Every now and then I’ll receive an email asking for my thoughts on Tomboy Tools. The truth is, I don’t know what to think. Tomboy Tools operates on a multi-level marketing strategy, similar to Avon, where consultants sell tools to their friends and neighbors primarily via tool parties.
The idea behind Tomboy Tools is sound – they don’t want to just sell tools to women, they want to pass along know-how and a willingness to get down and dirty with a DIY project. And this makes sense from a business perspective. Women who eagerly work on DIY projects will buy more tools.
Many of Tomboy’s tools are said to be ergonomically designed to better fit women’s smaller hands. This also makes sense.
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But to be honest, it looks like most of Tomboy Tools’s products are generic import designs with a pink premium. We’ve seen something similar at stores before – no-name “women’s DIY tool kits” that cost way more than they should, just because they’re pink.
Pink paint tray: $12. You can buy one for $2 at a local hardware store or something sturdier for $6 via Amazon.
13oz hammer: $15. 12oz and 16 oz hickory-handled hammers are at the same price or even cheaper at most hardware stores. There’s a Great Neck Essentials female-specific model for $13. If you must have pink, here’s a Pink Box 12oz model for $12.
6-inch pliers: $8-9 each. I would recommend 6-inch Stanley pliers that cost significantly less, especially if you pick up a 3 or 4-tool set.
19-piece socket set: $59. The same price will get you a 95-piece Craftsman set with money left over for a couple of additional accessories.
T50 1/4″ staples (1000): $8. $3 will get you a pack of 1250 Arrow staples from the local hardware store, buying online will set you back $4.50 via Amazon.
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Again, this is an objective hands-off discussion. In theory, there are quite a few tools that would be great if redesigned for women. Take a staple gun, for example. Some staple guns are notoriously difficult to squeeze and give your grip quite the workout. The Tomboy model, priced at $29, is described as having an ergonomic handle, but there’s no mention of reduced squeeze resistance.
I cannot fairly judge the tools without seeing them first-hand, but they seem a tad overpriced, especially some of the accessories.
The pink premium is not often justified, but with Tomboy Tools, customers do seem to benefit from hands-on demos and instruction. With tool-truck brands, customers often pay a premium for service and on-site access to their sales rep. With Tomboy Tools, customers pay a premium for pink female-friendly styling and at-home instruction.
Although, it looks like all you need to become a reseller is $149 or $289, plus a monthly or annual fee, depending on the starter package you choose. The starter package also includes access to online training materials and a TT Guide to Home Improvement.
It’s tough to analyze Tomboy Tools. Just going on prices, most of the tools seem overpriced compared to other homeowner and DIYer brands. Other than being pink, many of the tools and accessories offer no added female-friendly ergonomics or design features.
Update: we’ve just learned that Tomboy Tools’ consultant commission on sales is an average of 30% of the retail cost, with unspecified downline commissions.
Sales consultants want to sell more tools, and it is uncertain what their “training” entails. Maybe they’ll show potential customers how a certain project requires half the tools in their catalog – if I were selling tools that’s what I’d do.
And yes, I know that the company gives back to women’s causes and non-profits. It shows on their website that they gave 5% of total 2011 profits to the Avon Foundation for Women, half for the Breast Cancer Crusade, and half to Avon Speaks Out Against Domestic Violence.
Let’s say $100 in tool sales results in 10% profit after a consultant takes their 30% commission. This means that $0.50 goes to women’s causes. Why not buy similar non-pink tools from nationwide brands and retailers at much lower prices and then donate part of the difference in cost to women’s causes directly?
Let’s say the corporate profit on the $12 paint tray is $4, leading to a 20-cent donation. One could alternatively buy the $6 premium Wooster paint tray for $6 and donate $2 to a cause. The donation amount is 10-times higher, and the customer still has $4 in their pocket.
Don’t get me wrong, I have a respect for what Tomboy Tools says is their goal: to inspire, share, create, and empower. They seem to want women to become more confident in their DIY abilities. Maybe pink tools help that. But from where I sit, it looks like they’re just trying to sell a whole lot of overpriced pink tools to women with little to no experience shopping for tools. Maybe I’m wrong – I’d love to be wrong.
Have you used TomBoy Tools products? PLEASE share feedback with us.
Chris Fitzpatrick
Just a marketing gimmick it’s just like selling cooking utensils on with naked women for the men lol, sorry for sounding chauvinist but these firms will do anything to make money nowadays.
Wantedabiggergarage
I think 90% of their money is going to be made in the initial sale. The women I know that do their own stuff, get inspired by other gals as well as a LOT from tv shows and networks. Most of the tools are basic ones that they have picked up shopping (garage sales, Walmart, etc), but a few actually get good tools from their husbands,fathers,brothers. I knew one gal that knew good tools, but she didn’t have to paint them pink, to keep her husbands hands off of them; he was inept.
Where I see pink tools sell, is granddads for granddaughters, or mothers as a light “kitchen drawer” kit for their moving out daughters (college, etc).
The whole money to charity thing is like our candy vendors around here. 1% a year goes to the charity for the sticker they get to put on their machines.
Dan Richards
Personally, I think most pink tools are cheeseball gimmicks. Stick a Susan G. Komen sticker on the lowest quality import you can find, charge a significant premium and frost it with feel good marketing. It’s a disservice to the women who buy them or receive them as gifts.
There are definitely quality pink tools out there, but the bad outweighs the good. Makita, Hitachi, Snap-On and Black & Decker all have selections of pink tools in their lines. On hand tools, Snap-On again, but there’s also Boss and Bond for garden, SOG and Gerber and Leatherman for multitools, Maglite and many more for lighting, Fiskars for cutting tools and garden implements, and so on. They’re not watered down tools, they’re the real deal, and I believe all of the brands I mentioned do make a donation from the proceeds of pink products.
Condo Blues
I haven’t used them, but I tend to agree with your assessment. As a short female DIYer people try to sell me on tiny pink tools all the time. I’m almost always disappointed to the point that I’m prejudiced against any tool that’s pink. I’ prefer smaller scale ergonomic tools that packs the same punch as any standard name brand tool but I’m not sure if TomBoy is it. What I see a woman buying is not necessarily a better tool for women but the training and support to use it with confidence. I’m torn. I’d like to see any woman try to DIY and if this does it for them, fine. However, I’m more inclined to send them to a home improvement store to buy the same type of tools at a lower price point.
William Abernathy
One thing these tools will be great for: nobody’s going to steal them off a jobsite. If I could find pink plasti-dip, I’d stock up on it for this reason.
LadyHawke
I am a woman, I tool construction and drafting when I was in high school and my degree is in horticulture and landscape design…I have taught at the college level…all areas of landscaping, design and management….including landscape construction…
I have seen, and used, Tomboy Tools and I do have quite a few of them. The hand tools come with a limited lifetime warranty – when used as intended.
I carry them in my trunk. I manage a nursery/greenhouse and often times my guys will ask if they can borrow my staplegun or 8v impact drill…the staplegun has an easier grip so they can staple at arms length with ease…and the 8v impact drill is lighter and easier to use for basic jobs that might need done. The guys like the caulking gun to use for retaining wall adhesive as it is sturdier and the tube is contained if it oozes out, and it has a pivot to easily move to follow curves without having to start and stop…the hacksaw, which has blades that can be purchased at any hardware store, is small, can be set to 6 different angles, and is just the right size to get into tight places, like under a sink, or when working on a deck…no one needs a super-long hacksaw when we always take short strokes with it anyways!
Many of the tools can also be used in other settings…not just building…but other crafts…
Sure…some of the tools could be just as well bought at a hardware store, but he fun of getting together with friends for a fun afternoon or evening of sharing ideas and purchasing tools is alot funner!
Think what you will, but until you actually see, hold and use the tools, you really cannot judge them based on seeing them online somewhere.
Traveling gal
As a small woman I hate to go to the hardware store and buy tools. If I ask questions it’s often suggested I bring my husband in……I’m single and intelligent! I think women selling other women tools is a great idea, even if I have to pay a bit more. Especially with a guarantee.
Shan
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Shan
They’re imports.
Meant to be DIY small scale handy pretty tools for around the house.
Having said the above, I love them!
1. I knew what I was buying when I bought it-if I want a heavy duty tool I break out the Made in USA ones, but for my household little projects or doing something with my daughter they’re just right.
2. The boys won’t take them-that is enough to justify purchasing the entire line.
I have the tools mind you -bag, hammer, impact driver, socket set etc the paining supplies-save your $…
You can actually get them pretty cheaply on eBay when they are listed-but the reps get in trouble for doing that (eliminating their stock).
Shan
*painting set supplies (brushes trey).
Toni
I also have to agree with your assessment. I was an actual consultant for Tomboy Tools. I loved the idea of “female empowerment” and would have paid a few extra bucks for project ideas or an opportunity to teach and / or empower. Here’s where the breakdown is: training. The company claims to empower and implies there is some type of opportunity to get together with a consultant , who will teach you to paint or at least use their tools. However, the company offers no “classes” or education on how to use their tools to either the consultant, hostess, or guests.
Who is it exactly that empowers the women? And when and where is that supposed to take place?
I spend a decent amount of cash on business cards, business tools, media, etc. and received no genuine training on how to practically use any of their tools.
I would always be ok with spending a little extra on a product intended for women if there was a bit of practical advice on how to use it.
I was expected to educate others , when no one educated me.
Helen
Toni, I hate to hear that you did not have a team leader that was willing to help you learn how to use the tools if asked to do so. If you are still a consultant/or would like to continue your business please contact me and I will be happy to help you. I do know that in our back office there is training videos that do educate us so that we use each tool properly and to be able to show other women how to use them properly as well. We also have a training video on how to do home parties if we choose to watch them. Each year there is also a convention that is available to us that has very valuable training to each consultant that chooses to participate in the two day training/networking.
Teena
Wow! I was a rep for a while and attended the trainings and learned a lot. I also was lucky enough to have the owners come to my home town and work directly with me. I can remember before a big presentation, I felt insecure on how to change a facet. They taught me how and helped me set up a display/ to share with party guest so that they could also get hands on practice.
I loved sharing the tools and knowledge that I had learned with customers.
Heathr
I am doing some research because I’m thinking about signing up to sell Tomboy Tools. I don’t like the idea of selling something for a higher price than you would spend at a store like Home Depot, but on the other hand, I need a job. And I love the idea of empowering women and teaching DIY classes. In fact, I would almost do it for free. I was a single mom for a while and had my own drill. I loved it, and I loved being able to do things for myself. It just felt good.
I have a friend who sells Pampered Chef and their prices are kind of high, and you can get the same products at a kitchen store for less money, but people buy anyway. They get to go to a party and learn how to use the kitchen tools, sample recipes that are fast and easy, and my friend is making a living doing this.
If the tools are good quality and they do what they say they’ll do, it’s worth it. As long as I can teach classes and help encourage women and help them gain confidence, it’s a winning situation.
Michelle
Heathr, I encourage you to considering joining our team! I am currently a Tomboy Tools consultant and love every bit of it! Our company just went PUBLIC, and our corporate offices are moving to Ohio in late December. More great things are on the horizon for us! New product releases will take place about every 45-60 days – exciting! We will be sharing resources with Longaberger, a sister company under our new public umbrella, which including video production resources for our new training videos. My upline and I will begin teaching other women how to use tools to tackle every day projects in the home at the community education level in late January. This business is what you make it! Please let me know if you would like more information. I can connect you to our CEO/Co-Founder as well!
Linde
I have been trying to get in contact with a local consultant to sell TomBoy Tools but nobody ever returns calls or emails. I’m in Ventura County, CA. My home state is Ohio believe it or not.
Nancy Eaton
Sorry–I just tripped over this site and saw you were having difficulty reaching a representative. Please fill out an interest card on our website (www.tomboytools.com) and ask them to have Nancy in Nevada contact you. I’d be happy to answer your questions. Our handtools all have a lifetime warranty, the tools are lighter weight and smaller when practical to still meet the ergonomic design. They do the job–and don’t break in the middle of your project! Check out the website,,yes you can buy tools from other suppliers, yes some of them are less expensive..but we provide quality and someone to guide you with what you need
Keli Craig
I was a consultant very early in the history of the company. Their slogan than was “No pink tools!” I see that changed. At the beginning, I was on board with the whole empowerment movement and the tools seemed a good quality. They only had hand tools then. As they added products to the catalog, the quality dropped off a bit (IMO). Then they tried to put together kits. The first was a carpentry or woodworking kit, I forget what they called it but some of the tools in that fell well below the expected quality. The kit included a tool bag, a really poor quality cheesy thing that the kit didn’t even fit into.
Apart from the quality seeming to decline, the amount of sales required per month to maintain consultant status was ridiculously high. Again-IMO. The business side may have changed since I was part of Tomboy but like any of these direct sales businesses, you gotta be a real go getter salesperson to make this work as a money maker for yourself. Don’t believe anyone if they say you can put in as much time as you want! You want it to work? You gotta work it!
Leah
I worked in the construction industry for over 20 years, and what I have to say about tools is simply this: Buy good quality tools. I have tools I purchased many years ago and they’re as good as the day I purchased them. I don’t know if Tomboy Tools produces quality tools or not, but I do think it is important for women to know how to use tools in their homes. I’m part of a website called See Jane Drill, where there are free videos to teach women how to use tools.
christy
I live in a house full of boys / men. The biggest benefit to my set of pink tools (which rivals my husband’s collection in size and variety) is that I have no trouble finding them then I need them. The boys won’t touch ’em if there is anyone else around. My time is valuable and worth the little extra cost if I know they are where I put them when I need them. I appreciate the lighter weight and easier grip when I’m doing household projects. Not afraid to use “big boy” tools but my pink tools work just fine for my needs.
Jess
A pink hammer that is not balanced and sized for women is a gimmick. Tomboy Tools has some tools that have advantages not found elsewhere because of their unique design. Those are the ones I sell, and I leave it to the customer whether they buy from Tomboy Tools or any other reputable outlet. Buy the hammers, the paint brushes, the caulking gun, and a few other specialties from Tomboy Tools and you will be paying for the ergonomic design. Why? Because you can work a lot longer with a tool that is designed for your size and balanced weight without fatigue. Compare using a standard hammer and then a Tomboy Tool hammer and see how long it takes for fatigue to set in and you will know why they are sold not just for women but for boys and older men who might be weakened by arthritis or the continuous strain on the body that men do endure throughout their lifetime.
dlb
I bought the impact drill.. piece of crap. Also all my drill bits have broken.
Chris
That seems strange. A good impact gun will break the bits. Bits are considered to be somewhat disposable meaning that just like a saw blades, they break. I have all top of the line tools with the best impact bits you can buy and guess what? They break after awhile.
Jeannie
Rip Off is exactly how I feel about ‘TomBoyTools’ .. nice concept .. but lousy tools. I have built things since my childhood and wish someone had given me this pretty pink tool set when I was 6 years old. Unfortunately I fell for the ‘spiel’ .. purchased two small sets as Christmas gifts, one for 39YO daughter and one for myself .. daughter is happy to have some ‘simple’ tools around the house. Me on the other hand actually ‘build’ things, right now am finishing up a 6×8′ chicken coop. The drill is a piece of crap ! ! Don’t buy it ! ! If you like small ‘little lady’ tools then these are the tools for you. I’m giving the whole lot to my GrandDaughters who may benefit from the ‘cute’ little set.
Chris
I have no dog in this fight with the exception that I am a contractor and my wife loves these tools. My wife would rather use her pink hammer then use my $200 framing hammer. She likes having ALL of her tools be the ladies edition pink. What is so hard to understand about that?
Kristi
I don’t know how I stumbled across this site, but find it interesting. I think TB tools has its place in society, based on this 57 yr old youngster.
I went to a TB tools party in 2005 while I was going thru a divorce after 26 yrs of marriage.
My ex always took care of anything that required tools (I think he enjoyed it). I remember during the divorce he tried to get me to take a lug wrench set, and I refused it because I didn’t know how to use it, and had NO interest in learning.
At the TB tools party, we had kosher stuffed grape leaves (the host was Jewish) and other good food & drinks. It was fun! We learned how to patch holes in walls WHILE we were having fun. I bit the bullet and bought the kit. Back then it was all yelllow (not pink). I’ve got a lot of use out of my tool kit, it’s a great step stool in my loft home. I’ve added more tools to my cache over the years, and know that I could get them at the hdwe store cheaper. But in my first years after my divorce, I wouldn’t have even known what to ask for at the hardware store. I’ve become more savvy in the last 10 years, and have established a relationship w/ the hardware store men …. but I still go to my TB tools regularly. I love the concept of introducing women to tools in a fun, nonthreatening environment ….
Charleen
Kristi: I was a consultant in 2005, became one when the company first started. The tools were not yellow, they were blue (I still have mine plus some that didn’t sell before I quit). Their first motto was “NO PINK TOOLS” . I liked that because IMO Pink tools say “sissy” plus I hate pink. I don’t think you empower women by thinking they all want “pink” girly tools. I loved teaching women how to do drywall repairs, how to tiling, etc. I already had a full workshop of tools and knew how to use them all because my dad taught me, so was very excited when I came upon Tomboy tools in 2003. Several of my pretty regular customers started backing out when some tools were only available in pink. When they bought into the concept that women wanted pink tools, and went pretty much all pink, I quit.
I also sold several of the “blue” 25′ tape measure’s to a roofing contractor because of their no slide design. Do you think he would have bought the pink ones? I don’t. There were lots of men that bought the hammer because the grip was small and they had small hands as well, another sale lost because not many men would want pink.
I think going all pink was not living up to “Tomboy Tools” but said “we don’t take women and tools” seriously.
I will never buy a Tool from them again.
They had a great idea, I still love all my “blue” TB tools, but
Summer Henson
I sold Tomboy Tools several years ago. Although I don’t sell them anymore, I still to this day use and love the products. Yes there are your basic tools but there is so much more. The picture hanging tool is well and I mean well worth the price, the level, the paint brushes and the kits come with everything you will need to do what needs to be done. Plus the videos that the consultants have access to help them to teach and help the members of the parties to use the tools. Anyway, I love them, my husband does also. I’ve even heard his friends exclaim how handy they are!!
Debbie Frazier
In the fall of 2014 I purchased a pair of bypass pruners as a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law and ordered it through a former consultant and she mailed them to me. Recently they were being used and the spring in the handle part sprung apart and broke.
Is there anything the company can do to either repair or replace this item? The catalog number is 1570 and the cost was $23.00.
I would be grateful to hear back from the company as soon as possible on this matter.
Thanks so much.
Judy
I guess pink is a useful color for two reasons: it’s an unnatural color, and therefore easier to spot in dirt or grass, and it might make your male helpers less likely to walk off with it. But I don’t think I need much help in figuring out how to use the tool – that’s what YouTube is for. And I don’t need petite tools. The work I do calls for the sturdiest tools I can find, and while my hands maybe smaller than a large man’s hand, they are probably larger than the small man hands. But, for whatever reason, I do not have the ability to tighten nuts to the same extent that my mail helpers have. Which means, for instance, that if they have tightened down a shrub cutting head on my weed wacker, I need to wait till they come back before I can get that head off.
Many women are at a disadvantage in terms of hand strength. Many are also at a disadvantage when it comes to upper body strength. Many women do a great deal of physical labor, and would appreciate tools that would make it possible for them to do more. Taking a shoddy man’s tool and painting it pink is pretty insulting.
Chris
Here is the deal. Painting a tool pink is an insult? That seems strange that you would feel that way. I know my wife loves her pink tools and will buy any new tool that would go with her set. Of course the market starts off with small non expensive tools to first introduce the concept to the market. There are women plumbers, electricians and carpenters. My wife likes to refinish furniture and would buy a pink table saw if they made one. So what? I wonder if the critics of toolguyed (BTW I love toolguyed) have a problem with snap-on buying a product and after re-branding sales it for 5 times the normal retail? Are they aware that Craftsmen with have a product that is sold as another brand somewhere else? So if you paint a hammer pink all of the sudden it is wrong and a gimmick? Even if the products are over priced, it is still a benefit because it will encourage competition and make the market grow which in return makes my wife happy lol.
Wayne R.
“Taking a shoddy man’s tool and painting it pink” without clarifying that it’s not a good tool (leaving the impression that it’s otherwise equivalent is indeed insulting (to my way of thinking).
Terri
Are there any Tomboy Tools consultants in the Wichita, Kansas area, or in Kansas for that matter? I am interested in signing up, but I want someone nearby that I can get help from.
Bonnie
Terri, has anyone contacted you?
Tomboy Tool Gifter
I can tell you. I buy a starter kit for women graduating from high school. Every single one of them comes back to me and tells me how handy they were in college and how everyone always wanted to buy their tools. Gimmick or not, they are a terrific graduation gift that keeps on giving.
Dawn
Linda J Howes
I belong to a women’s networking group for women in small business. Nothing bothers me more than the members who belong to a conglomerate like Tomboy Tools, Avon, Mary Kay, etc. who have not had to research or design a product and descriptions, all that has been done. They don’t have to come up with a name, logo or byline. They don’t have to develop or print a catalogue, website, or all the other things people struggling to develop their (real) small business have to deal with. The real truth is, the one making the money is the corporation behind it all.
MTinMO
I was a consultant for Tomboy Tools for awhile, although I admit it was primarily for my benefit to get a break on the tools I wanted. I owned quite a few of the power tools, but mine were mostly blue. I joined before the tools went pink, but I feel I must defend the company changing to pink tools. It came about because women wanted pink. It actually was a “no pink” kind of company, because it wasn’t about marketing based on color but instead based on tools that were made for women. I loved my (blue) circular saw. It had the same size blade as my husbands Skil saw and cut just as quickly and easily as his did, but it was much kinder to my arm than his saw was. I had the compressor, brad nailer, cordless drills, the saw and a variety of other tools that I loved. I did end up with some of the pink tools after the company went that direction, but they were good tools too. My first sales were actually to two men, who each purchased a (blue) 16 ounce hammer because they liked the feel and balance. We were all volunteers on Habitat for Humanity builds and wanted their own hammers.
The company has changed since I was a with of it, but I enjoyed the tools while I was a part of it. Unfortunately, all the tools I once owned were all destroyed in a house fire and I am unable to replace the majority of them, but if I were able, I would not hesitate to buy the Tomboy Tools again.
Andrea
I too was a consultant for Tomboy Tools here in Canada from 2008 – 2012. The tools were all blue at first but the pink hammer that came out in October for breast cancer was a huge hit. The requests for pink tools went through the roof. Hence the whole line changed to pink. I LOVED my pink tools and still use them almost every day. The downfall of the company I found was that they would bring out new products, and as consultant we would have to buy them to show them, and before you know it — if the tools were not selling they would discontinue them and you were stuck with the product. My collection is huge. Also too was that once you bought your set of tools they lasted forever. It’s not like Pampered Chef or Avon where you purchase something, run out of it, and have to buy more. It was hard to sell after awhile!! I do not regret being a Tomboy Tools consultant. I loved it and still believe in the tools!
Melanie Hime
I too was a Tomboy Tools consultant for a while, I was already a Pampered Chef consultant, but loved the idea of tools for women. I’m not a pink fan so the “No Pink Tools” was a cool with me. I still have and use my starter kit. I used my hammer several times today. I love the “step” toolbox, I’m short so it’s a big help and I love that my tools are all in one place. I was my daddy’s side kick, we built a barn and a lot of fence so I had basic skills, I might have stayed with it if I had felt more comfortable demonstrating the tools, there were no other consultants near me. I’m a great cook and just couldn’t do two Direct Sales and work full time, but I love the concept!
Sunny
Trying to find a replacement for my screwdriver charger. Bought my tool at a show and have misplaced the charger
Bonnie
Sunny, which power tool do you have? If you have one of the impact drivers you should be able to find the charger anywhere that sells chargers as they are a standard size.
Ruth Sny
I am a Tomboy Tools Consultant ! I love the tools and the opportunity to inspire, empower, and educate women to enhance their lives and provide them the high quality tools to do it with! “Tomboy Tools works with ergonomic specialists, designers and manufacturers to provide tools that are effective, lightweight, durable, high quality, ergonomically designed and comfortable for women.”
I have been a “Tomboy” since 2009 and will be in it to the end! I love my Tomboy Tool Business! Anyone out there who wants to try the business, or tools, or just has questions, contact me…………………..
Cindy Hirter
Can you give me a web site for Tomboy Tools that is still operational? Are they still being made? I recently purchased a starter bag and would like to add to it.
Stuart
https://shop.tomboytools.com/ ?
Sheryl Burke
I need a battery for my impact driver can someone get back with me. Thank you
Stuart
Did you try contacting the person who sold it to you?
Rita
I bought three Tomboy blue-handled paint brushes in 2009. They still are the best paint brushes I have ever used. Yes, I am still using them by cleaning diligently with Krud Kutter.
Kim
I don’t remember what year I stumbled across TT. It was early 2000’s. I have several of the tools–the step tool box, pliers, hammer, paint brushes, tape measures, screw driver (with interchangeable bits) & more. And yes, I STILL have them (& use them regularly)! My tools are blue (the step tool box is yellow). I am disappointed that TT has gone to all pink. It would be terrific if they offered an option–buy pink tools to support women’s causes, or buy blue tools so you don’t look a “sissy”. Personally, I couldn’t care less what color the tools are, as long as they are easy to use, a good quality & reasonably priced. I have used them to do MANY repairs around the house, & have loved the concept of being an empowered woman who does not have to call a repairman every time something needs attention. Drywall patch? Check. Finding a stud in the wall? Check. Painting a room? Check. And I don’t even own any of the power tools. Just some of the hand tools. And I love them! In the spirit of full disclosure, I have not bought any tools from them in a long time (they DO last a loooooooooong time!). But the ones that I did buy early on, have been amazing.
Polly
Being a women we grow up thinking that building stuff or fixing things around the house is the mans job well since I have started buying my pink tools it has inspired me to try new things from simple in home fix it things to working on my truck and SUV the one thing I am most proud of is I have a riding lawn tractor that I completely rebuilt the mower deck myself then I went and painted it hot pink. It runs perfectly. I really don’t understand the men comments here these tools are not for them and if we want to buy pink tools then so be it. You guys have snapon and matco and those tools are how much, talk about being overpriced. Anyway its my choice if I choose to buy the pink tools for women I don’t need any mans opinion on the price of them.
Stuart
To be clear, this isn’t about pink tools, but a multi-level marketing company brand that charged a lot more generic tool designs just because they were pink and primarily aimed at women.