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Offline Elroy

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Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« on: October 01, 2019, 05:08:41 PM »
In Elroy's quest to augment his selection of metric hand tools, Elroy came to the conclusion ( right or wrong ) that he needed another set of metric combination wrenches. I watched Elroy struggle with his decision to purchase a set of ratcheting combination wrenches.

Should Elroy select the non-switchable, flip over style with the straight shank ? Or should he elect the reversible style with the conventional 15 degree, knuckle clearance off set ? Elroy came to the conclusion that he preferred the reversible switchable style with the 15 degree, off set shank. Review of local selections didn't yield the results Elroy was hoping for.

As with all the purchases Elroy makes, I watched Elroy struggle with making a selection. For Elroy's amateur attempts at being a shade tree mechanic, he simply could NOT justify the cost of truck brand tools. While the offerings of typically USA manufactured PROTO was extremely temping. The spine drive box end combined with their black chrome finish combined with their excessive cost was not appealing. Elroy made the decision to look at the Gearwrench offerings from Danaher.

While shopping for Gearwrench availability, Elroy elected to purchase their 12 piece #9620N set which spanned 8 through 19MM. Combining that with their four piece # 9601N "add-on" set that included 21,22, 24 and 25 MM wrench PLUS their (16) piece rack yielded a nearly full set of reversible metric ratcheting wrenches. Purchase was made at a total of $140.79, freight paid.

Made in China

So there you have it..................................IT sucks but I watched Elroy take a drink of Chinese goodness.

I think Elroy just puked and I believe he's consider their return. Sooooooooo what say you ?

Return or keep ?
 

Offline m_fumich

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2019, 05:14:36 PM »
Keep. As much as I hate to say it, the quality of Chinese tools is improving. I’m in the market for ratcheting combo wrenches myself.


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Offline slip knot

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2019, 05:15:19 PM »
I think Elroy will probably survive. The Chinese chrome poisoning isn't too bad.

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2019, 05:40:51 PM »
Where did Elroy find such a deal?


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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2019, 05:49:23 PM »
Where did Elroy find such a deal?

Toolsource

https://www.toolsource.com/

Their part number 216938

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2019, 06:55:18 PM »
tell elroy he is fine. when he talked about kool-aid the farmer  assumed the truck flavor. that said, gw may not be the top shelf but the farmer has been well served by the ones he has owned. he would just  be a little happier if taiwan was the coo.
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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2019, 07:45:43 PM »
Elroy made a good choice in my opinion. I use my GW ratcheting SAE and MM set all the time. I really like and use the flex head ones all the time and that is what I grab to pull the bolts on the tractor hood.

Offline jabberwoki

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2019, 08:44:52 PM »
Return that filthy chinese crap. Redeem Elroy's sole asap.
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2019, 11:12:38 PM »
Elroy, now walks to his tool box backwards, the walk of shame LOL


 He can can spend his $$$ anyway he likes.

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Offline fatfillup

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2019, 04:32:18 AM »
Didn't realize GW is now Chinese made.  That would give me reason to return them.  I say this because though i like ratcheting wrenches,  I have found they don't last long and I can't imagine the Chinese ones holding up better or as well as the Taiwan ones. 

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2019, 09:24:15 AM »
When it comes to ratchet wrenches one does not have much of a choice when it comes to COO. Tell Elroy its ok  :-*

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2019, 10:22:24 AM »
I think GW was one of the earliest brands to go totally in on Chinese production. Since Apex acquired KD, they merged the brands and moved many of the designs into Gearwrench -- and produced older KD designs as well a newer Gearwrench designs in China. I think Taiwan was mostly in the picture because some products in the KD line were produced in that country. I assume that when the contracts ran their course, Apex contracted new production to Chinese manufacturers.

I have some mid-length GW socket sets and they are flawless. Also have a Gearwrench Pozi-driv screwdriver set that is beyond great. It rivals the old Snap-On sets i have in every way. Pozi-Driv on Brit cars is a standard fastener.
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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2019, 03:30:24 PM »
My 1996 era set of GW are still on the job, after 20+ years of hard daily use. Not a skip, break, or failure of any kind. They were my first big Taiwanese purchase. I couldn't be happier.   ;)

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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2019, 04:12:19 PM »
My 1996 era set of GW are still on the job, after 20+ years of hard daily use. Not a skip, break, or failure of any kind. They were my first big Taiwanese purchase. I couldn't be happier.   ;)
Mine too, and the GW serpentine belt tool kit is of good quality and very useful.
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Re: Elroy took a drink of Kool Aid
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2019, 06:14:22 PM »
My 1996 era set of GW are still on the job, after 20+ years of hard daily use. Not a skip, break, or failure of any kind. They were my first big Taiwanese purchase. I couldn't be happier.   ;)
Mine too, and the GW serpentine belt tool kit is of good quality and very useful.

Thank goodness I got out of auto repair before serpentine belts became prevalent. Heck, fuel injection was still kinda rare, especially on budget models IIRC.  Ooops, that dates me!