My new years resolution for 011 was to buy good tools. I'm really not sure I haven't done that all along. I have bought crap for years. Probably because I wasn't a full bore mechanic. Now I don't need snap-on nor Matco tools, I can't justify the price. I am sticking with USA made craftsman. What a difference so far. I have broken 2 10mm sockets this year, both were foreign made, and a 1/4 inch attachment driver. There are other tools made in the USA that have the same warranty as the craftsman, but again, it makes no sense to me to have a broken socket sent back to the company via mail only to wait for a new/replacement one to come back. This year I also bought the magnetic craftsman bowl, I bought 2! the long one and the round one. Best 8 dollar thing I ever bought. It really has cut down on that "stranded" screw or bolt that always seems to be left behind, by me anyway.

 

No idea about USA brands.

Down here I always had Sidchrome, Stanley. They went Asian long ago.

My various tool boxes have:
Stahlwille
SEK
Sidchrome
Snap on (mainly those really small spanners)
Teng
OLD Whiworth of unknown brand
Pro tool??, whoever they are.
Lion ratchets for 1/4 and 3/8 drive(Chinese but 10 years on and still awesome)
Odd stuff that came when I removed the V12 engine and found sockets and stuff all over the place, mostly no names but still spanners that work.

 

Stanely is the only one that we have here as well.