Depends on what you are doing with it on what you should spend, Snap On screw drivers are worth twice what you pay for them and so are their sockets. If everyone in the world had Snap On screw drivers the phillips screws in master cylinders would not be junk most of the time. If you like keeping the skin on your hands Snap on ratchets are worth the money too, Matco has the same guts as a craftsman ratchet which is one step away from useless and the chrome flakes off which is always fun to pick out of your skin. I have never had a warranty problem with any of my Snap On dealers, Matco is not quite as forgiving buy usually they will cover it and Mac is about like Matco. Craftsman on the other hand, most of their tools don't fit tight, they always seem to stock what you don't need replaced and most generally the person you are dealing with has no idea how to even help you find what you are looking for. The upside of Sears having less informed employees is stuff gets warrantied for no apparent reason like I had a few weeks ago, cut the socket up to fit around an injection line, needed a 6 point metric version to actually make it work, went to Sears carrying the old one in for reference, told the girl I had hacked and cut on it and it wasn't warranty but she still took it upon herself to warranty the thing and said "It's Ok they have a lifetime warranty". What I really wanted to ask her was if all tools were covered against cutoff wheel and grinder damage but I just took the six point 17mm impact one she replaced my twelve point 11/16 chrome hacked up one with and went on with life.
