I believe thats what he was saying in a nutshell exp the point he made about lexus and kia. If lexus themselfs made a average affordable lexus it would tarnish there reputation as a highend car. Thats why you have toyota or in snapon u have bluepoint
HVAC Quality Assurance A tool box perhaps, but what about the tools themselves? A screwdriver is a screwdriver. If it turns a screw well and doesn’t break that is all that matters. One should not cost 4 times more than the other.
I've owned a trucking business for 35 years and I have never gone in someone's shop and asked if they used snap-on tools. I don't think that only buying Snap-On tools makes the mechanic or as they like to be called now the technician. That being said if I go in a shop and he has one of the $35,000 tool boxes on the floor I might think twice about where he has his priorities and is he going to charge me extra just to pay for the overpriced box. Get real these boxes are just sheet metal they have very little engineering. If Ford or Chevy charged in comparison to what Snap-On charges, a new pickup truck would be $350,000. Give me a break, too many young techs have drank the KOOL-AID. Put that money toward your kids college education not on a tool box.
Michael Jones NAPA / FedEx Ground also they don’t care about their brand. I bought a cheap Chinese light from Costco with their brand on it! They are greedy just like any other company.
Snap on makes very good products like their ratchets. You can just tell by the way the ratchet works that it's a great tool. The price is very high though for a DIY guy. I have to snap ratchets and they are great but they cost alot of money. If you are. DIY guy like me that doesn't work with tools everyday aftermarket tools are good. Professional mechanics should have the best tools because they need very good tools.
Make your kids pay for their own college. Too many dumb kids switching degrees all the time, id rather spend the money on tools or get myself a corvette
I have a 300usd snap on light (had it for free someone left it) .... It gets its ass owned by my 13usd Walmart worklights I bought on roll back. Got to love the gullible snap on followers.
Working on reefers a lot, I drop them from a height at least once a week, I've found the snap on and bluepoint hold up better, I can get a year or more out of them despite my abuse. My current one was only $65CAD and has already survived 3 falls without any damage. I also find they hold up to -30C service calls really well, cambodian tire lights tend to die real fast in that weather.
The main reason is they are a publicly traded company and required by law to make money for shareholders. When trying to increase profits you can either reduce manufacturing cost usually by reducing quality that's what R&D really is. They can expand and sell more, not so easy, or increase price. Snap on mostly prefers the last one. It isn't hard to make something as good or better than Snap on it's about making what you make for a price point people will pay and still turn a profit.
you forgot the markup for the franchisee. plus he's always working off credit because mechanics are broke and take the tools when they quit without paying off their balance
I work in an electric motor repair shop. I also work on vehicles with my friends on the weekends for fun. There is not a job that I could not complete with Craftsman hand tools and Milwaukee power tools.
I love Snap On but times are changing, I have lots of tools but my favorite ratchet now is the composite 3/8 from HF which cost me $ 9.00 with lifetime warranty. Thumbs up on your videos dude !
Yes Steve De John, at no stage did i get the impression he was trying to sell you any SNAP ON TOOLS, personally I dont own any, but I dont bag the product, you on the otherhand seem like a troll who buys the cheapest tools around and somehow justifies it. You should feel sorry for yourself mate!
5: Their business-plan is their choice 4: Other companies have to do do the same engineering 3: Other companies have production costs too 2.5: I don't care about an "exclusive" tool, it has to do the job 2: Marketing has nothing to do with the quality of a tool 1: Because they can...jep, just not for me So if some one wants to pay those prices, go ahead. I'll just stick with other proven quality brands, same guarantee, service,...
this is painful. they are expensive because idiots will pay for them. Snap on make good tools, no issue there, but the pricing is just crazy. For the money you aould spend on a box full on snap on gear you could buy 3 boxes full to the brim of other brands of tools, that are of similar quality to the snap on gear. If snap on was reasonably priced I aould consider buying some of their stuff, but as it stands, I will never buy a to of theirs, the one snap on screw driver i own just happened to be at the bottom of a second hand box of tools I bought.
Hahaha I got my Snap On tools 2 weeks ago from a crackhead too. Sold me Deep 3/8 impact socket set, semi deep 1/2 socket set, 1/2 Locking flex head ratchet with soft grip, soex wrench set and a 3/8 long ratchet with hard handle for $300
Another point to add is all the other little processes that go into making the tools that a lot of people don’t think of. I work at a heat treat shop an we get some snap on stuff. A couple points to go with that is that the customers we get the parts from is not snap on. There are at least 3-4 different companies that we get snap on branded parts from for heat treat. So on top of the price of heat treating which could range from a couple dollars to 10+ dollars per part. The price will vary on what is being done in the heat treating process.The company that makes the tool for snap on is up charging when they sell it to snap on.
I have 20 years in automotive industry. Some tools I prefer snap on. Have damn near every tool brand throughout my box and cart. There’s a lot of tools where if your buying snap on because it’s a snap on your wasting money.
Why pay that much when you can buy Husky for a quarter of the price with the same life time warranty, it breaks you get new one. I can see no reason not to save money.... You pay for their name period, and to me it's not worth it...
Not a personal attack on you. I get your point and agree with you mostly. But in shop used every day, certain brands don't hold up as well. In my 20 years wrenching 60+hrs a week, I have not seen consumer level tool used on a serious level successfully
I have turned wrenches for 20 years and I use craftsman for a lot of stuff and honestly it holds up close to snap on. Socket wise I think are the same. Ratchets, yes craftsman will wear out first every time. I have had the snap on guys here though not want to warranty something because they think they might sell it that day and craftsman always apologize that my wrench broke when I was using a 4ft cheater bar on it and just give me another one. So craftsman here I come.
So recently I saw a video online where they test cheap to expensive screwdriver sets $8 -$200, and performed different kinds of stress tests. One of the tests was a TQ test in which they were testing how much Torque you could get on a screw before either the screwdriver skipped, the screw head itself broke, or the screwdriver head broke (essentially the job a screw driver is meant to do). The Pittsburgh being the cheapest ($8 set) broke at 7.0 ft lbs, the Snap on broke being part of the most expensive set ($200) broke at 7.7 ft lbs. The Doyle, and Icon skipped (didn't break at all) at 8.5 ft lbs. I'm going to link the video below, also at work my job bought $60K tool boxes from snap on we only had a 2 year warranty not a lifetime warranty with those, but basically from what I've seen working in Quality Assurance is the tools do not hold up that well... You're paying for a name and nothing else in my opinion. I suggest anyone planning on putting their money into tools look up videos where they stress test those tools and give you the parameters. Price does not necessarily mean quality. Snap on doesn't make the worst tools on the market, but they make don't make the type of quality tool that justifies its high price tag. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cPdzlK9fhfc.html
I love the list pretty much right on, because they fuckin can! Big for me when I started buying up tools when I was young I quickly found out how much higher quality the tools off the trucks are and you pay for that and big for me was the no questions financing I would go on the trucks and get 0% financing and just pay them out weekly as I got paid and buy stuff as I needed it plus your paying for convenience too, you know every week your guy will be there and you can buy what you need from him, again with 0% interest financing, and then you can get what you need without paying out a ton of cash right off the bat plus your guy is there every week to take care of any warranty issues and your not off driving around after work trying to buy tools and get tools replace when they break they bring the tools to you and warranty the tools for you right where you work.
The only snap-on tools I have were given to me as a gift. I did buy a 14mm 3/8 short socket for $25 to complete the set. I wanted a matco 3/8 ratchet just because they have more teeth. I noticed that my gearwrench ratchet look a lot like the matco ratchet I wanted. I ended up ordering the internal mechanism for the matco ratchet and just dropped it in my gearwrench ratchet. this was 8 years ago. I still use that ratchet.
Everyone recently does tool reviews. Only ones I actually pay attention to are from AvE. I'm not a certified mechanic, but I've been wrenching since the early 80's. Both my brother and late father were automotive and heavy duty mechanics. They both strayed away from Snap-On. Nephew just starting out is a big fan of Snap-On. I can't justify the prices, on roll boxes, and hand tools. Might try to get his old tool cabinet. It's a light orange, guessing mid 80's.
You should have simply started with "Reason #1,... Because they can." Everyone else that is making a tool (or any other product) goes through the same research and development that Snap On performs. There are a crap ton of other tools out there that perform the same, and even better in some cases, for a whole lot less money. As for the security of a store, that is complete BS, because there are a lot of great tools at Sears, Home Depot, etc., and they aren't rolling down the security gates and surrounding the parking lot with tanks and SWAT Teams at night. Don't forget that the tool trucks aren't being broken into so often that the owner needs to stand watch with his AR-15 every night. In fact, there are a few trucks in my neighborhood and they aren't being broken into on a regular basis, and one guy lives close to a shady part of the neighborhood. Snap On/Mac/Matco etc. all sell their tools at such a high price because they can, and are being bought by technicians. But if you don't have a lot of money up front, then the tool truck will work with you and not charge you interest. However, if you were to buy lower priced tools on a credit card, then you would be paying interest on the tools over time. But I don't think it would be as expensive as buying from the tool trucks. All chrome plating is over copper and nickel.
P0tat07 there’s a difference between cleaning your tools and not using them my tools are clean but they still show wear and tear. This guy owns most of his tools just to own them I guarantee he doesn’t use half of what he owns. But on that not he probably writes all that shit off for business.
@@williamwatkins1996 I think that is prob one of the main reasons some people are happy to spend so much on snap on. They would rather blow it on fancy tools than pay to the tax man 😂
Tool polisher. I work with one of those guys. Drives me crazy sometimes to think of how many man hours he's burned through polishing his tools! His box sure looks pretty though.
Did you actually think about your 5 1/2 reasons? #5 your logic is actually opposite of what you stated. #4 and #3 are the same. The funnest is 2 1/2.......If customers see that you have Snap-On tools.....they trust you more? Using a Snap-On tool makes me feel good? Your joking , right?? #2 Marketing Dept. Whens the last time you seen a tv ad for Snap-On? #1 Because they can. ..... agreed. Good day Sir.........unsubscribed
Amazing I worked for six year with a company that charge $250 an hour for their deisel mechanics and I have next to no snap on tools. So because I don't have a great deal of snap on tools the customer trusted me less not my workman ship.
also as Joel has stated it's expensive because of mark up. if your tool rep likes you and you treat him or her right they will treat you good as well I have some snap on and a BUNCH of gear wrench. I love both brands. you are also paying for service. no paper involved here is the tool it broke I need a new one end of story and they come to you or meet you if it's not that days route. snap on has questioned before about so called abuse, gear wrench has never asked a single question if it's broke you get a new one. he is also my favorite rep because he ALWAYS takes great care of me ANYTIME I need something. back when I was running hot rods I broke a very important tool at 2am putting a engine back together to make a pass the next morning. I went all over and Noone at the track had what I needed .....well I texted my gear wrench rep ....surprisingly he was not upset and called me I told him the situation and about a hour later here comes the tool truck. now that's AWSOME in its self but what made me stick with him for years now is that not only did he have the special tool I broke on the truck but he is a gear head as well and ended up staying there with us till the sun came up getting the motor and Trans back in and even stayed around to watch the pass, wich we did win lol when you find a rep who works FOR you they are like gold and I have helped him out several times at his shop getting thing put back together or trouble shooting. it's not just a guy who drives a truck and sells shit. you build a personal as well as business relationship with them WHEN you find the rep who works FOR YOU instead of a lot of them who feel you owe them something for selling you tools lol. turns out my gear wrench rep is now one of my best friends. lmao the kind you call at 3 in the fucking morning with problems and the first thing he says is where are you and what do I need to bring or do you need the whole tool truck. OK that's it lol oh junkie where did you get the wall hangers behind you I like the green snap on s and would like to have one signed by you
I had Snap On tools for the first half of my career. Had to sell them for personal reasons. I then replaced them because I had to work. I bought every brand but Snap On. Truth be said the other stuff worked out as well as the Snap On. The only thing missing in my toolbox was the prestige of owning Snap On....so what ?.....Oldodger.
Box store reason- other tools use this method and yet there tools are less expensive.Engineer reason- all other tool companies have the engineer r and r also.Quality reason- yes I agree with this one.Branding reason- Irwin, craftsman all of them does not want to mess there name up also. Marketing reason-all tools have huge marketing. Craftsman markets a lot more than snap on yet big price difference.Because they can reason- yes because the snap on guru will pay whatever. So I really only think there is 1 reason- quality. I do believe they are quality but man a lot of others have close quality and are a lot cheaper.
It costs snap on more money to make tools in the US than it does harbor freight to make tools in Taiwan, not to mention better quality control and manufacturing methods. THAT is why snap on is expensive. So to make a "good" tool in the US, it costs twice as much than it would to make a "good" tool in Taiwan, when you have to pay a certain wage to an employee plus medical etc vs someone you can pay a dollar a day.
JUNKIE what is up man! been watching a long time and been a fan as well you and Joel up in Canada are my favorite tool channels but your #1 man because you show so much of when you have to work on shit. real world just like I do. sometimes the so called right way is not fast enough and I agree 100% if your tires aren't rolling neither is your pay!! I have a knapeheide service bed on a 1 ton dually Chevy as my street beast. I do more mobile stuff on big equipment where it's cheaper for me to go to the excavator dozer ect ect than to have a low boy and permits haul it in so I am with you on the heavy shit brother. keep up the good work. and by the way the how to vids such as removing broken bolts studs taps ect was a great idea because I never have time to teach a fng how to do that shit cause if that machine is not running it's not earning. SO NEW GUYS pay attention and you WILL learn a thing or 2 from the junkie. you have a fan I'm sw MO junkie keep it up brother and a very late congrats on the addition to the family!
They make some great tools...I'd say wera are the best screwdrivers. Wiha are the best precision screwdrivers, tekton makes very good sockets, I do like snap on ratchets, Wright co. Makes great wrenches, IR makes the best pneumatic wrenches..Trusty Cook makes the best dead blow hammers...
My goodness you have a ton of Trolls in the comments. You continue to buy what you like and everyone else as well. There is a "Prestige" associated with Snap On, Mack, etc. Reason #1 is the best and most honest reason of all though. The people hating would have these as well if they could but would rather talk trash than admit it.
Grant Marshall I own snap on and have been trying to sell the junk but people won't buy it because they know it's junk too. Actually since you like snap on I've got some snap on tools in selling. I'll give you a great deal on them! Seriously message me and I'll sell all of it to you.
Great video Justin! So so true but still some people will persist to buy Chinese spanners every coiuple of months when they break and will end up paying more than if they bought the right ones on day 1!!!
My dad was a mechanic and I inherited his snap on tools some of which are wore out or broken and I tried to get them exchanged or fixed by snap on and they told me that because I wasn’t in the original owner there’s nothing they can do for me. On the other hand he also had craftsman tools and some were also broken I took them to Sears and exchange them out no problem yes they’re not as nice but what’s the point of paying $150 for a ratchet when you can go buy one for $20 at Sears and exchange it with no problems when it breaks.
I like your videos. This was a good one, but you missed the "economy of scale" argument. Basically, Snap-On doesn't sell as many tools as Home Depot, so they have to charge more per unit to recover their R&D and production costs. They are excellent quality, no doubt. They are the elite class of tools. Some part-time mechanics should stay away from Snap-On because they don't depend on them every day to get the job done. Professionals buy these tools for a lifetime and over a 50 year career as a mechanic, it's cheaper to buy Snap-On. We appreciate your videos!
snap on is still a rip off..people seem to think just because the product they get is good quality it cant possibly be a rip off. Sorry dude snapon is a scam, their whole business model is a scam. SO tools are EXCELLENT quality, hell they might even be the BEST on earth, but 200 dollars for 1 half inch ratchet..get real. If the ratchet is not made of 14 carat gold its not worth it no matter how good it is, especially when a comparable product can be had for 1/4 of the price that may not be quite as good but almost, and by almost I mean nearly identical quality. If SO tools make you happy, then by all means buy as many as you want but good luck with that neverending snap on credit debt. btw that ratchet etc. is only 200 dollars if you buy it outright, unfortunately the underpaid mechanics/techs who dont buy it outright will end up paying twice that on "credit". SO is the "payday advance" loanshark of tools.
Great video, add this one to your tool box. Have you ever seen the A-SURE OUT extractor? It can be removed in seconds if it breaks, no Welding EDM or DRILLING. After seeing it, only a fool would use anything else! All materials and labor made in the USA! For over 100 years the bolt extractor has changed in many ways, however the failure of a bolt extractor seems to have been carelessly overlooked leaving all users the possibility of catastrophic failure. Help support an American company. Thank you.
If I were you I'd buy other tools. My snapon stuff recently has been a bunch of junk. I get better quality buying other brands and can have more told for the same money. I won't be buying snap on anymore.
Guys, if you can't afford it, why buy it? If you're on a budget like me I would suggest buying regular tools and replacing them with the good stuff as you start breaking things. I agree with your points Junkie, the triggered people in the comments probably have money control issues would be my guess.
Wait until you can afford snap on, buy that expensive tool with your hard earned money and then have that so called top notch tool break on you. While the other techs on the shop using the cheaper tools are still working with they non broken tools.
Snap On sells torque Wrenches made from Precision Instruments. The exact same torque wrench. Just a blue hand grip. The difference in price is almost $200 once again the only difference is a Snap On name and different coloured grip. In personally valuing the truck.... and the non paid hours a franchisee can have to work as there's mark up value in some tools I'm willing to pay for because the truck (store) comes to me. I don't lose any time in my day because of this. There's a lot of value I'd add to a tool that way. However as a seasoned mechanic of over 10 years. I don't buy everything from Snap On. I won't from Mac, Matco, Cornwell, Mastercraft, Princess Auto (Harbour Freight basically in Canada). I look for need and use, I look for value and quality. I look for price and availability. Any smart mechanic knows this... or has too much debt. Smart purchases, specialty tools and quality come with a price. Also to your point of customers judging you based on what tools you have and the storage unit housing them.... that's very very true. It can show pride you have in what you do. I don't have any big name tool storage units but after custom painting both tool box sets my chemical cabinet, roll cart and junk cart all to match people walking through my shop always point out my stuff.
Good Lord, there are a few tools from Snap On that I think are worth the money (ratchets, angle wrenches, torque wrenches), but this list is ridiculous. 5. That’s just makes for a rather expensive middle-man. Might as well buy second-hand. 4. Every tool-maker has to do R&D, erm, engineering. 3. Granted, but the ROE doesn’t justify it. Do you have any idea how many times I would have to replace my Gearwrench flew sockets before I approach Snap On? Not in my lifetime. 2.5. You literally just said you are paying for the name. 2. Nobody really cares who uses what tools when working on their cars. Certainly not enough of the populace to spend any time worrying about it. 1. F@&k Snap On and the high-APR scam they run with the young techs fresh out of school who haven’t developed their sea-legs yet in the industry.
To respond to your comments about 3:18 Yes we know, and we know not to buy snap off tools. It cost a lot to make just one, cost a lot less to make 100. Ever wonder how Briggs and strattion makes a whole engine (and does it in the USA) plus the mower deck for the cost of a Snap-off breaker bar? Lots more engineering in that engine than the breaker bar and all the socket sets combined.
snap-on is expensive because they let people make payments and they know a lot will miss or stop paying there payments so they make up the loss by charging higher prices ,they also sell mostly to automotive students that have no money or tools its like putting a kid in a candy shop and giving him credit so they buy everything
One reason and one only: quality--quality tools and quality parts going into those tools. Example: American steel is among the most highest regarded in the world due to higher minimum material and fitness and standards. Snap On steel was one of the few in the world to exceed even American ANSI standards, leading to higher tool strength, precise balance and finish, and far less tool failure. Notice I wrote "was," however. I own hundreds of SO tools but I don't trust those made in the last few years, as SO began farming out some of their manufacturing overseas, where standards and quality control are far lower, resulting in a tool no better than an off-the-shelf Home Depot special. It used to be if you wanted a slightly inferior (to SO) tool, you bought Blue Point (SO on subsidiary with tools made elsewhere)--still decent stuff, but not SO quality. Now, you have to be careful. Some SO tools will have (in tiny lettering) "Made in ________," instead of made in USA. I'm not even sure about the steel quality anymore. I still buy SO and only SO tools, but these days I buy older stuff on Ebay and other auction sites.
Reason 5 had at least 6 separate cost factors. Reason 4 is simply research and development, it is not part of the manufacturing costs. Reason 3 is part of 4 research and development. Die replacement is part of reason 4. Reason 2 1/2 is called marketing which should be in reason 4. Reason 2 is part of the marketing. If you are correct about reason 1 then they are screwing you.
the only reason that makes sense is number one. needless to say ill keep buying them for no other reason than the fact i like them. Your tool box kicks ass man!! Im so jealous
My opinion is snap on is expensive also for the convenience . I break a snap on socket,the tool guy will bring one in with me not even stoping my work . I break a craftsman or other brand i tend to forget it at work and then also when I put it in my car to warranty it I don't get around to it as quick, so the point is it is more of a hassle to warranty other brands then snap on. Now if you don't have a snap on truck showing up every week that can be a different story.
Snap on hand tools are made in the USA......as well as some pneumatic tools but all the battery and electronic tools of course are from china or Taiwan..... there is no electric tool made in USA ....why? i dont know ...snap on hand tools are made in USA for sure
Tool quality is there but no more than other reputable brands at much lower prices, I have been a tech and still am for over 25 years, my tools have done me fine, I have a few snap on tools, I do not rate there cordless stuff vs its price.I think the price we pay for snap on items is purely based on our human emotive element, its so much more so has to be better, this is why the majority of people who own snap on are purely convinced, they have to be as they have paid a huge price tag for it.
Just the fact that you have to make a video explaining why their tools are expensive goes to show that they aren't worth it. People can instinctively tell quality and are willing to pay for it. You don't have to give reasons like tire fuel to justify the high cost.
Guy on a local facebook selling page was selling 3 socket sets for 300 bucks. I almost shit myself reading that. Had to see why they are so expensive. As for your #5 reason I agree. However, you said they would be more expensive in a big box store. I don't think so. They would be cheaper. Customers would come to them instead of wasting gas going to the customers. Just my option on number 5
Fuck the haters I'm a young mechanic been doing this for about 6 years now I have a KRL box in about 15gs in it and a bad ass scanner too For a young person like me to be doing better then a lot of American people making 70,000 a year. I couldn't have done it without my snap-on tools. I'm not done yet I'll be making 100,000 plus a year soon with time and experience with snap-on tools
Snap-on is like a Gucci handbag for men. You're paying for a status symbol - certainly, the quality is very good but, if you really want the best regardless of brand try Stahlwille for larger hand tools and Wera for the small stuff...
The wera allen keys are great for the price, i use them almost daily as i have a few facom allen keys, facom the best allen keys iv owned but cannot reccomend them due to the price and they are like a specialist thing where you shouldnt need to be reccomended on it. Wera is good but its nearing snap-on philosophy with some of its stuff. Bacho is also worth a shout.
BTW- if I see someone with all Snap On, I would actually be worried. Especially if they are all polished and new looking, like yours. I would worry if the dude is so hard into the debt spiral that he's going to scrimp on my repair, or if he will vanish one day to avoid the tool truck guy for the 30,000 he owes. If I see a shop with beaten up boxes that look used as hell, but work, with organized tools inside and a mix of tools because they work, and a whole bunch of homemade tools, that's the guy you go to. You want the guy hungry for work, made good financial decisions, and got themselves working and profiting right away while building experience. They collected their tools with their experience, thus the mix and match.
Snap On's cresent wrenches are no longer USA made,made in Spain by a tool company Snap On owns,Bahco.I bought a couple used Snap On cresent wrenches and they say made in Spain on them.There are tools Snap On does not warranty to this day.If you encounter a broken Snap On tool with an E and G year mark,throw it in the scrap metal pile.The United States government and Snap On made an agreement during WWII making tools for the military in 1944 and 1945.One part of the agreement was there is no warranty on them.Learned this recently too,there is no warranty with this v in the part number on them too: V.They were part of a military set which there was no warranty on them.Snap On does not cover tools if in a fire as well.One scrap yard in my area did get some in,came from a machine shop that burned down.
The European made tools are much higher quality made tools than USA made.One example of this is the Knipex plier line which is German made.Snap On is expensive because they don't make some of their tools which are rebrands.Snap On has become a corrupt company,they treat dealers like shit.I used to have a Snap On dealer down the road in my area.Snap On told him he was done as a dealer and forced him out.It is not over,Snap On wanted him to hand his franchise over and told Snap On no.He owned his franchise for 21 years and told Snap they have to buy it out from him.Another one blew his brains out with a .45 behind his head commiting suicide.Found he was not the only one that did it,there were 9 other dealers that did that also and Snap On tried to cover this up.I am surprised there is no wrongful death suit against them yet
All the guys I know with snap-on tools say that the time they saved from using snap-on tools made it worthwhile, as well as the warranty and service behind it.
Listen I buy snapon because it's my choice and over 27 years my collection is valued at 75k. I bought a tool paid it off and repeated as necessary. Never one time did I ever miss a payment. I have a 3/8s cordless ratchet and cordless impact that cost me 1100.00 dollars, so it can get expensive. Like I said I bought over time but have seen idiots buy all at once and get in over their heads. It comes down to choice people and I've seen techs make 80k a year with craftsman tools.
tlt40s&w 70 I have no problem with anyone buying snap on. It's your money do as you please. But can you really say say you are with this guys reasoning? If I were you I'd be embarrassed this guy is making a video like this. After spending the money you have and then this guy says it's expensive for all these dumb ass reasons, really.
I have owned all kind's of tools, All guaranteed.When broken, have never had a issue replacing any of them. Just the inconvenience of returning to the store or tracking down the snap on rep. I am 5.8 and 180 lbs and have split 3/8 drive snap on socket's using just my hands. Their Quality is the same as all the rest. I can see if you work in a shop how convenient it is when the snap rep comes around to exchange any broken tools.But it is Thursday and the snap on rep comes on Tuesday and that 10 mm you just broke isn't getting the job done. So guess the real ? is what are your back up tools. If your answer is snap on, I probably can't afford repairs at your shop anyway
What type of steel does Snap on use on their tools, I bought a set of Wiha Torx L-Keys 11years ago and the tips look brand new and no wear on them. Love Wiha tools
Snap on uses virgin steel fpr every tool they make thats one of the reason they r so expensive once tools warrenty out or break or w.e they melt the steel with lower qualoty and sell it wholesale
Huge part of it is having to pay American employees in the US an actual wage, as where the companies that make their tools in China can get away with paying children a few cents per month.
They charge that price because suckers will but anything with their name on it. You have have a lot of so called mechanics that have a $40,000 dollar box slammed full of snap on and the tools look like they have never seen a fucking bolt,nut,screw wire.
What’s different then a Mac truck? They do all the same things for half the cost. You are a door knob. I got dummer watching this. Some snap on stuff is made in China
Economics 101 people. A product is “worth” whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Snap-on would not be in business if enough people didn’t feel their tools were worth the price. For me, they are not worth what they charge because I don’t perceive the quality of their tools to be so superior as to substantiate 5 to 10 times the price of a comparable off the shelf tool. That’s just me. For a professional tech/mechanic, they may see it differently. Trust me, if enough people started refusing to pay those prices, it would force Snap-on to lower the prices, or go out of business.
Any professional competent mechanic will tell you the value of a professional made tool. Snap on, mac matco whatever your flavor, some basic tools like wrenches, sockets, ratchets you just can,t cheap out on. consumer grade tools just will not hold up to every day wear and tear. To the ones who say it is dumb to buy snap on and that they are overpriced, take your husky or harbor freight or whatever tools and see if they go the distance. My guess is probably not.
Uncle Bart well I've got some Pittsburg branded non ratchet wrenches that I've been using on diesel trucks for almost 10 years now. Actually I replaced my blue point wrenches before the Pittsburg ones. This is the exception to the rule but snap on is rediculous in they pricing and you can get most of the other professional branded tools for quite a bit cheaper and I'd say a better quality too also.
I got a few tools from a friend when he died a couple of years ago, amongst them was a Snap On 3/8 breaker bar with extension and they both have, " Made in Canada " written on them. Not sure how old they are but he was a mechanic back in the 1980's.Can anyone shed any light on this as I keep hearing that Snap On, has always been made in USA ?
I don't think they are that expensive really 75-125-250 is not bad for a ratchet as nice as they are some stuff might be a little high but it's still worth it. I have got more factory flawed Snap on than any other brand like bad grind marks or in stamped sockets or even scratched up stuff straight off the website I can say that so they're QC is not perfect but shit happens when your stamping things out by the thousands hell. If you watch they're manufacturing videos and watch others really it is all the same except Snap on has more robotics than others like cornwell and wright where it is mostly all by hand on very old machines they even have to hand straighten ratchets and extensions and the extensions start off as 2 pieces I would rather have it done by robots than people as the human eye isn't perfect. I watched a corn well video on the manufacturing and on one video a guy was straightening some extensions and the tour of people and manager had pulled a few out of the done box that we're not straight and gave it back to the guy to fix what the hell that's why I buy snap on. Mac and Matco are high as well but don't make half of they're tools I can't understand why they are so high. other than that they just want in on Snap ons money but what you buy from them is a bunch of rebranded crap I hate that crap but snap on does the same but not as much but even then it's nicer than the other guys.
I get most of mine on eBay for half truck price that way if I would ever get out of the trade im not losing my ass and also i can afford twice as much tools. I still get some on truck to keep tool guy working with me and i mean I probably have 10k in snap on tools used. Would have easily been 25 or so if I bought everything new. Tool box is a big cornwell with a top hutch side lockers and a top cabinet over the hutch that I picked up for a grand because i cant see paying that much for a new toolbox as i can get a new car for.
Research and development is definitely a humongous expense in any industry, and people need to understand engineering time is ver valuable just like technicians time isn’t worthless either
Fat Knuckles Productions oh well since they do all this R&D why do thier tools keep breaking. Also the other companies out there that have to do R&D too have tools that are cheaper and don't break. Nope not buying it. His reason #1 is the only reason, they can. That's it.
Jared Braun what tools don’t break? I have broken a hell of a lot more cheap tools the last 13 years than good tools, and they just feel better in your hands
Justin Sturg-SHILL What a joke of a video. They are the Gucci of tools it’s that simple. They are expensive because people will pay the inflated prices. Nothing more nothing less
