View Full Version : Some basic tools - what are these like?
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_72 8767_langId_-1_categoryId_165572?cm_mmc=E-Mail-_-Dec09Wk1a-_-UpTo%0OffDeals-0212-HTML-_-235PieceDynamicTool
Sounds a bit too good to be true to me?
Will they be made of the same material as suzuki bolts?
You need to be careful when talking about Chinese tools on here:rolleyes:
muffles
03-12-09, 01:36 PM
Sounds alright for the price, what you planning to do with them?
timwilky
03-12-09, 01:39 PM
Sounds alright for the price, what you planning to do with them?
I guess they would be ok for weighing down a body, until they rusted away and your body floated up a fortnight after you disposed of it.
Any other use for them? I doubt it.
Buy decent tools, buy them once and keep them a lifetime
muffles
03-12-09, 01:45 PM
I dunno about that, I seem to end up buying most of my bits and bobs from Halfords and for those sort of things they don't seem to do a 'bad' version that breaks after 2 uses.
For £50, if I had no tools, I'd be tempted (but I have lots of the tools already so don't need to). I've usually just bought the cheapest in Halfords and I've never had a spanner break in half or anything.
I don't keep them outside so they don't get wet and rust, but they are in a garage which means no heating so I imagine that's the worst they'd get from most people.
ian505050
03-12-09, 05:12 PM
Just buy the £99 proffessional set and you will not have a problem and even if you do they will replace it for free. Lifetime warrety!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_langId_-1_partNumber_370635
the ones in the link you posted are not very good when you see them in real life.
Spiderman
03-12-09, 05:20 PM
agree with ^^, the pro range is very good considering the warranty.
The link you posted, i'd imagine £45 goes on the box and the other stuff is about as good quality as you'd find in a cheap market stall.
Spanner Man
03-12-09, 06:30 PM
Good evening all.
I would advise anyone to avoid the cheaper ranges offered by Halfords, Laser, or Sealey & the like.
However, the aforementioned companies 'professional' ranges seem to be very good value.
A few years ago a mate of mine worked with me on a daily basis for a about 6 months. His tool kit consisted of Halfords pro & the like. There was significant wear on his tools after that time. I would estimate that his commonly used tools such as 10 & 12 mm spanners etc would have needed replacement after 12 months at the most. Whereas my Snap-On equivalents lasted around 12 years.
But even the most enthusiastic DIY'er would take years to wear out Halfords pro & the like, for it would be evenings & weekends versus constant daily use.
What's more, they only cost about 1/5th of the price of Snap-On etc
Cheers.
My sets not dissimilar to the link and i agree they are not the best but tbh they are a load better than nothing and I can do all the small stuff I want to do with them down to chain adjusting and the like. The screw drivers will be carp though.
Specialone
03-12-09, 11:40 PM
I have a mixture of decent / reasonable spanners, sockets etc, i found the sockets from machine mart quite good, i use them a fair bit and dont wear out that quick, allegedly lifetime warranty as well.
Saying that i have a britool 1/2 inch ratchet and its knackered, not that old either, they supposed to be decent stuff, not cheap either.
Compare the prices in machine mart before you commit to halfords because imo their no better.
Just buy the £99 proffessional set and you will not have a problem and even if you do they will replace it for free. Lifetime warrety!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_langId_-1_partNumber_370635
the ones in the link you posted are not very good when you see them in real life.
right so as a mechanic noob myself, with the only thing i have being the pathetic tools supplied by kwak under my seat, would buying something like this cover me for almost anything I would wanna do in the future (within reason)?
Do these include a torque wrench?
£99 of these tools + top notch handbook + paddock stand and a bit of time and patience? Anything I'm missing out. Would save me a lot of dosh in the long run if I learn stuff myself. Right now I can just about remove the seat and click it back into place..and all you need for that is a key, lol!
I am no mechanic and the cheap ones do me for the limited work I do. There is stuff I don't trust myself to touch like my breaks and the engine internals but that 49 quid set (or one similar) does me fine. you don't need a torque wrench for the oil filter although it recommends one, just follow the posts on here and you'll be fine. I now have a torque wrench as I was brought one as a present but still haven't used it for the usual plugs, filters, chain adjust and oil changes.
tinpants
04-12-09, 01:59 AM
right so as a mechanic noob myself, with the only thing i have being the pathetic tools supplied by kwak under my seat, would buying something like this cover me for almost anything I would wanna do in the future (within reason)?
Do these include a torque wrench?
£99 of these tools + top notch handbook + paddock stand and a bit of time and patience? Anything I'm missing out. Would save me a lot of dosh in the long run if I learn stuff myself. Right now I can just about remove the seat and click it back into place..and all you need for that is a key, lol!
Get a Haynes manual. Can't go wrong with them. I've done everything from camchain tensioners to complete engine rebuilds using nothing for reference other than a Haynes manual. Others on here may disagree with me (especially about this!) but I can't recommend them highly enough.
cool. Haynes manuals and tools like the £99 one posted..sufficient enough?
barwel1992
04-12-09, 02:22 AM
^ not torque wrench and u may want to get some 1/2 adapters so you can use the smaller sockets with a big torque wrench like i do :D , a brake bar is use full mine consists of a 20cm wrench and the standard sv handle bars :P
get the halfords pro set i have that and get a draper torque wrench 30-210nm and is verry well made :) can now take most bits off me bike :D and cost £130 inc torque
i will take a pic of what i have if u like to show the basic stuf you may want ?
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