If he has a lot of tools or you just want to get him a good one that will last.Make sure it has roller ball bearing draws.
There is a store called Rule King here.They carry a box made by Clarke it is much cheaper than Sears Craftmen and as far as i can tell it is also made much much better! Not sure of the model but There Black with gold name plate,roller ball bearing and huge tote handles bolted on the sides of the top chest (a plus in my book). The top chest im wanting is $110 dollars about 100 less than sears closet quality. (note im sure the Craftsmen boxes are made as good as they used to be!) Not sure what brand Lowes sells,im sure ive looked at them atleast ten times but i cant say i remember what i thought of them.(Ill look agin if i think about it,i need to go there this weekend anyway!)
When looking them over see how easy the drawers open (R.B.Bearings)will open with the pull of your pinky finger even with a hundred pounds of tools in it.
Even when it says RBB on the label i usually grab the draw (with it pulled out) and check for slack by pulling up and down on it.A little slack now might increase over time.I don't like any slack in them at all.
Craftsmen does have one feature on there better boxes i like.They know make a lift handle on the draws that must be lift up on to open the draw.A big plus if you have ever had a 1000+ pounds plus box fall over because you opened to many draws at once.(might warn DH not to do this!!!) When it starts to tip it would be easy to tip it back up until those other draws slide open.Nothing is more fun then trying to up right a box that big when its laying on its front with the draws smashed closed on the floor!

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My dad was a VW then Datsun last Nissan mec. He had three Snap-On Box's bolted together, yep those where his Brand New $6000 boxes i turned over! About got squashed trying to hold them,as they tipped and i watched all the draws slide open in slow motion.

Took a engine host to pick them up half way,enough to clean out some of the tools,Four other mec's. to upright it the rest of the way.And about 4hrs to chase down and put the tools back where they went.
He just did it again himself last year! :haha: