Generic tools are ok--a hammer or a screwdriver. But just about anything else--Craftsman sucks. DO NOT buy a Craftsman level-square!! The last one I had, the blade moved around inside the handle so it was never really square! Got me in trouble where I was working at the time because the holes I plotted and drilled weren't right. My boss chewed my ass and I insisted I plotted them out with a square and they were straight. I went and grabbed the square and pulled on the blade and it was moving all over the place. "That's why you should buy Snap-On," said my boss. So I bought one before the week was out. And I had to fix those holes and it was a bitch.

But these Armstrong tools the Army uses blow also. I have to use them when I tear a vehicle or machine apart to troubleshoot the hydraulics and electrical systems for the soldiers in the field. I have to use the tools they use which are Armstrong and they suck. The diagonal clippers or "dikes" in the set are the most clumsy pieces of crap. The ones the Navy issued to me when I was serving were great--best dikes in the world. Not the Army's--junk.

I had a bolt I needed to remove so I tried every socket--metric and English--in the kit and none fitted. Impossible! So I tried a box wrench and removed the bolt with a 7/16. Then I put the 7/16 socket over the head of the bolt while I was holding the damn thing in my hand and it wouldn't fit! Same size marked on the socket and wrench but clearly two different sizes. And this what the soldiers are issued to do their jobs.