Attention Husky tool owners

[RootBreaker]

Although it seems to me the ratchets they are making now are junk. I have a ratchet that belonged to my dad that just feels like its better quality than some of the newer ones. But it's lifetime warranty and no reciept

Side not:I heard that Home Depot owns Rigid and all of the rigid line now has a life time warranty too.

same as the phillip screwdrivers... I have an oldie and the tip is great.. you use the new ones and they round out easily.....

I was told Dewalt makes Rigid for home depot

Black and Decker makes Dewalt..

 

[jarheadk5]

Black and Decker makes Dewalt..

Close. Black & Decker owns DeWalt, but doesn't make their tools. B&D also owns Porter-Cable and Delta now, too.

 

[BurbLover]

I remember when Husky first came along at Home Depot, they had a wooden 'coffin' with a plexiglass top, full of broken Craftsman, Snap-on, etc. tools. There was a sign that they would take any broken 'lifetime warranteed' tool, whatever brand, and exchange it for a Husky. Guess those days are over. I have no idea why someone would trade in a Snap-on for a Husky.

I talked with a manager at HD about this awhile back as I remembered seeing these coffins as well. He said they stopped as they had a customer walk in with about 400-500 pieces of craftsman/other misc lifetime guaranteed tools. Since it was a no questions asked swap program, they gave the customer all brand new tools in exchange. That ruined it for everyone. Although, I wish I had thought of that at the time

 

[86dieselburb]

The reason Home Depot was taking back Craftsman tools was because the same company that makes Craftsman makes Husky and I believe they also make some other big name brand tool like Snap-On. Asked the tool area manager at Home Depot and that's how he explained it too me. Home Depot wasnt losing anything in the exchange.

 

[kyser_soze]

You are correct sir. The same tool maker makes Mac, Craftsman and Snapon I forgot the name of the company but it is true.