Why is it everyone seems fixated on tool warranties, people talk about buying a tool, the first question they ask, is not how well it works, but what is the warranty like. Maybe I’m different, but I’ve probably had a grand total of 5 or 6 true tool warranty claims in about 50 yrs. Now I’ve broken, abused and modified tools, to fill a railroad boxcar or two. I’d never dream of trying to warranty a ratchet, wrench or socket, that I was turning with a 10’ pipe on the tool handle, it was not designed to take that stress level, now I would in a heart beat to do what is necessary or available to get the job done. If it takes cutting a wrench in half and welding the handle at an odd angle so be it, I don’t care who the wrench manufacturer is, if it’s there, it’s fair game.
I told a friend a couple of days ago, one of the last warranty claim I made was in either in the late 70s or early 80s, at my brother’s hardware store, with a Bonney 1/4” drive, 5/16” deep socket that was cracked. Every socket, ratchet, or wrench, I’ve broken since then were replaced by tools that were either bought as part of cost of doing business or written off as part of the job.
I could/would try to warranty a tool, I’d knowingly abused, a cut and rewelded wrench is not the manufacturer’s issue. Maybe I’m old or I was brought up different, again maybe both, but I would not be able to sleep at night, trying to pass my bad or crude work habits off as a manufacturing defect. I just don’t understand the fixation with the warranty, as the primary reason to buy tool A or tool B.
