One thing that gets missed in these HF vs Snap On discussions is the VAST improvements HF has made to their tools over the past 10 years.
Back in the day, there literally was no comparison. HF tools were cheap, they looked cheap, they functioned somewhere between badly and OK "for the price". They were basically one job wonders or at least that was the general expectation.
Well HF has upped their game each and every year. Look at say the Earthquake series of impact wrenches today vs what HF offered 10 years ago. This tool has in each and every way caught up to the high priced brands in terms of build quality, durability, and function. There is no way you could have had an impact wrench 10 years ago that was as good as the Earthquake series for the price HF is now selling them at, but now you can.
Same thing with HF's tool storage cabinets. Sorry, but objectively speaking HF has not just caught, but clearly blown right by Snap On in terms of function, quality, and value. I realize that most of the appeal of a huge wall of Snap On cabinets is shouting "I'm a pro now!", but they cannot be justified any other way.
HF has done that improvement from poor to very good across many, many tools. The wrench set I bought last year from HF is night and day different from the 20-year-old set of HF wrenches hanging in the shed. The dimensions of the new wrenches are precise, the plating is flawless, and I have already used them more without bending one than I have the old rough set from 20 years ago where i bent one with the first use.
Sure there's a difference right now between HF and Snap On. That difference gets smaller and smaller every year.
If this continues, I'm going to predict that HF starts a tool truck service in 5-7 years. Paying Snap On prices at some point will simply not be justified even by the truck service angle.
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