Wanting to start my own collection after getting a tool chest for xmas, now im not needing snap on tools or anything in that price bracket although it would be nice its just not needed, ive been looking at the Clarke pro range and these do look good but what other makes should i consdier and were to purchase, im needing most things spanners sockets wrenches you name it i need it...

Any help is great..

 

HALFORDs Pro,,,, massive sale started today i think

 

is it good gear mate.? i was thinking of having a look there 2morrow..

 

Halford were doing a crackin set for Ł100, sockets spanners, wratchet spanners u name it in a black carry case, was an excellent buy and good stuff with lifetime guarantee...anyone know how much it is on sale if it is? deffo want to get myself one!

 

its really good quality mate,,,

 

nice one i'll have a look over tommorrow.

 

Guess where i'm off to first thing in the morning then

Halfords pro is excellent quality and all lifetime guaranteed, you won't get better for the money.

 

Cushty.. ill be going there then

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...dkey=ClickInfo

i good start

 

i bought a halford pro half inch torx bit to undo a head bolt once but snapped and never bought again, never had a prob with draper expert

 

seems a good buy, do they do tools separate though or would it be as cheap in a pack then just chuck away the storage box

 

imagine would work out cheaper in the set but i dont trust thier qulity after my experience

 

What about the Clarke pro range.? we have a machine mart close by

 

erm,,,,, they the same,, they made by the same chinese company hence they look so similer

cant remember the name but draper expert adn halfords pro are the same

 

you just must of been unlucky mate

honestly im a cunt to tools, and i fail to brake them

 

only thing ive ever bought from clarke are a set of wobble bars but have hardly used them, for quality and value i think draper EXPERT, cowboi has some kasama spanners which have taken a right fair share of abuse ans survived

 

ive got a mix of tool, all my screwdrivers are snap on, the sockets are all halfords pro as are the spanners, the more random ones are,, well random between snap on, blue somink and ther stuff ive needed at the time

ive NEVER broken a halfords pro socket without abuse,,,,, and i do abuse them

 

guess so , i stick to my draper expert now as i get thier half inch socket setc for around Ł30 and they are great quality

 

i was undoing a head bolt on scotts head gasket when it snapped clean

 

its the same as hafords pro just engraved different FFS

its like saying white cars are not as reliable as green cars

 

no, ive just never had one break so am happy to keep buying them and recommend them

 

1 bad tool,,,, made by the same people who also make the draper expert tool ( look and the packaging of the ratchet spanners,,notice they are the same)

halfords pro is a fucking ripp off these days unless you buy there wanky took kit where half the tools are imperial,, pointless

all mine are seperate, never had a issue apart from them going missing at kam's garage when i left it there

 

Cool could be worth while going down to Halfords tommorrow for a looksie then..

 

ive ot a whole socket set in his garage at the min, i lent it to him to start getting his orion back together but he dont touch it lol

 

ok maybe not..lol

 

You can't base your experience on one part ... I have used Halfords pro stuff for years, have only managed to break stuff by abusing fuck out of it, and anything I have broken I have had replaced under the lifetime warranty policy. Even Snap On won't warranty torx bits etc as they are so prone to breaking. And remember the Halfords pro stuff is a bargin, you can build a comprehensive tool kit for the price of a Snap On socket set.... ( Snap On IMHO is vastly over-rated, and people just pay for the name...) . And Teng make the Halfords stuff so they know what they are doing

 

I purchased the Draper Elora socket set back in 1997 (149.99) and to this date I still have it, use it near enough everyday and none of the sockets etc are broken. They are top quality. If going for a socket set I would go with Draper.

 

im just saying as i get great discount on draper expert and trust the quality thats what i buy

 

I have some Halfords PRO stuff, found it ace myself, very good quality and ace value.
The last tool I broke was a SNAP ON torque wrench, these are NOT gauranteed, so paid Ł52 to have it repaired, broke same thing two days later, and was around 1/3 of it's torque rating, oh well at least I won't have to pay for repair, WRONG, expected to pay again.
I said FFS I can buy a TORQUE WRENCH with a lifetime warranty for 1/2 that amount this one cost to fix, snap on man says "but what if it breaks", lifetime warranty.
I now have four teng torque wrenches to cover my ranges, one did indeed throw a wobbly, went wildly inaccurate, 6 months old, they could not replace it fast enough, took one out of a set as they did not have it in stock, and delivered to me the same morning, from stockist.
Snap on took 5 weeks to repair my TR!!
I think along the lines of the warranty being worth more than the tool itself.
The snap on man is no longer a snap on man and sells all makes, but NOT snap on!!
tabetha

 

Halfords are looking like a good buy so far, im needing mainly wrenches sockets spanners basically all items, my dad has all his tools so its not as if i need to buy all in one go. the packs you get from halfords look good but im only gonna take them out to put into my chest.

Ive been looking through a machine mart catalouge and there pro stuff seems a good price sold indavidualy anyone have any veiws on there products they also havwe a lifetime warrenty

 

to be honest mate if they give it a lifetime warrenty im guessing they are doing that for a reason? must be quite good

 

cool.. thanks a lot for all advice so far.

 

Halfords stuff is good, I got a 100 piece set 2 years ago for Ł100 down from Ł150 in a sale..


Never used it once

 

its at same price again now rads

 

patto ive just got some franklin tools off the parents for xmas and i used em today on the evo 6 and they seem to be spot on also have a lifetime guarantee

 

CheeRS lee, gonna have a look about tomorrow see what i can find,

Didnt know you had an evo now mate.! hows that going.? you still coming to shows next year or packing the ford scene in.?

 

teng do NOT mate halfords pro range,,,, i cant think of the name but its a chinese company who also made them blue american rollerbearing boxes they had at a good deal about 3 years ago,,, i know this as thats where i got explained about the similer draper expert to halfords stuff

 

sure it was teng .. Might be wrong but 99.9% sure it is

 

i've got teh halfrods box o tools as well

no complaints in the past few years since i've had the box

i've been collecting tools since i was 15 so that's nearly 20 years worth i've got sat about the place
my advice is buy tools when you can rather than when you need them if you are going to do a lot of spannering, i've got several sets of the same size sockets and several ratchets and loads of other bits and bobs but i've got 3 sets of halfords spanners for starters plus so many sockets i can't even remember where i got most of them

there are certain tools you need to have, and certain tools that you should have and certain tools that you can get away with not having, but amongst the tools you do need the halfords box set tends to have the majority of the undoing and tightening up stuff

you shoudl also look into getting a slide hammer and a puller and basic mechanical stuff like that before you start looking to getting the more specialist stuff such as bearing presses and the like

 

Thanks for the advice