richm

serious question for the SNAP-ON users...
bearing in mind the mad price of most Snap-On kit, what is the attraction to buy it, besides the £xx per month buy-now pay-later scheme..?
Personally I struggle with the concept of it being "the best" these days, especially at the price..
I don't want to start a brand war here, just genuinely interested

foreigneRS

maybe the lifetime gaurantee? even if you break stuff through blatant misuse, they generally replace it.

did anyone see the snap on bike that occ built on american chopper? how cool was that. i'll see if i can find some pics.

foreigneRS

Big G

Summat like that.
Ive still got my beach box and tools from when i was a mechanic and if i added up now now (was a mechanic 14 year ago) ive probably got over £2k of gear.
Just waiting for machine mart to do an offer on a compressor now

DazC

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Tool boxes are deffinately the best and I won't buy any other.

As for the tools. They are of very good quality and come with the life time warranty. Also the fact that a van pulls up in your yard, you step on the van for 10 minutes, get your broken tools repaired and buy/pay some money off and go back to work without having to fuck about going to a shop and them posting it off to the factory for a repair. There is the advantage of extended credit and paying your bill weekly/monthly.

I hate MAC hand tools so will always buy Snap-On but I like the MAC multimeters. Them are the only 2 tool vans that come to our workshop. the Britool vans disapeared.

GARETH T

come on,, its a fooking box you put your tools in,,, they are so over priced

Rick

how much for a 3/8 and what it rated to?

DazC

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Gareth. It's a simple as this. I want my tools in an order where I can lay my hands on them without having to hunt them down which means a big tool box. Then when they get thrown in and out of vans, battered and pushed across an uneven workshop floor, the spot welds are under some serious stress.

I have seen cheaper end MAC, Britool etc etc all crack, bend and some end up looking like the leaning tower of pisa. Some I have even sen collapse. If I spend a few £ on a tool box I want it to last. The bonus is if you break the Snap-On box, you get it replaced.

I also want a secure tool box that locks properly. I haven't seen a decent locking system on any other toolbox apart from one which had a bar right down the front of the draws, but then that goes back to a small toolbox with cracking spot welds again.

Some MAC toolboxes would appear to be GLUED together!!!

GARETH T

DazC, i DO agree that they are well built,,,, but i do think they are well well over priced

i also think that young garage workers think its "cool" too own snap on gear

DazC

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The "cool" image has changed to be honest. Most apprentice gimps can't be arsed to spend loads on tools so they buy cheap shit and then piss the rest up the wall or consume recreational pharmaceuticals!

I agree the boxes are expensive but if you buy the cheaper alternative which is the same size, they seem to collapse. I am talking workshop environment and not a tool box for at home in the garage of course.

Rs Gus

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i agree with daz here SNAP-ON BOXES ARE THE BEST if u have never owend one i wouldnt expect u to understand

CozzyBrom

daz is right garth
ya get what you payed for
britool gone bust its some shite name now same halmark or sumut
its shite
mac shite aswell and as expensice as snap on
halfords shite aswell

my box cost me £1600 and 1 yr old i cud trade it in for £1500 at a guess on a new box
i was toyin on the idea of an amerian box 5 grand but i dont think i will now
it has disc brakes aswell

DazC

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Got to agree with Gus, that unless you have had one or used one you don't understand the quality difference.

Brom is also right, Snap-On boxes hold their money like fook. Trade one in against a new box and you're garanteed to get a big lump of cash for it.

My first Snap-On box was £440 and I got £200 trade in 7 years later.

Big G

Are Facom still going or have they gone, at the time i prefered them to snap-on as our snap on man was a tosser when you gave him a broken tool

richm

Yep Facom are very much still going.. and more widespread in the UK now.
Lifetime guarantee, and nice quality.
Shame about Britool though, taken over by Facom and pretty much shafted..

GARETH T

i use three snap-on boxes regular,, they are good,,, but they are also a 2 grand chest of draws

Chipperx2

Heres mine £20 old school

GARETH T

heres a little starter pack for you
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....uk&dir=catalog

richm

check out some of those prices that ain't the price u pay surely??

Rick

Facom is good IMO - anyone else use it?

Linsay

Have used Facom in a previous job - precision screwdrivers, very nice

GARETH T

Rick, i got a feeling richm does

richm

http://193.150.169.26/Frame.asp?langue=an&Cat=427

Rs Gus

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i have some facom and its ok