Poor Selection. Especially for plumbing jobs. Home Depot is just on the other side of the freeway and has a much better selection
Higher prices than Home Depot.
Tool section was remodeled so that aisles run perpendicular to the rest of the store. There is a skinny entrance to the tool section in the front middle of the store, and the tool section is like a corral. It's a very annoying layout as the entrance to the section doesn't fit more than one person or cart through, so it gets congested. Also if you need to get something from one of the neighboring aisles (plumbing, electrical, hardware) you have to make your way back to the center of the store to get out of the tool section and then head back over to the area you were already at but had a short wall blocking you.
Lowe's brand Kobalt tools are cheaply made and break easily.
I bought a metal Kobalt ratcheting screwdriver thinking the metal construction would make it last. The metal cap for the bit holder stripped out within a month. Then the directional switch got sloppy and would flip all by itself making it worthless.
I also bought a Kobalt screwdriver set, one of the Philip screwdrivers only had half of a cross on the tip. One side was completely round and smooth.
Honestly if it wasn't for the fact that this Lowe's was so close to my house and that the traffic by the Home Depot on the east side of the freeway is always so bad, I'd never go to Lowe's. In fact when time isn't an issue I usually drive out of my way to an Ace Hardware or the Home Depot on 59th and Peoria. Of course sometimes when I'm in a rush and go to Lowe's because it's quick, I find they don't carry the part or tool I need and end up going somewhere else anyway.