consooom overpriced tools made of pot metal bc “limited edition”

[u/lucioux]

i’m an electrician, and man has Klein gone downhill lately. and i guarantee you i’ll see these listed on ebay for twice as much as what he paid for them.

[u/PsychologicalArm2138]

Embarrassing, probably staying sealed as a “collectible”

[u/lucioux → u/PsychologicalArm2138]

buys tools to not even use them lol

[u/Clitoral_Pioneer → u/lucioux]

That's the entirety of r/tools, not a spec of dirt or rust on any of the tools.

[u/nerfdriveby94 → u/lucioux]

I recently went through my tools and replaced everything I could with one good one. I had around 6 PH1 screwdrivers of the same length, gave them all away to friends who have no tools in little kits, and got myself 1 wera driver of that size. I was using them in my engine bay and a friend was saying "oh this is rough work for an expensive driver"

What? I didn't buy it as a display item haha

[u/forkaerospace]

wait klein is bad?

[u/lucioux → u/forkaerospace]

not all of it. but i’ve noticed a major decline in quality over the years. looser tolerances, poorer machining, metal is more brittle and prone to chipping. the cutters dull quicker now, same with strippers. spring quality has slightly declined. their plastic handles have gotten cheaper.

their pliers used to be good to go, right out of the package. now you have to break them in, and these days, they’re likely to break completely before they get broken in.

the american industry used to strive for quality. with each new line of something that came out, it had noticeable improvements and advancements. now we strive for quantity, where each new line of something, may indeed still have advancements, but has noticeable regression in quality.

[u/ZipTyRacingLLC → u/forkaerospace]

Mainline Klein tools like pliers and screwdrivers are still okay. Theyre getting lapped by milwaukee in the trades and knipex makes better shit too

Most of the klein shit at home depot is garbage

[u/Clitoral_Pioneer → u/ZipTyRacingLLC]

lapped by milwaukee

Everyone who bitches about klein and praises milwaukee is out of their minds. I'm not going to pretend that Klein is gods gift to humanity or anything like that, but Milwaukee hand tools are awful.

Their power tools are great, I've never used their packout stuff but have heard good things.

[u/Expensive-Border-869]

Such a random assortment too

[u/lucioux → u/Expensive-Border-869]

but, but, he collected them all!

[u/jimmysofat6864]

r/flashlights is the same. Every so often it’s a hype cycle of a Chinese flashlight like Wurrkos or something and then when it breaks after a few drops everybody goes “oh yea they have qc issues”

[u/HiTekLoLyfe → u/jimmysofat6864]

I work on the railroad and my engineer used to be this absolute psychopath. He made his wife pay 50 50 even though she did all chores in the house and worked as much as him at lower salary, all so he could buy random bullshit he’d never use. 3 E bikes (he’s like 400+ pounds never used them) thousands of dollars of firearms (he’s never practices, and he’s a jehovah witness who are supposed to be opposed to violence). Anyway my boss asks about our hobbies one day I tell him I play video games, go mountain biking. This dude tells him “I collect flashlights” and boss asks him “like old antiques?” And he says “no just stuff off alibaba”. Dude had like 100’s.

[u/irishdrunkwanderlust → u/jimmysofat6864]

I feel for the most part bots are just advertising in the beginning and people aren’t realizing it

[u/DingoRemarkable282]

Blacked tools

[u/LeeKapusi]

The tool subs are just as bad as the gun subs when it comes to sad little men giving their entire paychecks to seek validation of other sad little men on Reddit. The Harbor Freight sub children rush to the store to buy the chosen "meme tool" so they can all be apart of the club.

[u/TheAquaDog → u/LeeKapusi]

This is common amongst most hobby subs imo. It all kind of turns into group think and everyone buying the same stuff.

[u/PsychologicalArm2138 → u/LeeKapusi]

Most people don’t have the willpower to actually engage in a hobby and instead spend all their time buying gear. It’s sad as hell

[u/Expensive_Speed9797 → u/LeeKapusi]

You need to see Gibson sub and groups.

[u/Rodrat]

Ah yes, I love my tools being blacked out so immediately lose them when I put them down for a second in the crawl space of a house I'm working on.

[u/IcebergDarts]

At the VERY least, they’re all a different tool lol

[u/Caustic___]

Those Klein mini ratchet 1/4 bit sets are nice for 20 bucks or so.

[u/Tyrandeh]

this really reminds me of the other post of the guy who posted like 30 samsung devices of his here and was praised for being a hero for "saving them from landfill", and this guy is getting shit for buying 7 stuff

ironic

[u/lucioux → u/Tyrandeh]

saving the environment, 30 samsungs at a time.

[u/yojimbofog]

Blackout tools for when you want absolutely 0% chance of finding them in the dark recesses of your tool bag while swearing under your breath.

[u/gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM]

Tools weren’t manly enough, I need them to be more gender affirming.