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winchman:
Right this will up set a few but here goes
I feel the halfords stuff is fab as its well designed and comes with a life time garantee.
A few years ago I couldnt do the overtime at work due to the kids being small and I used to drop them at nursery for the afternoon and flog  tools to the local garages ( they all know me as I owned a Britool franchise a long time ago), I found a lot of people using the Halfords stuff with very good results.
I found a brand called Bergen which I sold with great sucess.
The Founder has Snap on stuff copied in some of the worlds best factories, its mainly chrome ware ( sockets spanners etc) all the fast selling stuff, whilst I say copied, it says Bergen on it but the dimentions and design are very similar to Snap on
But a full rail of 3/8 sockets 8-22mm sell for £10-15 you would struggle to buy 2 or 3 from Snap on for this. I sold loads of the stuff and only ever had one ratchet back
I think Teng is good too but Halfords is the best value for money
One interesting thing is how the quality f the cheap imported tools has improved over the last 15 years.
Its interesting to note how many Snap on dealers have shut up shop, we havent had one for over two years, its just too expensive last time I looked a 22mm Combi spanner was £46 +vat

freeagent:
yep ,i've got some Bergen stuff, very nice and superb value, theres another brand around called 'US Pro Tools' which is pretty much the same as Bergen....
i don't have any Snap-on stuff (except a tool chest/ top box) and doubt i'd ever buy any as its just so expensive and i cant see its worth it for what i do....
i do like their boxes though, i'll be on the look out for another one soon.

Cant beat Halfords though.....

winchman:
US pro is the same as Bergen
Another to watch is Max Pro, some bits are just average but some of it is as good as Bergen
If you want bargain basement Blue Spot is about the best cheap stuff, but it is really for DIY
Cost Co do very good value for money boxes, it depends on what you use it for.
A box wont fix any thing or earn you money.
I have a few secondhand boxes which I bought as battered old trade in ones, I welded them back together hand painted them stuck a load of stickers on them and they are still going strong.

Evilgoat:

--- Quote from: "Rangie3.0LtrDan" ---Halfrauds tools arent too bad from what i have seen, i have a set and they havent let me down at all.
--- End quote ---


The expensive stuff is actually quite good. The cheap stuff, as Bazza said, is utter junk.

I have the most expensive set they do and I have yet to do anything more than shear a screwdriver bit, and that was my own fault. I also have a chaep £10 set that lives in the audi that has bust the ratchet, the inter-series adaptor and I think the screwdriver bit too.

Other than that where I can I use draper stuff.

Nick666:
Curious to know what kind of screwdriver / drill bits everyone uses as esp my HSS drill bits don't seem to last any time at all ... are these 'gold' bits any good? (Don't think I'd have coloured them gold since -real- gold is dead soft!)

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