Halfords tools??

[tapkaJohnD]

illmonkey said:

Well, the sheet it comes with doesn't do the job.

Honestly, I'm trying it on. But also not too happy about £200 for them to keep falling out.

Try it, but I know the 1/10" thick sheet of soft foam that they come with, it's to stop them rattling in transit.
Useless to keep them in place. A thicker, stiffer foam, so that you need to compress the lid to fasten it should do the job, if they won't chnage the box.
John

[illmonkey]

tapkaJohnD said:

illmonkey said:

Well, the sheet it comes with doesn't do the job.

Honestly, I'm trying it on. But also not too happy about £200 for them to keep falling out.

Try it, but I know the 1/10" thick sheet of soft foam that they come with, it's to stop them rattling in transit.
Useless to keep them in place. A thicker, stiffer foam, so that you need to compress the lid to fasten it should do the job, if they won't chnage the box.
John

Will be tomorrow I try now. The guy I usually deal with is in, and knows how much I've spent there so maybe more flexible about it.

The foam is useless, but if I need to buy an insert, so be it.

[Camaro]

Just had their email about Black Friday deals drop into my inbox, better than half price on a lot of the socket sets, add to that they take off more if you have a Trade Card. Probably the best thing about buying tools from there.

Their big toolboxes are spot on too, wouldn't go out of the way to buy their modular tray stuff, but they do fit the drawers perfectly and keep everything from moving around when opening and closing drawers.

[RizzoTheRat]

Camaro said:

Their big toolboxes are spot on too, wouldn't go out of the way to buy their modular tray stuff, but they do fit the drawers perfectly and keep everything from moving around when opening and closing drawers.

I just bought a sheet of cheap non slip mesh matting to put in the bottom of the drawers of mine

TVR Moneypit said:

All said and done though, the Halfords tools are pretty good, but there are other places that sells stuff just as good for the same, or sometimes less money.

Yeah I wouldn't buy the Halfords tools at full price, but at their sale prices they're pretty good VFM

[sgtBerbatov]

I bought that set about 6 years ago, and the only things to break on it were a torx screw which snapped off and the toolbox itself broke in half.

Other than that, the tools have been fantastic and have rescued me from my stupidity over the years. 10/10 would buy again.

[Vw nut]

Got the 90 piece set in the end really happy with it so far the test will be next week when I remove my old turbo and fit my hybrid one

[Davie]

Big fan of Halfords stuff too... even better value with a Trade Card and never any issues with anything that breaks which over the years has amounted to a couple of Torx bits and a 1/2" ratchet mechanism but to be fair I did have a scaffolding bar on it trying to crack a gearbox sump plug. The stores have some decent deals from time to time, I got rebuild kits for all my ratchets for a pound each and their 8 piece screwdriver set for £7.99 so really cannot complain. Only time I've wanted to scream is when an older ratchet set moulded box split along the hinge sending 150 pieces all over the floor but to be fair, it was a few years old.

[Jakg]

RizzoTheRat said:

I just bought a sheet of cheap non slip mesh matting to put in the bottom of the drawers of mine

I use cut down excercise / yoga mat from eBay. About £5.

Bonus points are that the colours are always vibrant so easy to see tools.

[kwikasfukininja]

100% worth the money imo. Used my 170pcs set for 5 or so years and never let me down with DIY use. Even took ratchet ring spanners offshore in a previous job as they never had them on-board and most tools were st Chineseium ones. Halfords stood up to months of heavy industrial abuse and never failed me. Wouldnt buy anything else for the money...