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hi all, anyone know where mac tools are manufactured? i know there a american company but wonder if there actually manufactured there also any general opinions on them would be appreciated ,cheers
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MAC have been around a long time (since WWII I think). I have a couple of Mac items and they are not a bad mid-range tool. I suspect nowadays they are made in the far East (they don't say 'Made in USA' on them).
Personally I have always found the European brands make the best tools (e.g. Stahlwille).
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I used to work for Snap-on Tools which is Mac's major competitor in the "garage professional tool market".
Mac is part of the Stanley corporation.
Historically I would have said that their tools would generally have scored circa 8/10 for quality and Snap-on would have scored 8.1/10- not much in it and one or two things Mac did better but not many. I have actually had to go onto a Mac tools van incognito and buy product for testing against Snap-on product.
However, in recent years, as with most businesses, both Snap-on and Mac have been looking for ways of cutting costs and have bought out manufacturing facilities in other countries; some in Europe and some in the Far East. This has had an adverse affect (IMHO) on quality.
These "professional quality" tools (again IMHO) are only worth the premium cost if you use them all day, every day, in the course of your trade. I used to get 40% discount and am a tool nut but I only bought a few key items in the 11 years I worked for Snap-on.
BTW, the "guaranteed for life" claim that has always been made on these tools used to men that if it stopped working, they replaced it. Now they are claiming that the guarantee is against faults in manufacturing or material. It was costing them a small fortune!
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