Klein Tools

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anybody else noted that some Klein tools are not as good as they once
where?

I have had two or three recently disappoint me.

My new needle nose don't seem to cut crisply, the jaws are not the same size
at the tip (thickness), the side of one jaw folded back a little already,
and the back jaws don't close as nicely on a beanie as my old ones.

I also tried a new hole saw from them that is supposed to drill, and cut for
standard size knockouts, and then a spring is supposed to eject the plug.
Their drill bit just snapped off the first time I used it before the teeth
even really started to bite into the steel.

A long reach screw driver I bought for adjusting sliding doors, seems to
have pre rounded edges on the blades of the philips form.  Its very hard to
move a stiff screw without it popping out constantly.

They still say Made in USA on them, but this is more like I would expect
from older cheap Chinese tools.  On the other hand they may not actually be
Made in USA.  Klein has been known to make other things out of country, do a
final process in the US, and label them Made in USA in the past.