VimTools Magrail Dilemma

[lennoxlennox]

well... i was looking at the magrails and obviously the "TL" versions look great... especially in the 16" version.... but so pricey... tooltopia seems to be the best price as $23 and change

http://www.tooltopia.com/vim-mr16r20b.aspx

however the older style magrails are being blown out at great prices @ $5 ea. but at around 11" are a big discount over the newer (and better) model

http://www.vimtools.com/store/page7.html

seeing I want to buy several... was curious on those that have used either or both and can give me their opinions

 

[68-camaro]

The problem with the older ones are height. You need a deep drawer to make them work, specially with deep sockets. Still a good buy and nice product. I have quite a few of these and will be buying some of the newer style to supplement these.

 

[Fedwrench]

If you're going to buy several, consider buying the jobber pack from vim directly. It's not cheap at like $200 but, it cuts the prices of the TL rails to half of list.

 

[RKA]

Got a link to the jobber pack? I've looked several times and don't see it on the website.

 

[lennoxlennox]

If you're going to buy several, consider buying the jobber pack from vim directly. It's not cheap at like $200 but, it cuts the prices of the TL rails to half of list.

I can't find anything listed about the jobber pack... that sounds worth looking at... what is included in that?

thanks

 

[lennoxlennox]

I checked with them and they haven't done the "jobber pack" in over a year.

The best pricing I could get the 16" rails for was $23 and change from tooltopia.com or approx $1.50 an inch (by the way that was a little cheaper than the jobber pack pricing)

The Magnetic Titan rails worked out to about $1 an inch

The Ernst rails with rare earth magnets worked out to $1.60 an inch

as I wanted a bunch, as much as I wanted to go with the new lowprofile magrails... very ****! I just couldn't see myself dropping $360.00 on them

So I went back to Vimtools original magrails they are clearing out at $5.00 a rail or 50 cents an inch... almost as good as the new ones but a lot cheaper.... bought 24 of them (8 of each size) and I bought some extra t-studs to fit more on the rails

http://www.vimtools.com/store/page7.html

 

[Fedwrench]

That blows that Vim doesn't due the jobber pack anymore. I haven't seen the older magrails but, they look to have a lot taller profile but, the price is right.
Post pictures and let us know how they work out for you.

 

[el tanque prohibido]

So I went back to Vimtools original magrails they are clearing out at $5.00 a rail or 50 cents an inch... almost as good as the new ones but a lot cheaper.... bought 24 of them (8 of each size) and I bought some extra t-studs to fit more on the rails

The older style has to be mounted to something with screws, correct? What are you gonna mount them to?

 

[lennoxlennox]

yeah they are definitely higher profile than the newer magrails but that is one of the tradeoffs for price i had to go with... they still seemed much better than the ernst and titan overall at least from my perspective

you can mount them if you like to a tray or something else... i don't want them mounted though (i already have a multi rail tray) ... i just want the rails loose side by side in my box as i want to be able to just grab the rail i need