B&Q Torq 250 piece tool chest

ablelocks · 09-03-2015 4:34pm #1

I'm not sure if this is a bargain or not, but it looks alright.... B&Q have a Torq 250 piece tool chest for €97 - spanners/socket set/screwdrivers/pliers etc.

Leaving out the 120 or so small bits and bobs, it still seems decent enough value?

I don't know what it was previously priced at and can't find anything online about it...

dodzy · 09-03-2015 7:34pm

If it's a socket set you're after, id wait for halfords to run their sale on their advanced range (it reduces from time to time). Excellent sets and much better quality than any b&q offering. Lifetime warranty too I think.

paddydriver · 09-03-2015 9:56pm

Link?

cerastes · 09-03-2015 10:03pm

B and q wouldn't be the best quality in my opinion, whereas even lidl can be OK for certain uses, b and q is definitely cheaaap

projectgtr · 09-03-2015 10:13pm

These came up on Amazon , they come high recommended on HUKD if i didnt just get the Halfords professional ones i would have got these

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mannesmann-Socket-Bit-Set-Pieces/dp/B009I4HRDW/

ablelocks · 10-03-2015 12:05am

paddydriver wrote: »

Link?

Can't find anything online about it, so no link....I suspect it might be older stock they're trying to flog off.

It's a version of this which is priced at €70 instore.

Will take a pic of box tomorrow if I get a chance.

deckie27 · 10-03-2015 10:44am

projectgtr wrote: »

These came up on Amazon , they come high recommended on HUKD if i didnt just get the Halfords professional ones i would have got these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mannesmann-Socket-Bit-Set-Pieces/dp/B009I4HRDW/

There 1/4" drive. only up to 14mm.
That's not even big enough for a child's bike.

meathman0 · 10-03-2015 11:51am

dodzy wrote: »

If it's a socket set you're after, id wait for halfords to run their sale on their advanced range (it reduces from time to time). Excellent sets and much better quality than any b&q offering. Lifetime warranty too I think.

Halfords half price at the moment, tempted:D

jimgoose · 10-03-2015 12:09pm

The "Torq" brand stuff carried by B&Q is decent enough quality. I have a few bits-and-pieces from there, including some torque-wrenches which incidentally appear to be identical to wrenches from Laser and Draper Expert. Their 150-piece socket-set looks suspiciously like an equivalent set from Halfords, and I've a notion they're all made by Mac Tools in the USA for these retailers.

jimgoose · 10-03-2015 1:00pm

deckie27 wrote: »

There 1/4" drive. only up to 14mm.
That's not even big enough for a child's bike.

I wouldn't say that. There's a lot of fiddly small-ish stuff on cars, particularly newer ones. Ideally, you want decent 1/4'', 3/8'' and 1/2'' drive socket-sets, but for most enthusiastic amateurs such as myself one of those good quality 150-piece or more sets featuring all three major drive sizes is just dandy.

ablelocks · 10-03-2015 1:26pm

jimgoose wrote: »

and I've a notion they're all made by Mac Tools in the USA for these retailers.

might have been you that wrote it, but I did read somewhere else that Torq and Halfords were the same...

I'm probably going to buy it - I need an amateur set, not a pro set and for the money this looks like it's good value.

Even at half price, the halfords sets are still more expensive than this (and for this money, you'd want to be getting a big chest as well....)

jimgoose · 10-03-2015 1:28pm

ablelocks wrote: »

might have been you that wrote it, but I did read somewhere else that Torq and Halfords were the same...

I'm probably going to buy it - I need an amateur set, not a pro set and for the money this looks like it's good value.

Even at half price, the halfords sets are still more expensive than this (and for this money, you'd want to be getting a big chest as well....)

They look pretty good to me. Having said that, I myself bought the Halfords 150-piece set for €125 in 2009, and it is excellent.

projectgtr · 10-03-2015 9:24pm

deckie27 wrote: »

There 1/4" drive. only up to 14mm.
That's not even big enough for a child's bike.

Does most jobs on my car, a 10 a 12 and a 14 and i could take most of my car apart they joys of a jap import. Any ways just thought id share , might suit someone

ablelocks · 10-04-2015 7:57pm

ablelocks wrote: »

I'm not sure if this is a bargain or not, but it looks alright.... B&Q have a Torq 250 piece tool chest for €97 - spanners/socket set/screwdrivers/pliers etc.

Leaving out the 120 or so small bits and bobs, it still seems decent enough value?

I don't know what it was previously priced at and can't find anything online about it...

this is now down to €69 - 1 left in the limerick store.

Torq-250pc-Tool-Kit-in-Metal-Case (link to product picture, not to b&q site)

crasy dash · 10-04-2015 10:03pm

Any link to it cant find it what site for b and q are you using

ablelocks · 11-04-2015 11:42am

crasy dash wrote: »

Any link to it cant find it what site for b and q are you using

Like I said there is no b&q link - looks like it's an end of life product so in-store only and probably not in every store.

crasy dash · 11-04-2015 11:45am

ablelocks wrote: »

Like I said there is no b&q link - looks like it's an end of life product so in-store only and probably not in every store.

Thanks for the reply will be in limerick over the week end I'll have a look if I'm passing by there.

wasim21k · 13-04-2015 11:16pm

Still few left in naas b&q

ablelocks · 22-05-2015 10:27pm

ablelocks wrote: »

this is now down to €69 - 1 left in the limerick store.

Torq-250pc-Tool-Kit-in-Metal-Case (link to product picture, not to b&q site)

still 2 of these left in B&Q limerick, along with individual Torq items (various size spanners, ratchets) on clearance - circa 3-7 euro each.

B&Q Torq 250 piece tool chest

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