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<blockquote data-quote="Pete B" data-source="post: 240503" data-attributes="member: 3821"><p>I started buying Snap-on when an apprentice and still have 99% of that stuff 30 years on. Failures are 3/8" drive ratchet ( the second mechanism to fail in such a short space of time) and the 1/2" breaker bar which for some reason gave way with a length of scaffold pole stuck on the end and me bouncing up and down on it.</p><p>Snap -on is great but like a footballer, the cost is disgustingly, rediculously, obscene. Have seen the Halfords stuff and it does seem to be very good at a not too silly price.</p><p>Personally I now use a fair bit of 'Kennedy' tools. Not so pretty to look at but they fit properly are nice to use and are fairly cheap. Price matters so I have tools to take on site for work, tools for at home and tools to keep in the bus.</p><p>Britool and King Dick are classic top quality kit and I hear good things about Teng Tools.</p><p>For Gods sake do NOT buy from Argos, mail order, pound shops or market stalls. If it costs the same as a pound of cheddar cheese, then chances are that's what it is made from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete B, post: 240503, member: 3821"] I started buying Snap-on when an apprentice and still have 99% of that stuff 30 years on. Failures are 3/8" drive ratchet ( the second mechanism to fail in such a short space of time) and the 1/2" breaker bar which for some reason gave way with a length of scaffold pole stuck on the end and me bouncing up and down on it. Snap -on is great but like a footballer, the cost is disgustingly, rediculously, obscene. Have seen the Halfords stuff and it does seem to be very good at a not too silly price. Personally I now use a fair bit of 'Kennedy' tools. Not so pretty to look at but they fit properly are nice to use and are fairly cheap. Price matters so I have tools to take on site for work, tools for at home and tools to keep in the bus. Britool and King Dick are classic top quality kit and I hear good things about Teng Tools. For Gods sake do NOT buy from Argos, mail order, pound shops or market stalls. If it costs the same as a pound of cheddar cheese, then chances are that's what it is made from. [/QUOTE]
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