severe duty to them. I've broken those things, by hand, with a 6" 3/8 drive ratchet. I would rather pay 6x as much for a set of sockets, to have the piece of mind that comes with knowing they're not going to explode in my face as Scott mentioned...
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Yah, if you can afford and need impact, then you can afford the good socket tools too. If I had to use my tools every day, I'd have the best as well.
All I'm saying is that I have yet to break a HF socket (their top-end ones) by hand, and I've hammered on them pretty good at times. HF allows me to keep on hand a wide variety of sizes. My ratchets are S&K, though.
Just like Radio Shack, 95% of the stuff is crap. Proper application of certain items is totally worth it though. I can have a separate mini-plier set in my RC box, shooting box, tool box and reloading bench, and not pay very much at all. They do a fine job for my apps. That also goes for quite a few other tools. I also like my $25 6" grinder that I use 10 times a year, doesn't get hot, and takes like 5 min to spin down. The $100 floor drill press that I only need a couple times a year does a fine job as well.
The rifle scopes that I will use up to 50 times a year don't cost $100, though. I can only compromise in so many places......
