[Closed] PSA - Hex Keys - this seemed like a good deal to me

Could have got them for £8 by doing as Amazon says and going for an alternative seller 🙁

Anything silverline that I have tried has been rubbish

Silverline are very variable but some of their stuff is good. That's a very good copy of an ancient Draper Expert set I have (the originals have ball ends on the long end) which are excellent. No idea what that means for actual performance of these ones but it's a good place to start.

these are all you need

http://www.toolventure.co.uk/hand-tools/wer-073593.html?utm_source=Search&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Productlisting&gclid=Cj0KEQiArK6lBRC5-_jv48uxgrgBEiQAuxdZ9as8OULTxgHa769ihc-n8qtiTV38dELy1TSFNuEmdR8aAk0v8P8HAQ

They're not that great. The non ball ends are very annoying.

Those Wera ones looks very nice, I have [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bahco-9770-BE-9770-1-5-10mm/dp/B002SHPOZO/ref=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1420553555&sr=1-1&keywords=Bahco+9770+BE-9770+1.5+-+10mm+Hex+Key+Set ]this [/url]Bahco, they are very nice too

Apart from the colour, they're absolutely identical to the old Pedros set I have.

Looked at these yesterday,the mounting slots on the base kicked-in my OCD,as I figured (wrongly,no doubt),that they are a bench mount and Park set will fit a toolboard.....? 😕

Apart from the colour and the price, they're absolutely identical to the old Pedros set I have.

FTFY 😉

Pedros stuff is nice, but Park-esque pricing!

cliffyc - the idea is that you fit the base to a wall board and the tools are laying down horizontally - it means you don;'t have to have clearance above to lift the tools out they just slide out towards you.

Well I've just ordered a set - for £8 you can't go wrong (I hope...).

My dad is an engineer and when I was in my teens he got me some Allen keys from his work in the bike sizes I needed.

That was 25 years ago. I still use those Allen keys (the ones I have left anyway, lost some!), they have outlasted every single other one I've had since, as ive had the temptation to buy fancy new sets.

I think he said they would have been about £6 each at the time.

If I ever buy any more I won't buy any cheap ones, they are a waste of money. The Silverline ones are cheap.

Non ball ended, that would drive me crazy.

No 7mm. 😐
(Brake caliper bolts on cars...) 🙂

For the money that's a good deal.
Tempted, for when I get round to sorting out the garage.

I got a set and TBH I had just continued to use my Wera ones as they're much nicer with the ball ends and I find the silverline stand a bit annoying as the holes are hex shaped and narrow so the keys don't just drop straight in. Oh and I've got gaps where I've removed the 4.5 and 5.5 sizes which are no use (for me at least) and were annoying as they stopped me picking the right key by sight.

I am (well, was) a toolmaker and forty years ago (yes, I was using metric fasteners then) I made a set of Allen keys with a speed brace type handle in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8mm sizes - the hex section is pressed into an appropriately sized piece of silver steel and the other end is machined to fit into a slot in the T handle, which is then silver soldered on.
They don't leave my workshop but the Silverline ones will get chucked into my "riding toolbox" in my van. If they turn out to be crap (and I don't believe they will, otherwise I wouldn't have bought them) it's only 8 quid...

8'quid for silverline or 16quid for wera .... Ill stick to wera thanks. You wont know how shite the silverline are till its too late.

Nothing good quality ever came out of a silverline box , it was a source of constant disapointment so i stopped buying the shite,

They'll be the most expensive allen keys you'll ever buy if you round something off and end up losing a day's riding/trashing the part/having to get a taxi home.

I'd stick to the Wera or Bahco ones myself if I was on a budget, and Park/Pedros/Beta if I wasn't.

But that's just me.

They'll be the most expensive allen keys you'll ever buy if you round something off and end up losing a day's riding/trashing the part/having to get a taxi home

I know people like to pack everything, but surely people aren't doing trailside maintenance with a set of ball end allen keys like these 😯

Those Bahco ones linked above are fantastic quality & a bargain too.

njee20 - Member

I know people like to pack everything, but surely people aren't doing trailside maintenance with a set of ball end allen keys like these

Those two holes on the bottom of the stand line up perfect with bottle cage mounts.

Andy R - Member
I am (well, was) a toolmaker and forty years ago (yes, I was using metric fasteners then) I made a set of Allen keys with a speed brace type handle in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8mm sizes - the hex section is pressed into an appropriately sized piece of silver steel and the other end is machined to fit into a slot in the T handle, which is then silver soldered on.
They don't leave my workshop but the Silverline ones will get chucked into my "riding toolbox" in my van. If they turn out to be crap (and I don't believe they will, otherwise I wouldn't have bought them) it's only 8 quid...

you're a tool maker and you bought silverline....... Do you work for silverline?

Those Bahco ones linked above are fantastic quality & a bargain too.

Ridiculous value! Don't exactly *need* them, but bought a set anyway 🙂

I've got some Bondhus and Wera, but my 'go to' set remains a set of halfords pro ones, that I believe we're made by Wiha, lovely and great value for money.