Lidl Car goodies - Monday 14th January

bazz26

Folks,

Just a heads up that Lidl have their car stuff back again.

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/SID-AB90643B-FEFC8359/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/offerdate.htm?offerdate=27570

drunkmonkey

Mmmm a €20 jack, if only I had a €20 head.

Supergurrier

Im gonna buy 5 of the girl in the showers

M44B19

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Mmmm a €20 jack, if only I had a €20 head.

Those jacks are decent, Have mine about 18months now and with regular use it's been perfect.

budgemook

Can anyone comment on the battery charger and the mobile phone holder (I have a galaxy s3)?

fonecrusher1

Thats great. I was actually on the look out for one of those mobile phone holders.:)

Buffman

M44B19 wrote: »

Those jacks are decent, Have mine about 18months now and with regular use it's been perfect.

Yep, I'll second that, I've had one since they first sold them in Lidl, so must be 5 or 6 years, it's a good piece of kit. Great value at that price.

But I still wouldn't be sticking my head under any car without using axle stands, no matter what the jack cost.

Luckily I got a set of those in Lidl for €10!:D

goz83

Same here. Got the jack and axle stands in lidl and have them ages. Don't get much use, but handy when I need them.

Gary ITR

Buffman wrote: »

Yep, I'll second that, I've had one since they first sold them in Lidl, so must be 5 or 6 years, it's a good piece of kit. Great value at that price.

But I still wouldn't be sticking my head under any car without using axle stands, no matter what the jack cost.

Luckily I got a set of those in Lidl for €10!:D

Laldi axle stands have been known to fail, be careful

steveone

I've my axel stands in regular use with no probs.. although tools etc I get from them tend to be crappy..

budgemook

Gary ITR wrote: »

Laldi axle stands have been known to fail, be careful

source?

Buffman

Gary ITR wrote: »

Laldi axle stands have been known to fail, be careful

You peeked my curiosity so I've actually spent a few minutes googleing that, but couldn't find much info, do you have any specifics? There's a mention on a post here but the poster seemed to be using them incorrectly from my reading of it. I'm not saying they've never ever failed, but it's rare that any product is 100% defect free, no mater what the price.

If there was a specific problem I'd have be expecting to have heard about all sorts of court cases and recalls.

Just for anyone who doesn't know, these stands are what we're talking about. Usually come in about every 6 months at a guess.

Lex Luthor

have one of those axle stands for about 5 or 6 yrs...no trouble at all

Kenny Logins

Personally, I wouldn't feel safe using those axle stands, but if you're getting away with it and saving a few €€... :P

Halfords do a sturdier pair for thirty quid (or €25.50 with Axa discount).

giant_midget

The iphone holder looks good.

Kenny Logins

giant_midget wrote: »

The iphone holder looks good.

The LHD car mats don't...

Mr Benevolent

Gary ITR wrote: »

Laldi axle stands have been known to fail, be careful

Never had a problem with them. Where are you getting this info from?

hi5

Gary ITR wrote: »

Laldi axle stands have been known to fail, be careful

I don't know about failing, but the car will move(wobble) with them under it, I have a pair of them and thats enough reason for me not to use them.

I use these, also a lot higher, giving you more elbow room.
http://www.jebbtools.ie/6-ton-axle-stand.html

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

would that phone holder be any good ? the current one I use with the galaxy s3 shakes all over the place

Matt Simis

Kenny Logins wrote: »

The LHD car mats don't...

Put them in upside down!

cletus

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Mmmm a €20 jack, if only I had a €20 head.

Just asvwell you dont use your jack for when your under your car

cena

The jack looks like a good offer.

MidlandsM

NICE MAN BAG! ohhh errrrrr

air

The luggage looks decent enough.
I bought one very similar to the one at the rear of the pic (upright - 50x35x20cm) in a Lidl in Spain 5 years ago for 25 euro.
I've used it very regularly since and it's still in perfect condition, it also fits the Ryanair cage at the airport.
The one pictured has a slightly different fabric covering though so would have to take a look to see if the dimensions or construction have changed but it looks pretty much identical.

cena

So did anyone get anything from Lidl for the car. I never got in yet. Maybe later

langdang

The bulbs are good, well the +50% ones are. Will pick some of them up later or tomorrow maybe.
Don't need anything else really.

Ded_Zebra

I was in the lidl car park at three min to 8 this morning. I was the first customer in the shop and came out with a radio and an iPhone holder . Put the holder on the windscreen in the car park, It's ok but by no means a quality item(feels very grotty really) but it does the job.

Neilw

cena wrote: »

So did anyone get anything from Lidl for the car. I never got in yet. Maybe later

Charger and wheel storage stand.

v240gltse

hi

I got the wheel stand this morning, seems good quality and its holding up 4 * 17 alloys ( and tyres) with no issues at the moment.

happy enough

Mac128

I got 2 of the chargers, but I can't get either of them to recognise /charge a flat battery. They just go into standby when connected and pressing the mode button does nothing.
Think I will be taking them back...

Hal1

I was looking at the wet&dry vac. I wonder if it's anyuse, anyone bought one?

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_28461.htm

Silvera

MidlandsM wrote: »

NICE MAN BAG! ohhh errrrrr

Those boot storage bags are brilliant.
I have two in the boot of my car for years now and they are
great for storing towrope, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, etc etc

dgt

Silvera wrote: »

Those boot storage bags are brilliant.
I have two in the boot of my car for years now and they are
great for storing towrope, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, etc etc

I'm too cheap to get one so a 38a box does me fine :pac:

bf

Hal1 wrote: »

I was looking at the wet&dry vac. I wonder if it's anyuse, anyone bought one?

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_28461.htm

I bought one last year and its great for doing mats etc

00833827

Mac128 wrote: »

I got 2 of the chargers, but I can't get either of them to recognise /charge a flat battery. They just go into standby when connected and pressing the mode button does nothing.
Think I will be taking them back...

same thing happened mine - got it last year, worked a few times, then went to charge a battery after Xmas, its stuck in standby.

Ded_Zebra

00833827 wrote: »

same thing happened mine - got it last year, worked a few times, then went to charge a battery after Xmas, its stuck in standby.

We have two of them for years and both still work perfectly. However they will not charge a battery if the voltage is under 9v.

Mac128

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

We have two of them for years and both still work perfectly. However they will not charge a battery if the voltage is under 9v.

Not much good for charging a flat 12v car battery then.

12 element

Mac128 wrote: »

Not much good for charging a flat 12v car battery then.

A car battery at 9v is well ****ed anyway I'd say!

Mycroft H

12 element wrote: »

A car battery at 9v is well ****ed anyway I'd say!

If it's 9v under load it's toast. Might just be a bit discharged otherwise.

94Conor

I think I'm gonna get some of those wiper blades... I really need a new set.