All-Time BEST Screwdriver:

[BurntKittyForge]

This one:



I used to pick up a lot of scrap metal. In past it was my main job full-time for a bit.
I FOUND this one for FREE.
(Back then).
My first thought was that it was some "Gimmicky" POS, that one buys on TV ad or such.

NOW, couple years later, it's been used probably every single time I use any other tool.
Driving wood screws, disassembly, prefer it over electric driver even...


I've been rough on it , used the heck out of it. Still my #1...As in IF I ever lose it I will DEFINATELY have to buy another...

I NEVER use it as a "chisel" though because that breaks even the best 6 ways (or other # "ways")

Well just wanted to share that with holidays coming soon, these are a good quality gift.
They're actually cheaper on amazon and such than the main page :

http://www.megapro.net/product-category/all-screwdrivers/

They offer other trade models which I haven't seen/used. Maybe somebody has?
Can recommend another? This particular one is as I've described. Saves the carpel or tunnels whatever.

IF one gets over the first impression, definately , like me they'll see it as an awesome gift IMO.
That's all.

[Guest]

Looks nice. I bookmarked the link for my next screwdriver purchase.
My last new screwdriver is a Felo 373 series

http://www.bondhus.com/catalog/felo_catalog.pdf

I needed to remove/install screws holding a mother board in a computer case. CPU cooler and power supply severely constrained access. No way to hold the screw to get it started. The new screwdriver has interchangeable magnetic bit holders, 2" and 8" long. A nearly impossible job became easy. $35 screwdriver might end up replacing two dozen other screwdrivers. My only complaint is that the bit storage compartment opens easily if my palm touches the butt end.

[Guest]

I have a Snap-On similar to that. I've been using it for about 20 years now. I found it somewhere when I use to install vinyl tops.

[Nessism]

I've got a Snap-On version too. Very nice. Quite expensive though. Can't say it's a great value.

[Guest]

I've got a Snap-On version too. Very nice. Quite expensive though. Can't say it's a great value.

I've read that much of Snap-On's reputation comes from marketing, not quality. Not that Snap-On's tools are not very high quality, just that they are not the very best made but they charge as if they were the very best. Selling huge sets to newbie mechanics on credit supposedly made Snap-On the standard tools for lots of shops, even though prices are supposedly higher and quality about the same as Proto, Mac, etc....

At least that's what I've read, but I don't know for sure, either about Snap-On quality versus the competition, or its costs. Comments?

[1978GS750E]

Ever see a Snap-On foundry?? I used to sell industrial supplies and once toured the Armstrong Tools forging plant outside Chicago. I watched as thousands of Snap-on, Craftsman, Allen, Easco and other brands of tools were being forged there. Lots of companies are great at marketing the "lifetime guarantee". Most only manufacture a small portion of the tools that they sell and buy the rest from other manufacturers. I still only buy quality tools, as my old knuckles bleed easily!

[Guest]

A friend worked at a Snap-On tool cabinet factory. In his interview, they told him that they knew their products were tough, possibly to a fault. They wanted his two engineering degrees to calculate how they could make their products less over-built without weakening them. He replied that he would not take the job under those conditions. He would only accept if they would let hime make their products stronger. They hired him.

I have the usual mish-mash of toolw, acquired over almost 50 years. Over the next several I want to replace them with complete sets, without breaking the bank.

[habsdoc]

I love my Craftsman tools that I bought back in the early 70's. Everything still works perfectly. The few pieces that I have broken were replaced without question. The quality now may not be the same as back then, but I still use them all the time.

[GSJim]

I have a Snapon ratcheting screwdriver and a stubby Mac ratcheting screwdriver, both gifts from my mechanic son. They get used all the time. I retired all my other ratcheting screwdrivers. I bought some JIS bits from RJR Cool Tools for the bike. The rest of my tools are a mishmash of Craftsman, Mastercraft and Mastercraft Maxiumum, basically anything with a lifetime warranty that was on sale. I had to warranty the Snapon because one shaft didn't fit properly and I warrantied one Craftsman ratchet. Sears didn't have the same ratchet in stock so they they gave me the repair kit instead.

Jim

[Blue Falcon]

I keep a Klein 10-in-1 screw driver, Irwin 6-in-1 metric multi nut driver, 12-19mm multi socket wrench, Metric hex key set, Gerber diesel multi-tool, Slyde LED flashlight and a towel in my storage compartment in the cowl of my 1981 GS450, all I have ever needed to work on the bike so far in an emergency..... Every good hitchhiker needs a towel.