Sick of the poor quality of materials and tools

[Guest123]

....I tend to buy so called quality brand names but even those are becoming a liability. Everything from knife blades to plumbing fittings have reduced in quality probably due to them being bulk made with lower grade materials to save the manufacturers money but these savings are never passed on to us, only the poorer quality is.

If I pay a premium for a brand name over a budget brand, I expect premium quality, but sadly this is no longer the case.

 

[petercj]

You can buy 1/2" brass backnuts for taps and stuff and they have scrimped on the brass so much that a box spanner of correct size wont work. Just spins around the nut

I think they're all metric in China - if you buy a 1/2" Chinese box spanner it will probably fit.

 

[Skelly87]

I dont want to buy a chinese box spanner. My rothenberger box spanner should work just fine in a perfect world. As we all know, its not a perfect world

 

[petercj]

I dont want to buy a chinese box spanner. My rothenberger box spanner should work just fine in a perfect world. As we all know, its not a perfect world

Typical Western imperialism!!!