Halfords Professional Tool Chest - any good?

[anonymous-user]

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[f1nn]

Yes, they are decent quality.

[MrGman]

Whereabouts? Seems a bit too cheap to me as they are usually £350 on offer.


Ah found it, i was thinking of their Industrial tool chest.

Edited by MrGman on Monday 25th December 14:10

[ferrariF50lover]

Get the biggest one and keep them dry. They taint if they get (and stay) wet, which is a pain.

I replaced the whole front end of a Volvo S60 D5 using only them (and a hammer, a big one!)

[Contract Killer]

Yes i bought one years ago, still all work as should.

[Swampy1982]

Ive got a set and they will happily swap anything that bends, twists or breaks...

Get my vote for home stammering...

[Super Slo Mo]

I have the roll cabinet. I also have an Industrial cabinet and tool box combo, plus a Britool roll cab that’s £500+ (I have a bit of a predilection for collecting stuff...).
The Halfords pro model is fine. You can tell the difference between it and the industrial and britool models but there’s not as much in it as the price differences would have you believe.
It’s a little smaller than the more expensive models but in terms of quality it is absolutely fine, possibly a bit overkill for DIY but that’s no bad thing.
Get it and don’t worry about it.

[blade7]

The Pro set looked a bit flimsy to me, so I stumped up the extra for the Industrial set when it was on a flash offer. If you're picking them up from store I'd open the boxes and check for damage before leaving though.

Edited by blade7 on Monday 25th December 16:31

[markiii]

the old Pro stuff was great

now the Pro is ok, but teh old Pro Standard requires you to get the Industrial

[Davie]

See here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I spent a fair bit of time faffing about but bought the top box / roller cabinet combo just before Christmas, £180 with the Trade Card.

The industrial stuff is much heavier duty but to be honest, for my needs to pro stuff seemed like the best value for money - had no issues in terms of damage, built it up no problem and it's all good.

If there were areas to criticise... the lid needs to be lifted first for the top drawers to be opened / closed and the huge Halfords sticker doesn't come off without a fight.

Regards staining, yes my old box was water marked but have chucked a couple of wax on the new one to try and fend off such issues.

All in all, very pleased for the money and the top box isn't so massive that it can't be chucked in the car if required.

Cheers

[Camaro]

Currently have the Halfords Industrial Top Box and Bottom box on a bundle deal, both for £354 which is cheaper than just buying the top box on its own!

[Davie]

Camaro said:

Currently have the Halfords Industrial Top Box and Bottom box on a bundle deal, both for £354 which is cheaper than just buying the top box on its own!

I think it's even less on store now, £299 rungs a bell but to be honest I wasn't really paying attention... popped in yesterday for screenwash and came out with the 3 for 2 deal on their modular tool trays.

And no screenwash...

[Willy Nilly]

I have this https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cc170b-7-dr... and the chest that goes on top of it for my tools at work. They have a deal with no VAT from time to time, the next one is later this month. A friend of mine has the industrial Halfords one. I've looked at both, there's not much to choose between the two, but think the Clarke one wins on points. It's cheaper and the draws are a bit deeper.

[Belle427]

I think £299 is the best ive ever seen them. I do like mine but wouldn't call the quality industrial, its very good but I do get issues with the drawer mechanisms jamming from time to time.
Very good value though, I bought mine this time of year.

[artois7]

I have the industrial green ones, bought second hand for £200 for top + roller cabinet. Fine for home DIY, rollers are a bit stiff on one or two drawers but still operate smoothly.

I did find that if you open up every drawer on the top box, it will tip over! The two halves don't secure together and I had a lot of weight in the bottom drawer of the top cabinet.

[MG-FIDO]

DDg said:

Just ordered... Halfords Industrial 4 Door Chest / 5 door cabinet - £244.30 with the code B18STORAGE30. Seems decent and all the tools gathered over the years will finally have a home :-)

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. I've been looking at the Industrial Cabinets pretty much daily since Christmas knowing that they occasionally have deals like this on but hadn't spotted it!

[MG-FIDO]

Great! I was tempted by the white one for the larger drawers but decided to keep my power tools elsewhere and have plumped for the attractive shade of Asda green.

[barker22]

Halfords currently have the 6 drawer roller cabinet, chest and middle 3 drawer set at £399 free drawers added at basket

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/storage/too...


Usually the cabinet and chest is 350-399 on its own, small drawers are like 150 on ebay new

No amount of ebaying etc can get this price any better

Do we think this offer will be bettered at any point int he future?
Iv'e been keeping an eye of the storage bundles and they don't seem to be getting any cheaper

[gweaver]

We got just the cabinet half price (£175?) last year and are really pleased with it. No point plumbing the depths of eBay when Halfords have good deals on.

[BuyAnyPart]

barker22 said:

Halfords currently have the 6 drawer roller cabinet, chest and middle 3 drawer set at £399 free drawers added at basket

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/storage/too...


Usually the cabinet and chest is 350-399 on its own, small drawers are like 150 on ebay new

No amount of ebaying etc can get this price any better

Do we think this offer will be bettered at any point int he future?
Iv'e been keeping an eye of the storage bundles and they don't seem to be getting any cheaper

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I've been looking for one and thats a good price. The link you put isnt working, so think they may have discontinued this offer