Sealey Tools?

Nige muttered summat about:

Depends on how much use and abuse you give them! Brother (who is a mechanic) bought various different ones, with mixed results. Some were fine some broke and his pri bars bent! Me on the other hand have many sealey things and have got on fine, but then I don't use them day in day out. Have to say some pieces are better than others. I think the addage is true that you get what you pay for. Have some beta and blue point tools and they are indestructable, well worth the money!

I'm no pro, i already have some blue point & snap on tools, but not big enough for a LR!! # I just want to be able to do some reasonable jobs & they do seem reasonable in quality & price.

However, i have had a couple of Halfords socket sets & they are still in superb condition, having suffered all manor of ills from me!

Nige

-- Subaru WRX Range Rover LSE (Bob)

'"gimme the f*ckin' money"

Nige muttered summat about:

I tend to end up spending money of tools in order of how much it might hurt if said tool failed, hence I never skimp on ratchets, pri bars and spanners. The rest of my tools are made up of a range of makes some being sealey. Sealey premiere tools are good value, they generally do last well. Have a premiere 3/8 drive wall drive socket set that has been great. Their standard quality can be a bit poor. Its all relative to what you spend I suppose. All mine came from Lucas services (LSUK), went in local branch. Its best way of doing it as you can tell a lot from feel. They usually have all the same offers on. In fact that would be my advice, find a local dealer in sealey and go in, atleast that way you will have a bloke to shout at if it breaks.

The halfords proffessional range, I hate to say it, is extremely good.

Well, Sealey don't actually make anything. They just import. If you want quality go for Sykes Picavent or similar, if you want cheap buy from the market. My info comes from someone who works for Sealey.

TonyB

for a LR!!

quality & price.

superb condition, having

I'll second that, the sockets and spanners I've had from Halfords are still in mint condition after 6 years abuse, including being used in fields etc in the rain and snow and doused in brake fluid.

The ¼ and 3/8 ratchets have died though, but hardly a disaster.

Ditto Britool (don't get them of the vans though, use a motor factors, much cheaper).

Richard

I love my Britool spanners - unbreakable and still going strong after almost 20 years of daily (ab)use.

Yes funny that some stuff you see badged sealey you can see an identical one in say machine mart !!! Just goes to show they don't make the stuff themselves, do not know if it is the same quality though..

Rich

not just machine mart either just looking at various air impact wrenches I've seen the same kit as Amtech ( bought one) Aldi ,Valley tools and a few others I reckon theres a factory out in the far east with a complete set of self adhesive badges for all the major resellers excepting the garage professionals like Snap on et al Derek (my latest air tool is a SIp ratchet- retail therapy for men)

On or around Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:18:28 +1300, EMB enlightened us thusly:

yer not trying hard enough... I've a broken 1/2" ring spanner, "proper" britool before they got taken over.

Mind, it took ridiculous amounts of punishment before it gave up.