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BeBuLamar:
I don't think it's worth it to buy Fluke tools. Fluke doesn't make them some others made them. If you want them I would find that company and buy from them.

rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on February 16, 2022, 10:49:19 am ---I don't think it's worth it to buy Fluke tools. Fluke doesn't make them some others made them. If you want them I would find that company and buy from them.

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Probably Matco Tools, which also belongs to Fortive. And Matco owns Knipex as well, so the tools might be better quality than some are giving it credit for...

~25% off the screwdriver set: https://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/SSPRI7/7-PIECE-INSULATED-SCREWDRIVER-SET/

nightfire:
Looking closer at the picture on the fluke website, the pliers have the sign "Made in germany" on them, as well as the VDE sign.

Would support the theory that they are rebadged Knipex...

And well, in this case going genuine Knipex is probably worth the money- we are talking here about the 200mm version (so long version, not the more common 160mm/180mm) stuff- this stuff sells in germany as street price for around 40-50 €€€ each...

tooki:
How do those things indicate Knipex over Felo, which has already been identified as the manufacturer?

tooki:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on February 16, 2022, 04:10:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on February 16, 2022, 10:49:19 am ---I don't think it's worth it to buy Fluke tools. Fluke doesn't make them some others made them. If you want them I would find that company and buy from them.

--- End quote ---
Probably Matco Tools, which also belongs to Fortive. And Matco owns Knipex as well, so the tools might be better quality than some are giving it credit for...

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Source? I can’t find any evidence whatsoever that Matco is anything more than a Knipex distributor.

Also, Matco isn’t Fortive any more: they spun off their tool companies as “Vontier” in 2020.

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