Advise on new tool set?

waynedance

Looking to get some new tools starting with a socket set.

Looked at the halfords pro range but you do get stuff like imperial sockets that I will not use and sockets are 12 point. I have been looking at the Britool 98pc set which looks like it comes with hex 6 point sockets and is all metric.

Another set is something called US PRO 155pc set but can not find any info on the web.

It would be nice to have a set that is guaranteed for life.

Look forward to your recommendations.

Zeitgeist

I would recommend Teng.

They are expensive but very good quality and offer a lifetime guarantee. Ed China uses them on Wheeler Dealers, so you can't really get a better recommendation than that.

A good starter set would involve a 3/8" drive and include 8mm up to 22mm or so, with a deep 16mm.

The MR3824 is a useful starter set, moving upwards the MR3839 has probably the main pieces.

Think of these as an investment! :-)

paddedjohn

The halfords pro range are great value for money and really durable. What sets do the other mechanics use in the garage you work at?

waynedance

they all have snap on as they are mechanics, me accounts so tools are pc and a pen ha.

Snap on to dear for my home use, was thinking of just getting a toolbox and just adding to it each month.

Hasbeen

waynedance wrote: »

they all have snap on as they are mechanics, me accounts so tools are pc and a pen ha.

Snap on to dear for my home use, was thinking of just getting a toolbox and just adding to it each month.

You can take payline or proof where you work "garage" to halfords and get trade card wich gives discount on tools, parts etc
Have bought halfords prof range before, they have lifetime warranty

muckybutt

I was once told Halfords stuff and Kennedy stuff is both made by the same manufacturer as Snap On, its just rebranded accordingly hence the lifetime guarantee

atrixblue.-MFR-.

britool are good have a heavy duty torque wrench by them and is very sturdy and solid.

laser tools are also very good, and handle styles i find are better with rubber soft grips instead of fully chrome vanadium steeled that when tugging on a stubborn bolt hurts palms, jack sealey tools are another, as well as draper (dont bother with scredrivers though).

ive used cheapys from aldi aswell that are standing upto the jobs i can throw at them.

rdwarr

I would start with a cheap set (perhaps Draper or Stanley).
Then when you break one of the sockets, replace it with a quality single item.
That way you end up only paying for the decent tools you actually use frequently but still have some cheapies there for odd jobs.

forgotmyname

Not sure what they are like these days, I have a Kamasa socket set. Been abused & hit the ratchet many times with a hammer to shift stubborn nuts and
not one failure.
Well worth the money. It was supposedly £100, But on offer at £50 when a Unipart store opened near me 25 years ago. It outlasted the store many times over.

shammyjack

Zeitgeist wrote: »

I would recommend Teng.

They are expensive but very good quality and offer a lifetime guarantee. Ed China uses them on Wheeler Dealers, so you can't really get a better recommendation than that.

A good starter set would involve a 3/8" drive and include 8mm up to 22mm or so, with a deep 16mm.

The MR3824 is a useful starter set, moving upwards the MR3839 has probably the main pieces.

Think of these as an investment! :-)

I second that !

Still using Teng tools I bought around 20 years ago when they first appeared in the UK, Heavy , Heavy use and still IGWO !

poppasmurf_bewdley

I have a Draper socket set, given to me by my dad and he has been dead for 31 years. I'm going to give it to my son soon as he keeps borrowing it.