Snap On multi tools

Cyclone82 · **on:** April 16, 2011, 01:16:42 PM

Anyone tried these? What are they like? What are they comparable?

ryan1835 · **Reply #1 on:** April 16, 2011, 01:49:43 PM

id avoid them like the plauge - all snap on have done is bought some cheap chinese tools and put their name on it

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2011, 02:23:38 PM

I believe they are the same tools that Coast brands as their own, and they are just cheap Chinese models. This is sadly the direction most companies go in when marketing a multitool or knife, not realizing the damage they are doing to themselves.

http://www.sosakonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195&Itemid=35

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Cyclone82 · **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2011, 02:29:46 PM

Ok better stay clear then. I have a couple of their spanners and socket drivers and they are fine though.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2011, 02:45:19 PM

Real tools and multitools are sadly two very different things. You'd think a tool manufacturer would know better, but oh well... If they want to hurt their brand/image, who am I to argue?

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MeadMaker · **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2011, 03:56:17 PM

Its too bad that Snap On decided to go the cheap Chinese route with the MT. Many of their pocket knives are made by Kershaw, decidedly not a low quality knife maker.

Mercury · **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2011, 08:58:22 AM

That's really sad to see given their reputation. I used to work on Aircraft, and Snap on is the absolute best throughout the field, rivaled only my MAC or Matco, and even then it's not very close. Their warranty surpasses even Leatherman's, and their quality is tops. I can't believe they would do something so stupid as to put their logo on....THAT.

I once had a pair of duckbill pliers. My dad found them in a ditch with no rubber on the handles. I showed them to the snap on rep when he came to my Hangar, and he said they were definitely snap on pliers due to the profile, and since they had chipped, he gave me a brand new pair. Awesome company.