vs-lover
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Yes but if you are using a ratchet all day everyday it's never going to last like one that sits in it's plastic case all day being used every now and again. What you get when you buy Snap On is a lifelong service and support which you just won't get from the disposable brands. As far as SP are concerned as posted earlier to me they are just rubbish with a big marketing program behind them to flog them off. I've been down to CJ Humphries and looked in their Scrap bins and it amazes me the new tools thrown in there that have failed prematurely. These are all very cheaply made Chinese bits of rubbish that simply aren't worth the money that's paid for them.
I'd very much prefer Aussie made Sidchrome and Snap On any day. Sadly Sidchrome support is very poor compared to how it used to be when the company was Siddons Industries. You have to fight and argue with them if the tool you are getting replaced is Aussie Made but doesn't have Made in Australia stamped into it as the dickheads you're dealing with now have no idea unless the wording is smacking them in the face. All their early stuff never had MIA stamped as they didn't have any Asian companies to compete with but once the influx started that's when the MIA appeared in the very early 1980's
Sidcatters.................well my genuine Aussie made units will cut through anything just like Knipex will, wouldn't count on many other cheapies doing that, but like I always say, you only get what you pay for, it's the old peanuts and monkeys situation.
I'd very much prefer Aussie made Sidchrome and Snap On any day. Sadly Sidchrome support is very poor compared to how it used to be when the company was Siddons Industries. You have to fight and argue with them if the tool you are getting replaced is Aussie Made but doesn't have Made in Australia stamped into it as the dickheads you're dealing with now have no idea unless the wording is smacking them in the face. All their early stuff never had MIA stamped as they didn't have any Asian companies to compete with but once the influx started that's when the MIA appeared in the very early 1980's
Sidcatters.................well my genuine Aussie made units will cut through anything just like Knipex will, wouldn't count on many other cheapies doing that, but like I always say, you only get what you pay for, it's the old peanuts and monkeys situation.
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