Anyone Know Why These Are So Expensive?

**sledge** · 01-27-2015, 06:57 PM

I think for the average dude.. a normal $5 screwdriver is fine.. and in the shop mostly fine as well.
My motto has always been to buy good tools- you have to have them when you need them.

On a jobsite daily I couldn't live without my Channel Lock Brand pliers- I've beaten those things.. and they never fail me.
I have to buy stuff that I know will last. Sometimes I've got to buy "light" as is weight-- I've burned through 2 cheap Skil Belt sanders in a year... only because the $190 Porter Cable would be a blankety Blank to hold up on a wall all day trying to belt sand texture off a wall.. but it is my next purchase sadly.
Things like my Sawzall, Compound Miter, Air Impact tools. I get the good stuff.. just sort of have to.

We live in an age where "You get what you pay for" has never been more true.
When I was a kid you had 3 varieties of products
1. Cheap Crap
2. Mid Grade
3. Good Stuff.

Now you either get Good Stuff or Cheap Crap.. the world has eliminated the Mid-Grade all together!

**NHscrapman** · 01-28-2015, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by sledge

I think for the average dude.. a normal $5 screwdriver is fine.. and in the shop mostly fine as well.
My motto has always been to buy good tools- you have to have them when you need them.

On a jobsite daily I couldn't live without my Channel Lock Brand pliers- I've beaten those things.. and they never fail me.
I have to buy stuff that I know will last. Sometimes I've got to buy "light" as is weight-- I've burned through 2 cheap Skil Belt sanders in a year... only because the $190 Porter Cable would be a blankety Blank to hold up on a wall all day trying to belt sand texture off a wall.. but it is my next purchase sadly.
Things like my Sawzall, Compound Miter, Air Impact tools. I get the good stuff.. just sort of have to.

We live in an age where "You get what you pay for" has never been more true.
When I was a kid you had 3 varieties of products
1. Cheap Crap
2. Mid Grade
3. Good Stuff.

Now you either get Good Stuff or Cheap Crap.. the world has eliminated the Mid-Grade all together!

Can I get an AMEN!