Household took kit from Argos

loulou41

137 Piece Household Tool Kit with 4.8V Screw Driver.

700/1741 half price at £12.99

Seen this on Argos clearance. Would like to have some opinion whether they will suit a newbie diy? There is also another set but cannot decide which one, only interested in some decent screw drivers and a case to store them. Thanks

Ionkontrol

Chinese made rubbish. Might last a day or a week.

Buying cheap tools is a no-no.
Buy tools on a need to use basis and shop around for reputable makes on discount.

NeverInDebt

Afraid decent tools and cheap price dont usually go hand in hand

If you want a decent reasonable priced scredriver which is electric the Bosch ones are good but around £35

optimus_primera

Buy the best you can afford, it'll be better in the long run.

scooby088

Agree with optimus primera, buy the best quality it will last years, pound shop rubbish is just that rubbish.

olias

Would agree with the above in the main, but the cheap stuff has its place. I have occasionally bought a pound shop special when I have needed a specific tool for a one off job that I am unlikely to do again and therefore havent needed anything quality that would last.

Olias

optimus_primera

The main issue with being a 'newbie' is that you don't know what is good, and what is bad.
I remember buying stuff that i wouldn't even consider these days.
Stuff like screwdrivers and pliers, buy well known brands, not as has been mentioned 'pound shop bargains'. ( although cheap screwdrivers make good paint tin openers ......)

wallbash

Its easy for us , more experienced diy'ers to pontificate about the value of good tools.
We know that we will get great value out of spending that extra , to source the better brands.
But 'newbie's ( love that term) might well buy a cheap tool , use it a few times ( successfully).
Thats money well spent . OR spend a great deal more on a tool that will last a lifetime ... but the newbie leaves it sitting on a shelf. Thats a waste of money. So let us stop knocking cheap tools.
There are occasions when 'cheap and nasty' is the way to go.

leveller2911

wallbash wrote: »

Its easy for us , more experienced diy'ers to pontificate about the value of good tools.
. So let us stop knocking cheap tools.
There are occasions when 'cheap and nasty' is the way to go.

Spot on post Wallbash...Im a Carpenter and Joiner with 25yrs experience and buying the best is all very well but for a new DIY er there are so many tools they may need cheap n cheerful will do and when they use a tool often they can then upgrade....

At the end of the day if you need a tap wrench a cheap one will do the job,if you need one and dont have one, your knackered....

Rolandtheroadie

I only buy good quality now but as a friend once said, theres nothing wrong with buying a cheap tool set and if you break something in it, replace it with a quality one (because you've actually used it to break it and you probably will use it again).

wallbash

Wonderful bit of logic there.
Going back to the OP , the set looked at was certainly not worth the orig price ( £30 ) but at £13
you are not going far wrong. Give it a few years and he might well be buying one of the items for £13 or even £30 and be pleased with the result.But by then he wont be a 'newbie'.