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Quality is important as anyone who has rounded nuts using a cheap spanner willl know but the halfords pro range has served me very well and I still use a socket set I had bought for me in the 80s which grip the side of the but and never had a failure. So there comes a point at which quality is optimum in relation to price and longevity though even something cheap may last. My Halfords jack is at least 15 years old and been used for everything.
Fatboy said:
EDLT said:
buzzer said:
McSam said:
Without wanting to sound a bit of a t
t, you can usually tell the quality of a tool by the feel of it. If it feels like it weighs the right amount (a lot, usually), looks right, ratchets have a good action, etc etc, then generally it is good.
but if the fakers make the spanner or ratchet out of steel, to the same design, they are going to feel the same.... I would like to bet there is a load of fake Snap-on tools out there that people are using that look, feel the same as the real thing! t, you can usually tell the quality of a tool by the feel of it. If it feels like it weighs the right amount (a lot, usually), looks right, ratchets have a good action, etc etc, then generally it is good.My mate has a fake Omega Speedmaster, and to be quite honest you simply cant tell the difference between that and my real one... His was £100, mine was £1700. you REALLY cant tell the difference by looking at them, I think the only way is to take the back off and look at the movement.
Even my Clarke hammer was loads cheaper than a snap-on one, and both are little more than a lump of steel on a stick.
Admittedly I've not compared snap-on directly with Halfords value range, but there is a noticeable increase in qaulity, longevity and comfort bewteen Halfords value and Pro Series...
You won't be able to hang a toolbox off my Signet ratchet like they do in the snap-on adverts, but why would you? It won't cost a couple of day's pay to replace it if it is lost/stolen, either. Which is important when in my all the time I've been a mechanic I've lost far more tools than I've broken.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-new...
Here's the link to the story, Curtis is my mate. Sent him the link last night and I said to forward it to the police, but he said he needed to find his crime number first.
"They also stole £50,000 worth of tools from a nearby Mercedes van which belonged to global company Snap-On"
Oh and while I'm here, this is worth reading, this is when he was first in the paper for making his Fiesta a blackboard for Cancer Research, and here's a photo from Fiesta in the Park 2011
Here's the link to the story, Curtis is my mate. Sent him the link last night and I said to forward it to the police, but he said he needed to find his crime number first.
"They also stole £50,000 worth of tools from a nearby Mercedes van which belonged to global company Snap-On"
Oh and while I'm here, this is worth reading, this is when he was first in the paper for making his Fiesta a blackboard for Cancer Research, and here's a photo from Fiesta in the Park 2011
Edited by BenMk3 on Friday 3rd June 15:13
EDLT said:
Well the really cheap stuff will be rubbish, but the tools I use at work are a mixture of brands and it has never been the tool's fault when I round off a bolt head
You won't be able to hang a toolbox off my Signet ratchet like they do in the snap-on adverts, but why would you? It won't cost a couple of day's pay to replace it if it is lost/stolen, either. Which is important when in my all the time I've been a mechanic I've lost far more tools than I've broken.
There have been occasions where I have broken craftsman ratchets and the Halfords stuff has stood up to the abuse better (a certain piefully built individual putting his full weight on it in a futile attempt to release a corroded on bolt) - but I do agree with you that as long as you've not bought rubbish, ay decent brand should do reasonably well...You won't be able to hang a toolbox off my Signet ratchet like they do in the snap-on adverts, but why would you? It won't cost a couple of day's pay to replace it if it is lost/stolen, either. Which is important when in my all the time I've been a mechanic I've lost far more tools than I've broken.
BenMk3 said:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-new...
Here's the link to the story, Curtis is my mate. Sent him the link last night and I said to forward it to the police, but he said he needed to find his crime number first.
"They also stole £50,000 worth of tools from a nearby Mercedes van which belonged to global company Snap-On"
Hmmm.. interesting Here's the link to the story, Curtis is my mate. Sent him the link last night and I said to forward it to the police, but he said he needed to find his crime number first.
"They also stole £50,000 worth of tools from a nearby Mercedes van which belonged to global company Snap-On"
Edited by BenMk3 on Friday 3rd June 15:13
Interesting...
BenMk3, have you told your mate or the police about the newspaper story and the auction? (or indeed ebay?) I'm sure the police would be able to ask the right people the right questions to ensure the right result, whatever that might be.
BenMk3 said:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-new...
"They also stole £50,000 worth of tools from a nearby Mercedes van which belonged to global company Snap-On"
Do you think that that theft may be related to this sale? Entirely plausible that even *if it were* the same tools the ebay seller could have bought them in good faith. Indeed with so much positive feedback it would seem daft to try to sell them via ebay if you knew they were stolen. I hope they are not, else an innocent part could well end up a long way out of pocket."They also stole £50,000 worth of tools from a nearby Mercedes van which belonged to global company Snap-On"
BenMk3, have you told your mate or the police about the newspaper story and the auction? (or indeed ebay?) I'm sure the police would be able to ask the right people the right questions to ensure the right result, whatever that might be.
As an ex snap on user,i fail to see the point of needing to own this much kit,as previously said its worth more selling as little kits rather than as a complete job lot,many things are duplicated which really does not happen in a normal tool kit,certainly not to the extent that this kit has ... maybe wrong but looks fishy to me
mrmr96 said:
Do you think that that theft may be related to this sale? Entirely plausible that even *if it were* the same tools the ebay seller could have bought them in good faith. Indeed with so much positive feedback it would seem daft to try to sell them via ebay if you knew they were stolen. I hope they are not, else an innocent part could well end up a long way out of pocket.
BenMk3, have you told your mate or the police about the newspaper story and the auction? (or indeed ebay?) I'm sure the police would be able to ask the right people the right questions to ensure the right result, whatever that might be.
I did mention to him. He said he was going to follow it up but he needs his crime number, that said I haven't spoke to him to him today so he could've reported itBenMk3, have you told your mate or the police about the newspaper story and the auction? (or indeed ebay?) I'm sure the police would be able to ask the right people the right questions to ensure the right result, whatever that might be.
rigga said:
mrmr96 said:
rigga said:
£50 short of 40k !!
Either some one got a good deal or someone made a killing.
Maffs fail. £33,950 is £50 short of £34k.Either some one got a good deal or someone made a killing.
Either way, it's still a blimming lot of money. I wonder what the winning bidder will do with them all. Lots of ideas, keep/sell/share/break/frame on the wall, but I wonder what will _actually_ happen to them all.
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