You want Picquic screwdrivers. Good quality, made in Canada, often on sale on amazon or at reno stores.truepatriotlove wrote: ↑ I bought a Mastercraft (Canadian Tire brand) screwdriver set, and I am not happy with the greasy/oily finish. Made in China poor quality. Does anyone know of Any Made in Canada or USA brand that are good value, but are not greasy, and last a long time? I would need a screwdriver set and a power screwdriver.
I don’t think you will find a power driver not made in China or Germany.truepatriotlove wrote: ↑ I bought a Mastercraft (Canadian Tire brand) screwdriver set, and I am not happy with the greasy/oily finish. Made in China poor quality. Does anyone know of Any Made in Canada or USA brand that are good value, but are not greasy, and last a long time? I would need a screwdriver set and a power screwdriver.
Right on the front page of their website-thriftshopper wrote: ↑ I understand Picquic bits are Korean.
Since 1988 we’ve manufactured Picquics from our hometown of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Not an uncommon practice in a lot of consumer products from mattresses to electric shavers. I sold electric shavers in a previous life and ALL of the shaver OEMs do it as they want each major retailer to have their own exclusive models so that it's hard to do any price comparisons and protect their price points. And yes, they will do almost anything from a hard carrying case to a pouch, from 20 minute charging to overnight, to including some real wood trim to plastic wood... all around the same base shaver.Jerico wrote: ↑ I don’t think you will find a power driver not made in China or Germany.
Also, stay out of the Cdn Tire tool aisle unless you are buying a name brand and the EXACT model is available elsewhere. They will often bring in a name brand and make it cheaper somehow, like a cheaper chuck on a drill, or lower mAh battery to SEEM like you are getting a deal but you never are.
Source: Dealt with Cdn Tire buyers for power tools in a previous life.
Yea, probably very little work done on the unit when they say that. Likely just packaged in the USA.rkjredflag wrote: ↑ Yup, many tool brands are "made / built in" _____________ with "global materials."
Cdn Tire took it further… They would change out the motor to something less expensive, but it’s still an 18v drill. The one that bugged me the most was when they wanted to swap out the one handed Jacobs chuck for a 2 handed mess of a thing for 50 cents US per unit. The no-name chuck was a POS and awkward to use. But hey, shaved off 50 cents, right?craftsman wrote: ↑ Not an uncommon practice in a lot of consumer products from mattresses to electric shavers. I sold electric shavers in a previous life and ALL of the shaver OEMs do it as they want each major retailer to have their own exclusive models so that it's hard to do any price comparisons and protect their price points. And yes, they will do almost anything from a hard carrying case to a pouch, from 20 minute charging to overnight, to including some real wood trim to plastic wood... all around the same base shaver.
