Irwin Industrial Tools 80185 Tap and Drill Set, 13-Piece

CUSTOMER REVIEW



The once blue, now yellow, plastic case which is included--is not included. Instead you get a hard-to-open three-fold blister pack which, if you aren't prescient and open it with the middle section backwards, all the drills and taps will fall out and three of them will roll under the workbench and who knows where else. The low rating above is for 1) the advertised but not delivered "case," 2) spewing drills and taps everywhere, and 3) having paid for one tap which I still can't find. It may be under the hot water heater. It would be petty of me to swear off a vendor with a reputation as strong as Irwin's over this episode. So I'm petty. The best tool in the world is useless if it's so poorly contained that it drops out and gets lost the first time you open it up.

ADDENDUM: 4) Mislabeling (too bad there's no "zero stars" category). If your 1/4" x 20 bolt doesn't fit a hole tapped for the same 1/4 x 20, it's because the Irwin tap is actually a 1/4" x 28. Enough. I would say to Irwin, "just screw 'em," but that would be impossible using their products.