Harbor Freight from now on for me I guess. If Craftsman is going to make junk at twice the price, why wouldn't I?
About 18 months ago, I bought a new Craftsman lawn mower and received their top of the line garage door opener as a present.
As of today, the lawn mower starts when it feels like it, even though I have gone through the cleaning and maintenance videos and everything "appears" to be working correctly. The almost-hard-to-imagine-how-stupidly-built-and-designed height adjustment broke within about a week into ownership and now requires a strategically placed zip tie to make sure the damn thing doesn't drop down to the lowest setting in the middle of my grass, thus causing me to start over and create a putting green.
Meanwhile the garage door opener has a light on either side that are supposed to turn on when the garage opens and is actually appreciated since its often dark in the garage. I should say it WOULD be appreciated if either light worked. One light hasn't worked since it was installed and the other followed within about 4 months. If you go mess with the bulb, they both come on...just to go out the next time the garage is opened/closed.
So, I'm done with Craftsman. I buy the occasional wrench here and there but that's it. They are clearly no better any Chinese crap and barely survive on their reputation. So much for Made in America....if they even are any more.
*rant over