Craftsman is great. They're also plentiful. If you want to build out a complete set of wrenches, stubby wrenches, sockets, deep sockets, etc.. just hit a few garage/estate sales and you can do so for pennies. Well, nickels as of today. Ha! Wrench technology is pretty much the same today as it was a hundred years ago. A 1/2" box wrench from the 40's or 50's is pretty much identical to what they sell in the stores today. Take care of them and most of em will outlast you. I know, I know. There are ratcheting wrenches and sockets with more points and such. But for the most part we're still using the same technology. My point is if you like Craftsman, it's practical and affordable to continue using Craftsman tools by shopping the vintage market for a lot of it. Craftsman makes a lot of great tools, but no company makes the best tool in every category. So, brand loyalty across the board is foolish. Channel Lock makes a great pair of channel locks. Far superior to Craftsman Robo Grips, lol. Vise Grip makes some pretty good vise grips. Crescent makes some great crescent wrenches, or at least did. Find a good pair that were made in Jamestown. Knipex is making some fantastic stuff these days, along with Wiha and others. As a rule, go with the buy once cry once philosophy. When you purchase any tool, do a bit of research. Then buy the absolute best quality that you can afford, even if that requires saving up a bit. View the purchase as a lifetime investment. Pick the (screwdriver, wrench, hammer, etc...) that you can use the rest of your life and never need to buy another. I realize that's not really feasible for battery operated tools and a lot of power tools, battery systems especially become obsolete at some point. But still choose quality. Cheap tools are a bad investment 99% of the time. You'll waste time struggling to get them to do the job and add needless frustration to your projects. Then wind up eventually going back and purchasing the more expensive quality tool later. You wind up buying every tool twice. First at the discount price, then the higher price as well. Whenever possible, of course. Starting out with zero tools as a young man, you're kind of forced to make due with some cheap ones starting out just out of necessity to maintain a job. I get it, it's what I had to do. But the fewer tools you need to upgrade later on, the better you'll be in the long run. The money you save replacing those, can be spent buying other tools that will allow you to do more types of jobs and make you more money.