Is Craftsman for real? [Archive]

2004JGPSilverad

09-25-2007, 08:05 AM

Is Sears for real with this tool box? Neon Underglow, Ipod holder, 12volt power outlet, LCD clock with timer and temp, pull out lighting to help us find tools. This is as bad as the LED on the jack pad. I saw it the other day as I was walking through Sears. I can see the built-in clock and power outlets, but neon and timer and temp, please. As for the pull out lighting to find tools, the drawers are so small, how can you lose anything in there.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/dap_10153_12607_DAP_Craftsman+AXS?adCell=A3

Joe

09-25-2007, 08:14 AM

No, I'm sure its on their website as a joke :aniteef: :lol:

onlydrive4WD

09-25-2007, 08:16 AM

This thing is a ricer's dream. :lol:

snwmn984

09-25-2007, 08:31 AM

Yup, got my catalog yesterday and its the first page. They even have one of there aluminum jacks with led's in the base(where you put the weight of the vehicle). i laughed at that one.

Bob T

09-25-2007, 08:47 AM

I think Sears is getting way too far into the "tool collector" thing - like an engraved, unobtainum plated ratchet in a fitted walnut case with an engraved brass plaque that says "Special Edition." I think there are a subspecies of people out there who buy tools but never use 'em. Sounds perverted to me, but what the hell, everybody gets to spend their money their own way.

To get back on topic: "Sorry, boss. I couldn't make flat rate on that brake job because my tool box had dead batteries."

I crack myself up.

Whifflebat

09-25-2007, 08:53 AM

Perfect for the metrosexual/ricer/gay mechanic in your life.

Joe

09-25-2007, 08:56 AM

CKTA

09-25-2007, 10:21 AM

I kinda like it. :cool:

TEE

09-25-2007, 10:30 AM

Sure ain't a mechanics box:whatever:

phatchevy06

09-25-2007, 10:43 AM

Damn....they fvcked up....they forgot to put some chrome 4's on it.

2004JGPSilverad

09-25-2007, 11:16 AM

How is it perverted?
Snapon has sold collector type tools for many years. Not something I'm after but people buy them and collect them :cool:
Yes, but the SO boxes are about paint and are still a SO toolbox. This is just gimmick $@^% added on to charge more. Craftsman, are you listening, drop the gimmick stuff and build in quality. Yes, I have owned Craftsman boxes and as long as they sit in a corner and don't move, there great. Just don't try to move them when there loaded with tools.

Joe

09-25-2007, 11:24 AM

Yes, but the SO boxes are about paint and are still a SO toolbox. This is just gimmick $@^% added on to charge more. Craftsman, are you listening, drop the gimmick stuff and build in quality. Yes, I have owned Craftsman boxes and as long as they sit in a corner and don't move, there great. Just don't try to move them when there loaded with tools.
I was talking about the tools :D

Bob T

09-25-2007, 11:40 AM

How is it perverted?
Snapon has sold collector type tools for many years. Not something I'm after but people buy them and collect them :cool:
Just my opinion. Kind of like a presentation grade shotgun with engraving and inlay. A work of art, yes, but you wouldn't want to take it out in the brush on a drizzly wet day because it's too nice. I'm a functionality type of guy - a wrench is for wrenching and a shotgun is for shooting some quail.

Quail - broiled with a strip of bacon. Yum. Look out for the shot.
:fire: :sniper:

Joe

09-25-2007, 11:51 AM

vegaman04

09-25-2007, 11:54 AM

I kinda like it, very convienent with the 12 cig. lighter, pull out drawer, 120v on it. I think its sears way of keeping up with the times seeing as almost everyones got a ipod or expensive ass phone thats gonna need recharging. Put your radio on top, battery charger for you cordless impact gun on there too! One plug to plug in and your done, roll where ever you gotta go. Would i buy it, hell no, but i would take it for FREE!!!!!

Jokeman

09-25-2007, 12:47 PM

Mac has been doing stuff like that for years. You can get custom wheels and custom handles for your mac boxes.

Bagged 04

09-25-2007, 01:37 PM

I was in sears yesterday and saw this. It looks decend but i wouldn't buy one personally.

97Silverado

09-25-2007, 01:58 PM

I like it...especially the orange one. Seriously considering this for the race trailer.

Bullwinkle

09-26-2007, 03:14 PM

Just my opinion. Kind of like a presentation grade shotgun with engraving and inlay. A work of art, yes, but you wouldn't want to take it out in the brush on a drizzly wet day because it's too nice. I'm a functionality type of guy - a wrench is for wrenching and a shotgun is for shooting some quail.

Exactly. Why have it if you can't use it? I'm all for owning nice stuff. If you're gonna buy it, take care of it, but enjoy it!

If someone gave me that tool box I think I would return it & get a bigger one for the same price.

All the useless gimmicks & gadgets out there kind of annoy me, but more power to them if they are selling & making money. The Apple I-phone is a perfect example of neat tricks, but it doesn't do anything useful that some other phones don't already do better.

Bigblack06

12-01-2007, 07:26 PM

I saw it during black friday, I thought it was kinda neat looking but fear that people would make fun of whoever would own one.

BigBadBowtie572

12-02-2007, 11:43 AM

:phatyo:

Uhh on second thought.....no.

If I needed a clock, I have one on the wall. If I wanted to listen to some music, I'll turn on that strange machine called an AM/FM radio. If I wanted to know the temperature outside, I walk/look outside. I could go on but I won't. "Soft-touch over-molded side handles make handling and moving easier." What?! Heaven forbid you get a cut on your hands or work too hard. Now I can appreciate the R&D put into this...."tool chest", but I won't buy one. My "standard" tool box works just fine. I can find several other things to spend $1k on. [/rant]
But like Joe said "To each their own."

DarkCharisma

12-03-2007, 12:00 AM

I went and looked at it today, and I must eat my words because it's a VERY nice toolbox. The drawers are the quietest, strongest, smoothest Crafstman drawers I've ever opened, the whole thing is laid out very nicely, it's extremely well built, and that overhead light is actually very nice. I would consider one without the neon underglow and in black. I could get used to the temp. and clock. It's definitely not a piece of crap.

DarkCharisma

12-03-2007, 01:26 AM

...aznricerboi anyone? Now you can store your tools that you used to pull off your bumper and grille to show off your interfooler.

It looks nice, and I'd take it if it didn't have the neon underglow, temp sensor, clock, 12v outlet, iPod holder, molded handles, and tray lights.

GreenMonster93

12-07-2007, 08:20 AM

It is for the old guys in the in the rich neighborhoods that one up each other even if it has no function...

the high end mechanic and customization shops could use thesee boxs to show off to customers instead of the standard red boxes...

but some of the features are nice but i would not pay the much for one but if at a track trying to show off and all this box will pull attention and does have some nice features like the power strip is nice when tuneing a car you can hook up the power for a laptop and any other equipment to it and the the temp senor will give you a good base outside temp and the clock could be used for timing different actions... if you think hard enough all the features are need except for the neon underglow but that is just for show...

phatblackhoe

12-07-2007, 08:26 AM

Hell, if you got the $, why not? I personally dont have the time to "take care of it" myself.

thebigo432

12-23-2007, 10:17 PM

I personally dont think its to bad, the neon underglow is a ricers dream, not my style, but the 12 volt outlets and the build in clock and stuff is actually fairly nice i think, plus i love being able to plug in my music wherever i go. For a thousand bucks, i can spend my money on better things, like a plasma cutter.

05BlackCrew

12-23-2007, 10:38 PM

I work for Sears, been there 9 years and seen many odd tools come through. This axs tool box has been popular. It's catches everyones eye, good and bad. Some like the underglow others dont. There are some neat features to the tool box. I will stick to my Craftsman ballbearing 40in box.

Soilarch

12-23-2007, 10:55 PM

Ok, if you kept a spotless-clean shop, it might not look out of place. Otherwise....

Redneck Rebel

12-26-2007, 08:32 PM

Finally a TOOL BOX for all the Tools to put their tools in. :tool:

indytruck

12-26-2007, 08:57 PM

Just like the guys out there with the ricers, while we're all laughing at them, they think they're the coolest one around.
It just won't be long before they're plastering giant decals all over it that even they don't know the meaning of...

FordeatinZ71

12-26-2007, 09:10 PM

well, i'd pay $1,000 for it before i'd pay $6,700 for this...

i like snap-on but they are grossly overpriced...
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/objects_lg/7800/24WCN.JPG

although i will say i like this box a LOT more than the Craftsman one. it's just way too overpriced despite being much more of a mechanic's box

beater truck

01-05-2008, 04:49 PM

I saw one of these boxes a few days ago while I was spending my gift card, but it didn't have a price on it. The display box had the top drawer full of those cheezy 'titanium' coated sockets.. I just snickered to myself and walked past it.

I'd still take my Harbor Freight tool box over anything that sears sells because the drawers are deep enough to hold my deep well sockets and all of the drawers have nice sliders that still work flawlessly 5 years after I bought the box. The boxes are strong enough to have survived being moved (full of tools) with a fork lift so many times I've lost count.

Like many other guys have said, I'm sure there's someone who this box is perfect for, it just isn't anyone who uses a tool box to make a living with.

FordeatinZ71

01-05-2008, 05:04 PM

can you post a pic of your HF box? i've been lookin for a new box and i'd like to see what style you have and how it's held up after 5+ years

beater truck

01-06-2008, 08:40 PM

can you post a pic of your HF box? i've been lookin for a new box and i'd like to see what style you have and how it's held up after 5+ years

if I can figure out how to post pics I'll get one for you.

bigtfw2000420

01-06-2008, 08:46 PM

yea i been working for sears for a year and a half and we got this about 8 months ago and put it together in the back for display and one of the neon light burned out after a week the top drawer doesnt open all the way everytime i would set the clock it is way faster than anything else it would jump time all for a grand can you say junk

FordeatinZ71

01-06-2008, 11:12 PM

if I can figure out how to post pics I'll get one for you.

thanks a lot man...gotta go shopping for a new toolbox here pretty soon...

whitesilvy2000

01-07-2008, 01:34 PM

if i had money to blow on neat stupid stuff. I'd buy it, just so when i'm losing an argument, I can distract them by stating that my toolbox has more underglow than need for speed underground.

FordeatinZ71

01-08-2008, 11:01 PM

:LOL:

BTW, just noticed your location...welcome back man...

burritoboi5

01-23-2008, 05:42 PM

I agree that money is better spent on a plasma cutter. The twelve volt would be cool if it had open terminals so as that you could connect car stuff to it for testing/setup. Otherwise though, I'm happy with my plain red tool chest from sears that grandpa passed onto me.

Iceberg

02-19-2008, 10:34 AM

i think is would be kinda cool for like your basement tools or some tools that you kept in the house you know what i mean ? the tools that u have for a real quick fix in the house ,pound a nail, set a screw , etc .like when you dont want to run out to the grage .

razrwild

03-01-2008, 12:32 PM

I just saw one of these in the shop next door at the airport. I couldn't believe it was in a professional mechanic shop between a snap-on and a mac box lol.

FordeatinZ71

03-01-2008, 03:40 PM

beater truck...did you ever figure out how to post pics of your toolbox? i'd really like to see it as the time to buy a toolbox is nigh...

Chevy Fireman

03-02-2008, 12:06 AM

looks more like a refrigerator than a tool box IMO

chevysnbuicks

03-03-2008, 10:36 AM

Overpriced, but if you've got more money than you know what to do with, I could see how it would be useful.

I can't stand going more than 3 hours without music, so the radio is nice. All the powerstrips are handy if you use electric tools, the 12v outlet is only useful if you can't use one of the 6 120v outlets... The clock is useful because it's right there, the temperature is nice if you do paint work without a climate controlled booth, OR if you race it's nice to know the temperature at a glance. Also has a timer on it for God knows what. Oh, and it comes with an exterior temperature sensor.

Useless/pointless tings it has:
The underglow
the chrome casters (but it does actually make it look better, because it wouldn't look complete with just standard casters.)

Oh, and it says the accent lighting is sold separately.

Oh, btw phatchevy06, they have chrome 5s on it :wink:

FordeatinZ71

03-04-2008, 09:13 AM

Also has a timer on it for God knows what.

i can help ya out there...anytime you are using a chemical (RTV, Bondo) that you need to let set up for a certain amount of time...i just guesstimate but not everyone can/will do that. also handy if you know your wife like the back of your hand and you ticked off the "back of your hand"...a timer to let you know when Hiroshima is over so you can go back inside!

chevysnbuicks

03-04-2008, 09:23 AM

i can help ya out there...anytime you are using a chemical (RTV, Bondo) that you need to let set up for a certain amount of time...i just guesstimate but not everyone can/will do that. also handy if you know your wife like the back of your hand and you ticked off the "back of your hand"...a timer to let you know when Hiroshima is over so you can go back inside!

good point.

Rustmonkey

03-07-2008, 12:40 PM

looks more like a refrigerator than a tool box IMO

..now if it actually had a fridge in it... then I'd be sold :)

...other than that, whatever blows your hair back. if you base buying this toolbox off of whether or not people will point and laugh or make fun of you, you're got bigger problems than what toolbox you should buy...

personally, I think its kinda cool in a geeky sort of way - my pc is pimped out in blue LEDs so why not my toolbox (other than the fact that it's a big waste of money... a cheapo stereo in my garage works just fine - plus, it will soon be hooked up to one of my xbox's on my home network so I can stream me mp3s into it... sweet! Oh, sh*t, dropped my pocket protector...)

whatever, to each his own

kunas

03-07-2008, 12:52 PM

anybody seet his one makita was givin away awhile back?
http://www.professionaldoordealer.com/hotnewsimages/tbImg-2007092716020779577.jpg
LCD tv, kicker sub and like 9 speakers

Underpowered

03-07-2008, 01:12 PM

[QUOTE=Bob T]Just my opinion. Kind of like a presentation grade shotgun with engraving and inlay. A work of art, yes, but you wouldn't want to take it out in the brush on a drizzly wet day because it's too nice. I'm a functionality type of guy - a wrench is for wrenching and a shotgun is for shooting some quail.
QUOTE]

exactly. i am a person about funcion over fashion.

yeah, i like to have nice stuff and have it nice to look at, but what good is it if it is too nice to use.

that is how i am about my truck. i have it to use as a truck. granted i don't intentionaly scratch it, but if it happens, it happens. i did not buy it to look at, i bought it to use.

YukonMud

04-29-2008, 09:54 AM

I don't know if the manufacturers understand we use tool boxes to store tools; not to cook our breakfast and serenade us.

Eman2500hd

06-05-2008, 09:02 AM

Craftman toolbox = the classic red and black toolbox with chrome / aluminum handles. Never failed me.. Not to mention they don't break!

FordeatinZ71

06-05-2008, 12:09 PM

yea i hear ya there, but i don't think my next box will be red...it's just too darn common...

Jesseman445

06-05-2008, 04:13 PM

saw this when i was out toolbox shopping last week. glad to see i'm not the only one who thought that toolbox was a little over the top. they even had an accessories rack just for that box with extra neons and attachments.

fordeatin they have blue and black craftsman boxes too now. the blue ones look pretty sharp but im sticking to red. its common but ive wanted one since i was little and my dad had one on the farm.