Good tools will last forever.
Inexpensive tool is the latest broken after 40 hours.
The Reason:
Makes it something good tool expensive is the heat treatment (hardening, stress relieving, ..), which is a rather expensive operation in the targeted heat treatment of the hardness of the material is verfielfacht, for this reason, "nudeld" cheap goods after a few operations.
It also forged a lot in terms of quality brands.
What should not be said is that we tested the cheap brands often phthalates in rubber contained (carcinogenic plasticizers), are banned in Europe but are raised repeatedly on (China Import, ..) Also not recommended tool:
- Mannesmann (Actually the German mark the naming rights sold to a Chinese manufacturer)
- Mister Tool (Aldi, Hofer, ..)
- Bosch Green (Bosch Blue = industry standard = OK.)
- Famex
- Bull Craft
...
Highly recommended tool manufacturers:
- Stahlwille (Industry Standard acted in almost all airports and among professionals as the number 1)
- Gedore
- Usag
- Snap-On (price / performance ratio unjustified)
- Facom (price / performance ratio unjustified)
- Heyco (let by)
- Bosch Blue
- Proxxon
What Detroit is in America for cars, is Germany's Wuppertal and Remscheid. Those who buy goods from this region, is almost always correct.
