Capri and Icon beat Snap on

[Trav]

A smaller head and the lowest backdrag are hardly “nothing”. Readily available service parts and rock solid warranty are hardly “nothing”.

You might not get enough to justify that higher cost, but you can’t say you get *nothing*.

I’m not a snap-on fan boy. Like I’ve said before, my box contains a single solitary SO tool, with the rest being Tekton, Capri, Icon, Astro, etc. Generally all Taiwanese.

Saying the high price of snap on isn’t worth it is a fair criticism. Saying they are “no better” than most other tools is simply not the case. Snap On still has several tools that have no equal.

Snap on line wrenches, for example, are almost universally acknowledged the best the best you can get and head and shoulders above the #2 finisher. Now for you and me, the #2 might be sufficient. Or the #3. But that doesn’t mean that the Snap on isn’t the best.

The new Snap on 100 tooth ratchet is crap plain and simple, it has the back drag almost of a breaker bar. The rocker locking mechanism is equally junk so in this case they really are no better. Stahlwille line wrenches are at least equal Snap on, Hazet has probably the best line wrenches (especially their reinforced head style) I have ever used in this case Snap on is #2 or 3. None of them is absolutely universally acknowledged as being the best but the reinforced head Hazet is IMO definitely better than the others and I own all three, full sets of the SW and Hazet and a couple of the Snap on.

https://www.hazet.de/en/products/hand-tools/wrenches/flare-nut-wrench#

 

[Hohn]

You do you, booboo. I’m not here to sell anyone tools. Use what you love and love what you use.

 

[Arc]

A smaller head and the lowest backdrag are hardly “nothing”. Readily available service parts and rock solid warranty are hardly “nothing”.

You might not get enough to justify that higher cost, but you can’t say you get *nothing*.

I’m not a snap-on fan boy. Like I’ve said before, my box contains a single solitary SO tool, with the rest being Tekton, Capri, Icon, Astro, etc. Generally all Taiwanese.

Saying the high price of snap on isn’t worth it is a fair criticism. Saying they are “no better” than most other tools is simply not the case. Snap On still has several tools that have no equal.

Snap on line wrenches, for example, are almost universally acknowledged the best the best you can get and head and shoulders above the #2 finisher. Now for you and me, the #2 might be sufficient. Or the #3. But that doesn’t mean that the Snap on isn’t the best.

When it comes to brake lines you can't beat a good pair of vicegrips. Snap on can't even compare. Seriously though what makes snap on the best? It isn't design so is it the quality of the casting or just a better metal? What components are we paying the premium price for?

 

[Arc]

Taiwan makes 67% of the WORLD'S threaded fasteners, they know what they are doing and do it with high efficiency and low costs.

I'm going to have to look at the last box of deck screws and see who made them. I paid a premium price for a lifetime non rusting coated screws that rusted and broke almost as fast as a drywall screw would. With all this rain then the high 90's drying the deck real fast is busting a ton of screws. All these other countries make a majority of our products not because they are better but because their labor costs is low.

 

[D60]

When it comes to brake lines you can't beat a good pair of vicegrips. Snap on can't even compare. Seriously though what makes snap on the best? It isn't design so is it the quality of the casting or just a better metal? What components are we paying the premium price for?

Yes, allegedly the tolerances on SnapOn's line wrenches are some of the tightest. That said, you're then left hoping the manufacturer of the line fittings was also shooting for nominal size without going over much

If you go to 1:30 here he measures across the flats of some Milwaukees (the subject of the vid) but then shows a chart and discusses just how good the Snappys are -- and I don't think TTC is ever in a rush to praise SnapOn.


They also have a first video of course, which established the chart seen there.

All that said, I don't deal with enough rusty line fittings to speak to line wrenches with great authority.

 

[Trav]

The Snap on are very good line wrenches and always have been no doubt about it.