This – Bahco S240 Socket Set 24 Piece 1/2 Square Drive

I toyed with the idea of the Halfords £100 set, but I’ve already got half the bits.
This should fill the gaps.

RRP: £176.76

Lolz.

Bahco is good stuff, though. I’ve had the S330 for years and still going strong.

yeah baby 😀 [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hj95DRswh8[/video] 😉

I can’t say I had an estimation of you previously racefaceec90 but whatever it might have been you have just gone up in it 😀

Tool = Epic!

yup, i got the 1/2″ one, and the 3/8″ and 1/4″ one too. couldn’t help myself 🙂 fairly sorted now for sockets..

i might start on pliers next.

http://www.tooled-up.com/product/bosch-prr-250-es-electric-removing-sanding-roller-250w-240v/201140/?Referrer=googleproductlisting&gclid=CLnDqvvdl74CFaHnwgodW5UArA

That was todays tool pron.

Those bahco ratchets are lovely , i have the 1/2 and the 1/4 never seem to use 3/8s stuff much.

I’ve got the bigger 106 part socket set. I’ve always thought it was very good quality especially as I paid £99 from clas ohseln. IMHO better than the halfords pro range.

Bahco stuff is nice… I don’t need sockets but I could do with a new 1/2 inch ratchet, hmm

Geoff, same as mine after Trail Rat posted a link up earlier in the year. Fantastic quality and a joy to use

mmm knipex

http://www.powertoolsuk.co.uk/knipex-55522-diagonal-side-cutters-160mm-to-iso-5745.html

just the job for cables perhaps?

http://www.powertoolsuk.co.uk/knipex-78428-diagonal-side-cutters-200mm-12-deg-angled-head-to-iso-5745.html

160mm enough, or 200mm to be sure?

160 will be fine

I have 160 irwins , they are the bollocks.

Because im rock and roll the mrs bougt me a knipex circlip plier roll set ( after i broke all of rusty macs hilkas servicing his forks….. They just went ping….

Also i revise my earlier statement, i saw ben kinetics workshop today thats utter efficency porn. Its quite bijou but given the standard of work that comes out of their i was speechless at it 🙂

porter_jamie – Member

just the job for cables perhaps?

Would you choose sidecutters for cables? Always had overlapping blades for mine…

Sidecutters work fine and give a fine cut + you can sharpen them lots of times. Overlappers develop a gap if you sharpen them lots

Cheers, all my sidecutters have been cheap rubbish, never tried a good one!

Ooh, nice one Geoff. Methinks I might just have to go for their full monty 100+ piece set for an apparent saving of £300 🙂

EDIT: mind you, Halford’s Pro 170 piece set is only £125 – that’s a lot of kit.

last weeks tool pron; now rather empty bank account.

Ok, I’m too thick to post images but you can google “Festool Domino XL” if you must..

Spacemoneky, i have both.

Bahco pisses all over the halfords one unless you need imperial- which i do…. The bahco stuff is face drive (hex)instead of corner drive(bihex)in most applications this is far superior and reduces instances of rounded bolts

Yeah, it’s funny you mention the Imperial thing as I was starting to wonder about the relevance of it. Have just seen some decent looking Teng kits on sale too.

Hmm.

Eyeballing a Wera 1/4″ ratchet myself ATM but those look pretty good.

Hmmmmm, tools.

Mmmm wera,

Id rate the bahco stuff above teng , we use teng at work, doesnt feel much different to halfords stuff tbh

You can get bahco dual 80 ratchets too, same as snapons 🙂 ( think chrisking ratchet vs older hopes)

Not surprising really since bahco are owned by a big us told corp these days 🙂

I like the texture of my teng kit, makes a huge difference when I’m fumbling about, covered in engine oil… Never damaged a socket yet despite best efforts (got a bad habit of pushing a 3/8ths with a 1/2 and an adaptor) but the ratchets feel a little cheap. Not worth the RRP I don’t think

Forgot about that bobus. The bahcos are peened and annodized not chromed like halfords. Like northwind says this great for oily hands