The new craftsman ratchets do seem a lot cheaper. They sound so hollow. What I noticed after taking two 3/8ths craftsman ratchets apart (one from the 80's, other from 2013) the older one has some grease in it to extend the life of the splines. The new one was dry as a bone, I don't know why they cheap out on something like that. I put some lithium grease in there and put it back together and it sounds like the older ones, and should last longer. At work I pushed my 3/8ths craftsman ratchet from like 2005 pretty hard, I was trying to break a bolt lose and had a 1.5 foot pipe over the end and used all of my weight(not that much weight though) and it took it. I heard a loud SNAP! but surprisingly it was the bolt breaking loose.