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I love my cordless tools. Construction and general fabrication stuff, there is just no contest. When it gets down to the mechanic stuff I still have an air impact, use it occasionally but my cordless mid torque sees more action these days. Drills, grinders, saws etc, all cordless or mains...

Trolling in the youtube comment section? Imagine. I think you can apply that to literally any youtube video about anything, ever.:ROFLMAO: Some people are snap one fans, some people aren't. Some people like to argue for the sake of it. Very much like life really. As for snap on, They are...

I think the cover plate is plastic because it clips into the body, I'd much prefer metal but I haven't had an issue so far to be fair. The quick release button is metal I think? - it is magnetic and feels like it is just painted. I do prefer the all metal handles, they are a lovely ratchet to...

My 1/4 are a mixture of mostly KoKen (non-zeal) and some Stahlwille sets. I have some toptul 1/4 too. I'd rate them in that order. Toptul ones aren't bad, nicely finished, but are a little clunky size wise when compared to the others. Kokens are a thing of beauty. 1/4 impact sockets also quite...

Good to know Priory are still going, I was sad to see KD is now a silverline brand, can't be very many UK manufacturers left now. Britool was originally a James Neill tool brand as well years ago, but there are now confusingly two Britools as I'm sure you are aware. The Britool Expert is the...

China quality can be whatever you want. They can make good stuff, they can make rubbish. It depends on what you specify, what you pay for, and how rigorous your quality control process is, as they will often try to slowly reduce quality to increase profit unless the product is rejected by the...

I purchased an 18C starrett automatic center punch several years back and received a "made in USA" stamped model, which has worked faultlessly ever since. On the strength of this I picked up a "spare" last year, so I could keep them in different toolboxes. However, this new one is now laser...

My first thoughts were Astro, but I couldn't find anything like that from them - although a similar idea the design is different from the nano style sockets. Sunnex was a good shout, I'd forgotten about them - they don't appear to have anything similar unless I’m being blind, but was worth a...

I've come across these sets of impact torx, available under two different brands here in the UK (Sealey AK5621 and Laser 7978), both are just importers/rebadgers. They seem slightly different to the normal sets you can buy – They are 3/8 drive but with an external 17mm hex which corresponds to...

I think a lot of it depends on what you are going to use it for. Meters all come with different features and strengths - requirements of an electronics engineer is going to differ vastly to that of an electrician, or an automotive guy. Fluke is the gold standard for good reason, but as...

Brymen make very good meters which are up there with Fluke quality, but usually at a far more affordable price. You can also find them rebadged by Greenlee and Amprobe, but only certain specific models - so you have to put a bit of work in to match them up and figure which ones are OEM'd by Brymen.

I should really learn to listen to my gut. Although advertised as US-10, but I presume the "C" suffix on the part number stands for what you would imagine. Disappointing.

For anybody curious I pinged them an email asking them, and the reply I had is as follows: Our US-10 is made in Canada but our US-7 1/2 and US-14 are made in China. Not entirely sure why they would offshore only part of the product line, or if I believe that - but there you go.

Elliott drills are lovely machines, good luck with your latest aquisition - I think that would be a bit too large for my workshop, Although I have lusted after a Kerry 100, but I can't really justify a large second drill as I have a mill and limited space. Some other classic quality drills were...