Well it's that time of year for some serious machine fettling.
The shortcomings in our tool collection have once again brought us to a halt with some jobs, where did those Whitworth spanners come from!? Like most people our tool kits have been built up over the last 40 years and made up of hand me downs, odd sockets and spanners many of dubious quality.
Anyway have more or less decided to buy middling range socket set and combination spanners from Bahco ( owned by Snap On) all in one case as multiple users have a tendency not to replace after use so it's easy to see if anything has walked ! The set is S106 and can get online for £139 inc vat and delivery or do we go for a Chinese set off Amazon for around £39 and accept some failures?
Have also looked at Draper expert and Halfords professional range but the Bahco wins on content and price per item.
Be interested to hear what other people have bought and their thoughts and experiences particularly with the Amazon options.
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We have several of the S106 socket sets and they are just brilliant - built to last a lifetime with fine movement on the ratchets!