Advice: Buy the higher-quality tools the first time you need them
Posted By RichC on July 13, 2025
Here’s some advice you’ve probably heard before: “Purchase the best quality tools that you can afford” … and I’ll add, “when young.”
I’ve found myself in this situation many times before. Likely the advice is simple, but in practice, stretching the dollar factors into our calculations. A couple weeks ago I went to my workshop plumbing drawer for a copper pipe or tube cutter knowing that it needed to be the small “restricted space” style. I’ve used it many times before and wondered why I didn’t purchase a better quality one the first time I needed it. Of course the larger one in my plumbing box is a little bit better, but I still find myself using the small one more often than not.
After replacing four valve last month with the assistance of my granddaughters and struggling with the old, dull and difficult to tighten lessor-quality cutter, I decided for $6.99 that it was time to upgrade (way too late in life). Point being, like a good quality lightweight step ladder (hint, hint), people should spend a few dollars more and buy the better one when they are young.
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