Husky 51 Pieces Screwdriver Set - from HD

[dasiuyan]

I always want a decent set of 'full' size (as oppose to multi-bit) screwdriver. I passed by Home Depot clearance desk in a hurry and spot a 51 Pieces screwdriver for $12.99 (no typical HD clearance yellow sticker). I am not sure if this is a good price, but to follow RFD spirit: Buy first think later, I grabbed this home. I try to research it online but I can't find much information about it. Only place I can find is ********.ca; with help of Google Cache, it seems like the original price is $12.99.
http://tinyurl.com/859tlth

I am not sure if this is a good deal or I should refund this.
It has 17 screwdrivers with chrome-vanadium steel and magnetic tips (2 Stars, 6 Square, 6 Philips, 3 Slot), 32 Prevision Bit Set (seems good quality for small electronics use), and 2 Adjustable and Wall Mountable Screwdriver Storage racks.

What do you think? Can I get a better deal if I am patient?

Thanks in advance for any opinion.

[dasiuyan]

LOL... I did not swear and know RFD doesn't like 'SHOP TO IT dot CA'

http://tinyurl.com/859tlth

[Hugh Jass]

I voted keep it. Husky make decent DIY stuff. I got a set of wrenches a couple of years in a similar deal and they're great. Harder to go wrong with a steel wrench but they look cool in the garage ;)

[Wingding]

I bought some Husky stuff a year or two ago from the annual father's day promos at HD and it's all total crap. A set of combination wrenches has all the openings (or whatever you call them) machined too large to grip bolts securely. The screwdriver bits in another set turned out to be of the use-once-and-throw-away variety. Never again.

[Wingding]

Following up on my earlier post, I was in Home Depot yesterday and they had a bunch of the annual Father's Day promo stuff out in a main aisle, and I noticed that about half of it was branded "Husky" and the rest was under a new name, "HDX". The sales associate in the department said the Husky mark is being phased out.

Perhaps because it's become synonymous with "garbage"?

[pshch]

I bought some Husky stuff a year or two ago from the annual father's day promos at HD and it's all total crap. A set of combination wrenches has all the openings (or whatever you call them) machined too large to grip bolts securely. The screwdriver bits in another set turned out to be of the use-once-and-throw-away variety. Never again.

Are you sure you do not use a metric wrench on SAE bolt or wise verse?

[Wingding]

Are you sure you do not use a metric wrench on SAE bolt or wise verse?

Uh, yes . . . I do know the difference, thanks.

I have a Craftsman set I bought prob'ly 12-15 years ago (when the Craftsman brand still actually MEANT something) and when you hold one of those wrenches against one of the Husky pieces-of-crap stamped with the same dimension, the difference in the actual sizes of the openings is very apparent.