Kobalt warrenty at lowes meets and far exceeds craftsman, way easier to find a lowes than a sears, that being said kobalt stuff sucks unless its wrenches and socket tools, husky for most everything else, sears as a last resort when i need a special dogbone or offset wrench for work, but you go and lots of shelves empty. And they wonder what happened to their brand-good riddance, a lesson learned for other good companies left