electronic doo dads

What do real tool users think of this stuff?

Seems just odd to me. My tools sit in unheated buildings here in Minnesota, need to work when I need them, and can sit for a few months when I don't.

Can't see the need to have to find a battery before I can use my level!!!!!

Will this stuff replace real tools?

--->Paul

Can you imagine not being able to measure a 2x6 without fresh batteries?

Scott

I agree with everyone so far; the cordless drill is one of the best tools to come out in my lifetime. Otherwise, the simpler the better. I wouldn't care if the electronic thing that makes my framing hammer also a global positioning device and avocado seed remover wouldn't take the hammer down with it when it fails. But they always do. When a digital thermometer fails, it doesn't revert to being a regular analog thermometer, it becomes brand new landfill.

A tool that has most of the qualities I'm looking for is a splitting wedge. It's sturdy, has no moving parts, and is large enough to be easy to keep track of. What it lacks is versatility. If it could only do something I needed done, I'd have to rate it as just about perfect.

All the best, Stan

To answer your question will it replace real tools, I doubt it, To me there is something to be said about quality tools that can stand up to the test of time. For example, my family still has all of my great grandfathers barn building tools and the tool chest that he kept them in. The chest it self is starting to show its age a bit, however, the tools inside have all been wrapped up in cloths and saws wraped in newspaper. All of the tools are just as sharp and as clean as the day that they were put away. There are no battery operated tools in there and if needed they could all come out of retierment and build one heck of a barn.

So in the end feel as though nothing will ever replace a real tool.

Just 2 cents worth,

Kelly Campbell

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