 So imagine this you're out on the tool truck having a peruse around and The tool rep says hey check out this fancy new tool brand new greatest thing to the market Why don't you have this to try and just because it's the newest latest greatest thing that they say? You get that impulse buy and you're just like yeah, that's actually a pretty good price I'll go ahead and buy that one or all upgrade from the one that I had to that one Well, this is going to be my list of five things that I regret buying If they're maybe not bad quality by any means But those things that I bought on kind of an impulse whim or off off of whatever the snap-on or other truck guys said and I ended up either a not using them or Be they're just junk Like I said some of these tools that are not really bad tools and maybe in some applications They might work fantastic for what you do But in my certain circumstances the tools just did not end up fitting the bill of what I thought they were professionally able to do First one on the list. We're going to come to the Astro pneumatic 1442 this is a riv nut installer. So for Chrysler and Mopar we install a lot of running boards So I thought you know what makes it easier how they install their riv nuts into the body in the frame for Installing running boards or other brackets They'll actually just give you a bolt and a sleeve and a nut to be able to install these riv nuts And I always thought man, there's got to be something better and easier than this So I bought this Astro pneumatic riv nut installer. So works great Fantastic tool. I'm not going to say anything bad about the quality or anything of it but other than the fact that I really didn't take into account how big it is and Most of the time this tool in the circumstances that I in which I want to be able to use it and which Most circumstances of using it on any car You're not going to have room to put this big riv nut installer. Like I said works great comes with Seven different bits and different sizes to the ends of it also comes with a bunch of packs of riv nuts and everything with it To it's actually a pretty good buy. It was like 70 bucks But like I said to the fact of most extent you guys are installing riv nuts on The inner portions of the fenders. This doesn't fit in between there. You guys are installing them inside underneath the Consoles trying to put brackets on doesn't fit in there in the engine bay doesn't fit anywhere in there so one of those things where Flashiness is not always best and make sure you look at the surroundings of which you're going to be using your tools So number one on my list of tools. I wish I wouldn't have bought was the astro pneumatic 1442 riv gun installer Next on our list, we're going to have a look at the Milwaukee right angled screw drill now this drill I thought originally this thing was going to be the cat's ass because I work on a lot of Cabinetry on the inside of conversion vans inside dashes of having to screw holes inside of the those areas Quite often so I really wanted something to be able to put my drill bits into and this was what was out on the market at the time and Unfortunately, it's just not that great of a tool the delay on the tool is Pretty significant even if setting it all the way at certain different settings It's even worse when you set it to a lower setting The battery life on this one is not all that great unless you guys are using the larger batteries And at the point of using a larger battery It kind of takes away the idea of having it compact and nice 90 degree angle to fit into those smaller spaces On top of that the chucked head it takes up more room than you really think Because the insert where you put your drill bits down into is not all that deep either So you guys really have to get some of those jobber the smaller drill bits to be able to even think about working on this Inside of the conversion van cabinets The power levels on this thing they work. Okay. I haven't had anything really go wrong or anything other than that with it Other than it just doesn't really perform up to the standard of what I thought it would I ended up doing a replacement and getting the Snap-on right angle screw gun here for this one And I ended up getting the chucked version because the head on this one is Quite a lot smaller plus I'm able to use which I actually use Milwaukee bits inside of this one for being able to use that for the chucked head The chucked head is quite a bit smaller as you guys can see it's we've got about an inch or so shorter head to it. It's got more capability of Putting this thing to either full drill or down to a bunch of different Detents on how hard it works Battery life on this one is going to be a little bit better, but it's also because it's a 14 for battery It's not as much as stepping up to the larger M12 batteries on the Milwaukee's But it does work a lot better in the circumstances that I needed to so that one ended up fitting the bill a lot better Then what the Milwaukee right angle drilled in Now we're gonna get to a couple of the other ones that come from the snap-on variety that I ended up purchasing off The truck the next one that just didn't fit the bill would is going to be the snap-on ex DL 10 extractor bit set so this one has a 10-piece set to it The case it does have a pretty decent case other than the bits kind of fall out if you don't open the case Exactly right and they get caught just like that The bits that are in here that are actually drill bits. They are reverse thread So that makes it a little bit easier for the extractors to catch on to if there is any kind Of windings that end up drilling through these the problem that I have with this kit is these are not very well hardened at all I'm pretty sure I've replaced more of these bits than I have any other drill bit of any other Manufacturer quality in the history of me using drill bits So not only that the drill bits is has that going for them, but the extractors Also in the way of extractors and easy outs, you know, you guys usually start off and may abuse these a little bit I've had quite a few years experience with using extractors and these ones are Not anything fancy when it comes to any extractors This kit definitely is not worth the 87 dollars that are originally paid for it Way overpriced and like I said, I've had these replaced or had to replace them on my own Because I just got pissed and snapped them off anyways that they definitely weren't worth the cost There are some snap-on Extractors that are a lot better than these but this specific kit fell way short in the way of quality And I would definitely not recommend to get a set of these ones any longer. This is a snap-on ex DL 10 fallen short Next up on our list. We're going to come to the snap-on yas 32a this is the butane soldering iron kit it comes with I believe six different tips for soldering the actual soldering iron itself in this case and a sponge for cleaning everything off The problem that I had with this one is the output on it is just horrendous if you're going to use this thing for soldering first off you better have at least 10 to 15 minutes to be able to get the tip hot enough to be able to Solder anything worth a damn other than that you might be able to do soldering within five to six minutes on some small wires But you're gonna be waiting at least ten minutes for this thing to heat up big enough to do some like 14 gauge wire solder. It's just not that hot of a tool on top of that A lot of the things I really wanted to use this for was for doing heat shrink So they usually have these tips that don't have any kind of tip end to them for soldering It's just open and you're supposed to have the heat and the flame come out on this specific version The tip for these is about an inch and a half long which really takes down on the heat output of this So you're really not getting a whole lot of heat output when it comes to time to actually using them on the end I have to hold the heat shrink usually within a half an inch of the tip to be able to heat shrink it down All the way that I need Butane on this thing also this thing eats up butane I will go through the full tank of this thing the capacity of butane for it in Approximately 20 to 30 minutes of use the whole tank And of course you already have to have it turned all the way up because it's not getting that hot all in all I just I don't like it. It didn't work for what I need it to I don't think it works very well at all I haven't got a chance to check out the new 42 series which is the newer larger snap-on version of it It wasn't out at the time that I purchased this one I purchased this one for like a hundred and ten dollars, which was I thought a pretty good deal at the time But really in the long run It's just a crappy tool that I ended up not being able to use for what I intended it for and ended up getting Something totally different and this one fell way short on the list And Last but not least on lists of tools that I wish I had never bought was the PT 850 Now I know this is going to be something pretty controversial to a lot of people But it just came down to a point of preference versus cost of it The PT 850 comes in at like 600 bucks when it first came out. It was like 700 750 dollars Now performance wise it performed great compared to the MG 7 25 The earlier versions of this it's awesome. It weighed like 25% less It's a really light tool, but in the new day and age everything's gone away from error tools We've had the availability of getting much better lithium-ion technology and much better in the way of brushless and cordless tools So at the point I bought this PT 850. I thought I was going to use it all the time I ended up using it for a couple months and then upgrading to the Milwaukee half-inch impact Now this one being a PT 850 you would think okay. It's gonna have 850 foot-pounds of torque. Nope It's rated at 810 Technically it's rated at 1190 foot-pounds of breakaway torque, but we all know that that's slightly on the exaggerated side knowing that you know a couple of the other tools are putting that out and This one just doesn't match up to it now everyone might say oh, it's probably your shop air or something else are in the way You're using it. You're using an extension. No, I know how to use these things We run about 150 to 165 PSI of shop air and this thing it just can't keep up Now I will give it to snap on they made a great tool. It's held up. I've not had any issues with it at all I've not had to have it rebuilt whatsoever So I give them a thumbs up for that one But as compared to the newer brushless technology even my Milwaukee 3 8 stubby impact really has the output of this one and With those coming in at half the cost or less plus the fact that their battery powered don't have to have the air Chuck hooked up on to it all the time I can take it out on the lot and use them whatever I want to this thing just falls short for what a lot of guys in Automotive industry want to use it for if you're one of the guys though who really love their tools and like to use them still in The shop all the time. This is going to be one of the best ones in the market still Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot that match up to it in the way of power versus weight inside of the shop So I give them a thumbs up for that one But unfortunately in my situation this one just doesn't measure up Now let's get a little bit more interactive with this one down in the comments below I want to see your guys's opinions whether it be on these tools whether you guys want to tell me I'm a big old loser and don't know what I'm talking about with these or whether you guys agree that these tools are either a Junk or be just outdated for the technology in the field that we have currently in the automotive field things evolve quite Quickly and they evolve all the time and that's where a lot of the technology of these tools has gotten to the point of where they're Just kind of outdated so Even at the point where I purchased some of these not even six or eight months ago They're already outdated and I don't like to use them or they just don't get used because they don't work how they're Really wanted to or advertised or intended to be able to work in the shop atmosphere So let's hear you guys's opinions down there Or if there's any other shop tools that you guys think were a terrible buy for you in the shop atmosphere Go ahead and throw those down in the description as well Maybe we might be able to go through some of those later on in the future also Lastly tonight, I wanted to talk to you guys about the tool heads crate calm We'll put the website right here for you Yeah, this is the monthly subscription service crate that myself mr. 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