What Brand Tools Do you Prefer/use?

[TheRoninV6]

I have a few snapon tools, and i must admit they are very good quality but they are just to bloody expensive for the average home mechanic, the majority of my tool kit is made up of Beta Tools i find the quality of these on par with snapon but quite a bit cheaper. I also have a few tengtools and laser tools, they are very cheap and the quality is poor and find that you are better off spending a few extra quid and buying quality tools.

So what tools do you guys use and recomend?

 

[Rich1.2]

we have loads of teng tools and have never had a problem!, they also come with a lifetime warrenty so they cant be that poor! halfrauds professional aint that bad apart from their torx bits which twist/break frequently!

 

[FlamingMonkey]

Asda Smart Price for me

 

[rmccardal]

GDI is like a snap-on shrine

 

[Andy GDI]

yup, well i perfer to use the best I can get when we aim to turn out the level of work we do.

 

[rmccardal]

You puffed your chest out as you typed that didnt you ?

yup, well i perfer to use the best I can get when we aim to turn out the level of work we do.

 

[Pete]

we have loads of teng tools and have never had a problem!, they also come with a lifetime warrenty so they cant be that poor! halfrauds professional aint that bad apart from their torx bits which twist/break frequently!

Halfords Professional also come with a lifetime guarantee.

 

[Andy GDI]

HALFORDS stuff used to be made by Sykes Pickervant... they were really really good, especially for the cash... I still have some

Ross, I actually checked my snap on bill and fell off my seat!

Andy

 

[rmccardal]

Now you know what its like for me every time you send me one of 'those' emails. :clown:

Ross, I actually checked my snap on bill and fell off my seat!

Andy

 

[TheRoninV6]

HALFORDS stuff used to be made by Sykes Pickervant... they were really really good, especially for the cash... I still have some

Ross, I actually checked my snap on bill and fell off my seat!

Andy

at least you dont have to pay vat on your tools and i imagine you get a nice trade discount from snap-on.

 

[Andy GDI]

discount.... your having a laugh!!!!

but yes i get the vat back

 

[clio head]

Where i work they buy all my tools 4 me as im Electrical Engineer ive got a full range of Snap on Tools... ranging from spanners from 4mm up to 62mm socket sets metric and imperial, podger bars nice tool box and the odd deep socket!! i think they r lovely never had a problem with em...managed to bend one of em thou through using a scafholing bar on one of em ..(not recomended).. but they changed it there and then..i think it all came up to about 8 grands worth might have been more!!plus i have a full range of electrical equipment! sorry to rub it in..its weird thou coz im only 19!!!

 

[Gary G]

Halfords Pro range has never let me down on the occasions that I have used them lol. Lifetime warranty so if it breaks you can swap for new, infact even if the chrome tarnishes most places will honour the warranty (even without reciept)!

 

[Dink]

knipex stanley and halfords pro rat s**t spanners and a couple of other odd tools

 

[jcarter]

depends how long u wana keep them, wen i started working 4 bmw i bought cheap tools and they were fine but its now 4and half yrs down the line and they are starting to **** up. Teng r good or Mag tools are good but Facom which is a french snap on equivalent are real good and not at all pricey. Just try them and u wont need anything, apart from bluepoint air guns and air rachets

 

[Gary G]

Yeah I like the Facom stuff....got some of their screwdrivers.

 

[benji&eka]

snap on, mac, facom and some jack (sealey Lol!)

 

[Paul J]

Clio head, what electrics do you work on that need upto 62mm sockets?

 

[Fred@BTM]

Teng

 

[Lunner]

Draper have never let me down, and my tools get a fair bit of abuse, broken a few of the normal draper tools though, oh and an Einhall grinder, still ahd a 3 year guarenttee, so got another free

 

[stu8v]

Snap-on are over expensive american trash, Britool, Facom or Craftsman for me.

 

[adehook006]

use britool as i fiddle the company account, and have loads of beta stuff as i had them on the cheap but have started buying teng spanners but there a bit sharp on the edge on the ratchet spanners.

 

[benji&eka]

gearwrench for ratchet spanners

 

[Mike@Rentech]

I use whatever, mostly Signet/draper/snap on/Mac tools
As to screwdrivers usually buy cheap one as the do exactly the same job as the Snap-on ones do but at a fraction of the price.

Snap-on stuff is so expensive and I just can't justify spending £100+ on a set of sockets.

Maybe I'm tight. lol

 

[Andy GDI]

Facom apart from snapon are good

 

[Lagerlout]

I have a lovely little Facom socket set - real quality stuff.

I use Britool combination spanners.

Sandvik Bahco screwdrivers/adjustables/grips etc.

Knippon side cutters and pliers.

Also have some halfords pro stuff which is excellent imho. Draper expert also do some decent tools for little money.

 

[Andy GDI]

Sandvik Bahco screwdrivers/adjustables/grips etc.

awesome side cutters etc.. better than all others so far

 

[Lagerlout]

Yup - Snipe nosed pliers, angled snipe nose pliers got some of the new 'plastic' bahco sidecutters - awesome. All in the Bahco Ergo range. Real quality tools - you get what you pay for.

This is my facom socket set - It's only dinky but I'm only a tinker-linker (Electrical/Instrumentation Technician)


http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=128038&Referrer=Kelkoo

 

[clio head]

i work 4 the water board on sewage treatment works...sooo i use them on mains and inlets not often thou but always handy to have as for electrics im an industrial sparky sooo i work in PLC's, UPS's and panels...i enjoy it!! :approve: :approve: :approve:

Clio head, what electrics do you work on that need upto 62mm sockets?