Another vote for Craftsman here. That's what I have and they are great, plus my past experience with needing to return and replace Craftsman stuff has been easy and nonconfrontational.

 

not on theirtorque wrenches. says so right on the package. the ole life time guarrantee ain't there.

 

They may not have a lifetime warranty, but Sears formerly had a policy that your satisfaction was guaranteed forever. Back in about 1976 I tried to have them replace or repair a faulty device for my car, and was told the warranty had expired but if I wasn't satisfied with the device they'd give me a refund. Since it didn't work I decided I wasn't satisfied and took them up on their offer. I don't know if that policy still exists, as this type of issue hasn't come up again.

 

I have three torque wrenches, 0-100in-lbs, 0-100 ft-lbs, and 0-250 ft-lbs. Spent a lot of time working in enginerooms in the Navy and our rule was that you needed to use a torque wrench between 25 and 75% of its scale (a 100 is good from 25-75 ft-lbs to ensure accuracy). I was also told that the torque range listed in manuals was there to account for small inaccuracies in the wrenches. For what it is worth, we also used torque wrenches in some applications to measure "break-away" torque (loosening), but those wrenches had to be calibrated in both directions. Mine are all Husky (I got a good deal) and were calibrated to be within 2% accurate.