i know this is an old thread but have to add my bit anyway i've been a panel beater for 38 years and always bought good tools snap-om mac and othe good names and all have served me well untill a few years ago when snap-on quality went down hill quite a bit. i decided that i'd bought my last snap-on tool a couple of years ago when after buying a set of punches and using one to drift out the center of a rivet on a fiesta rear bumper it bent like it was made of butter. i gave it back to the dealer the next week he visited us and was told that only the us made tools are covered with the lifetime warranty "what a load of bollocks" twelve months on he jacked it in and now we dont have a van come round i'm now the very pisssed off owner of two wornout ratchets and a couple of split sockets that i cant change cos snap-on dont have a man who can spare the time to visit us even tho we have nine techs who used to buy tools.
i have a 40th anniversary (2004) limited edition rool cab and top box that is rock solid while my mate has a three year old box same size that is very flimsy and nowhere near as solid as mine.