Bahco for spanners and sockets, never had one break.
old skool stuff like king dick for any imperial stuff, geodore ok but have had issues with fit, facom not so good now, ditto snap on, seem to be cashing in on their reputation.
power tools, Makita not so good anymore, Hitachi getting better, especially with the cost, Milwakee drills have crap batteries but the mains stuff is good.
airtools, Ingersoll Rand fecking awesome if you can afford it,