"DLee" wrote in message
...
Hi All

I have lost 2 garden tools this weekends snip If it is poor quality
tools, which makes reliable toos which last years?


I bought myself a set of stainless Spear & Jackson tools as a retirement
perk.
The fork snapped off at the joint with the shaft - it's just a stainless
sheath over a mild steel stub.
The spade is a right pain to use after the rivet holding the handle dropped
out. I was left with a jagged stub which irritates my palm.
My "stainless" edging tool is pockmarked with specks of rust.
The anvil sheared off my expensive Wilkinson geared loppers.....

The best tool I've got? A long-handled traditional spade bought second-hand
at the Royal Welsh Show. It must be decades old, but is clearly going to
outlast all this modern tat.