Good to see someone else from NZ on here. Your stahlwille collection is impressive.
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Swisstool inside?
It's the other way around with my ratchets, facom is super smooth compared to stahlwille. Not really a fair comparison though, the facom is 72tooth vs the 36 of the stahlwille 512
nice pry bars
No, a Victorinox "Farmer"
Yes they areI like the updated(upgraded) handles on the prybars
Are they hard handles?
It seems Festool now makes them (TTS-Cleantec) since they bought the shares from the former Kranzle-Cleantec company in 2009 where Festool and Kranzle produced the vacuums in the Kranzle factory. In 2011 Festool moved the vacuum production into their new factory a few miles away from Kranzle where they also produce the Systainers.
Brennenstuhl "Bremaxx" extension cable for garden tools:
The order has arrived !
the red one looks delicious !
it depends on how much you want to spend.... ?
€3.- for a made in italy knife ? Thats a pretty good deal !!!!!!!
the red one looks delicious !
it depends on how much you want to spend.... ?
but this way i also got two decent sets of sockets and ratchet(s) to replace my previous ones. Please do me a favour and don't buy more beta tools.They don't worth their prices.Here in Greece the mechanics think they are top notch but this is not true.They used to be good tools when they were made in Italy but not now.A good value for money sets are the facom rs 440e and j4apb which can be found for very good price online.I use the facom rs440e and it is brilliant,much better quality than the beta and it is a true professional set.Hazet 3/8" set arrived. i was too late to cancel its shipment and it would of cost me 20 to return back to germany.. so decided i can still use the socket etc anyways. not a total waste of money then.
everything in it feels very good and solid. sadly the ratchet just has too few teeth to be the kind i really want to use all the time. so i did some maneuvering with my sets to get them into use..
the hazet ratchet got joined with my SAE sockets. (ratchet in them got thrown away)
then i placed the hazet sockets into my mannesmann set (which is the set i carry in my car always.) the mannesmann sockets and extensions that i took out of it, went with the SAE setup as there was space in the box i keep them. (those sockets are easy to spot as metric as they are black)
on monday i should be gettin a another 3/8" set btw.
hopefully it will be the "user" set then.. Beta 910A/C16. i think i got a good deal out of it, paid 140 for it. (and this one i can return easily and cheaply if its not the kind i want.)
yes yes. i know, i know.. for price of these two sets i could of gotten one stahlwille set and some money left to buy new cheaper set too.
i got some beta screwdrivers too at the same time to try out. beta t202 set. its got only philips head screwdrivers in it. i like that. (they have handle like this one: http://toolguyd.com/beta-betagrip-screwdriver-review/)
personal gripe.. i hate to see screwdriver sets sold that have like 4 slotted ones and only 2 ph or pz heads.. i rarely see slot screws anywhere anymore.. and i cant remember last time i actually bought or used a slot screw.. ph or pz past few decades already.. and nowdays lot of torx screws. thats why i got dozen slot screwdrivers that i dont need nor use. it seems that often they sell the set with slotted ones to almost same price as i would cost to buy the two ph/pz/trx drivers on their own.
i dont think i have ever seen anyone selling sets with only torx + ph/pz screwdrivers (3+3 or 2+2+2 etc) for the same price as they sell the sets with multiple slotted ones included.
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Why is that doing you a favor?
They still make most of their hard goods in Italy, sockets, ratchets, wrenches in the least. And funny you mention the Facom sets, because they #1, they are importing from Taiwan more than any other European brand since Stanley bought the company, and #2, they share the same ratcheting mechanism design as Beta.
For that price you would get a pretty nice all metal cable reel. I think at that price point there is not much difference between these two brands. Brennenstuhl has nice cable guides built into the handle though (certain models). Maybe it´s helpful.
btw. Leitenberger: they produce in Greece too !
nice all-metal constructionBahco Pradines pruner
Bought it for €10 (flee market) for my father: "waaw, I only need half the force compared to my old ones"; "waaw, the spring doesn't pop out every 5 cuts"
....wow thats a exotic "bomb" handleMy new toys...
I always regret it.Monte, I know about the Aldi tools, although I sometimes still get suckered into them, recently 'a precision screwdriver set'
I hope those spax bits are better than the freebies they supply with their screws!
the Aldi tools couldn´t convince me so far but sometimes they have "swiss made" or "Made in Germany" kitchen accessoires or other stuff... 
For that price you would get a pretty nice all metal cable reel. I think at that price point there is not much difference between these two brands. Brennenstuhl has nice cable guides built into the handle though (certain models). Maybe it´s helpful.
if you don´t need that feature i´m sure you will be happy with a Hedi cable reel too
There is also Schill and AS-Schwabe
btw. Leitenberger: they produce in Greece too !
nice all-metal construction
To buy food at Aldi...ok....but tools...
wow thats a exotic "bomb" handle
Spax bits
I do ! HereI think you should work as a tool consultant
quick release or standard ?
i dunno who is the oem,but i found 2 manufacturers of "Made in Germany" barometers: Fischer and Wempe
btw. AldiMonte, I know about the Aldi tools, although I sometimes still get suckered into them, recently 'a precision screwdriver set'
anyone know where to find the OEM for this German-made weather gauge? I'd love to find the maker of this barometer. This is just a particular model made for a particular store. But I bet they have a lot of cool stuff.
https://www.bestmadeco.com/products/the-weather-station
