Recent content by Garage86

Thanks for the great advice guys. I will definitely check out Stahlwille. Yes, the halfords tools will take a lot of abuse and just keep doing what they're supposed to. I think I'm going to avoid Sealey in future, over priced ,but when you need a tool in a hurry,our local auto parts store is a...

Chiwan 🤣🤣. Yes, they're prices aren't cheap and it's a shame the quality doesn't reflect. The problem is getting decent quality tools delivered to UK without the massive import tax, I was looking into Craftsman spanners before but the import tax and delivery was more than the tools themselves. I...

The Us pro tools I have are great, all my impact sockets and long hex and spline sockets have been a good fit and very strong. I agree about draper, I bought a ratchet recently for my van toolbox, a draper expert and the old vintage draper I have had a far better mechanism in it. Halfords...

Yes, I agree. I have some Bergen and Sealey tools in my box and they're holding up ok. I purchased Sealey premier socket set 3/8 and 1/2 inch about 15 years ago and it's still as good as the day I bought it. Some of the tools now look and feel poor quality.

Hi guys, Just a thought, how would yous rate Sealey tools, do yous have much experience of them?

Thanks kbeefy. Yes, I would imagine it's very similar, it's a very fishing orientated Island here, but there's only about half the fishing boats working out of our harbour compared to ten years ago. if anyone has any questions about Scotland or the island I would be happy to answer 😁. I am...

Thanks nadogail

Hi everody. Thanks for letting me join, been reading a lot on the forums as a non member. My name is George and I live on the Isle of Lewis in North Scotland. I am a car mechanic to trade but have been working in construction and skippering boats the last 15 years. I have a 2 car garage I'm...