Originally Posted By: GMBoy
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Most of them are pretty good. The 3/8's flex ratchet that's a copy of a Snap-on ratchet is a great buy. Much better ratchet than the standard Craftsman ones.
True. There was even a guy who tested just about every 3/8 rachet and mentioned how good the Duralast was.
I have one of the Duralast 3/8 regular fixed head ratchets, it works great, was made in Taiwan, not China and has been doing a fine job since I bought it last summer. I retired my old US-made Mac Tools 3/8 ratchet. It is still in my tool box but I don't use it very much anymore. The screws keep coming loose from the mechanism/pawl plate and it is not as fine-toothed as the Duralast. I have a few other Duralast tools to, I bought a Duralast 3/8 torque wrench, it was nearly free because I used my $20.00 rewards card credit. It is also doing fine. I have a few odd Duralast sockets and a Duralast 18mm wrench that all are very good quality too. The wrench is fully polished, it looks and feels like a very good quality tool and it is just as heavy as any of my old US-made Snap-On wrenches. I don't know how well the Duralast tools would hold up in a professional use-it-every-day environment, but for what I use them for they do a fine job. For me it is the same with most HF hand tools. The HF hand tools are OK and seem to have gotten a lot better in quality over the last couple of years.
