(Arrr..ahrrr...rrrr)
To some guys, tools are a religion. In fact, the only reason they work is to buy more tools!
You know this guy: Everything he owns is 
From the tiniest ignition wrench to the 1" drive impact sockets, he wouldn't consider anything else. He wants to own the premium of everthing.
It's even worse if he's a batchelor.
But when he drops one clear to the belly-pan, listen to him cry and cuss.
Yes, he will take the belly-pan off to retreive the tool if he has time!
I looked forward to taking a belly-pan off of a Cat that had been on for several years... there is usually a gold-mine to be found buried in the grime!
I always preferred
My 3/4" set is from about 1938 and the ratchet is imprinted: PROTO-PLVMB.
This ratchet has been tortured with up to a 10' cheater pipe and still
has the original head!
Otherwise, I used 
But in Alaska, we discovered that it didn't matter how good the warranty was on our tools. The only way to warranty something that broke was take it south with you during winter shut-down. Of course, you don't get warranty on tools you dropped in the mud or into the bay (If you were working on something down at the dock). Tools kinda sink in slow motion into the murky depths.
HINT: If you do find yourself working in conditions like that, tie transmission wire on the wrench and put a loop around your wrist. Keep away from HOT electrical stuff!
The ultimate tool to own? 
Yep, all real professionals use 
wrenches,
sockets, and ratchets!
Why?? Well because you can buy the 
1" Drive set for $169 (One Hundred and Seventy Bucks!).
Or a complete set of combination wrenches for $19 
Or a complete 1/2" drive set for $27.
Yeah, they are cheap. But you have a heck of a time actually BREAKING one!
The beauty of it is: SO WHAT if you drop a few where it is a pain (or impossible) to go get it?
If you lose most of a set and break a few in 6 months...order up some more of them good Harbor Freight tools. Just like potato chips...they'll make more!
A whole set for about the same price the premium guys charge for ONE wrench!
If you have kids that won't stay out of your GOOD TOOLS, get them all a set too.
Get the wife a set so she can fix the washing machine or the van herself instead of having to tick you off after supper!
HINT-- HINT--HINT!!
If you are in a shop where you have #$%&*# slip-seat truck drivers around, buy a WHOLE BOX of cheap 9/16" combination wrenches and give 'em to the truck drivers. Sure will keep them from "borrowing" your good ones!
Besides, the average truck driver only plans on using this tool ONCE and as far as he's concerned, he's NEVER GONNA MECHANIC AGAIN!
If he planned on WORKING for a living, he'd have become a gynecologist in the first place.
Have you ever gotten management to REPLACE stolen tools? HuH?
Another hint: Never let a "truck driver" use a torch on the shifters! Every one thinks he is God's personal gift, the shifters are "bent all wrong", and the last guy that drove the truck was "an idiot". After 8 or 10 of these geniuses "fix" the shifters, they break off.
Guess who drives the truck back to the shop with a pair of Vise-Grips?