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boydkev

I am looking for a full tool kit for the house and this deal has appeared on Groupon today

225-Piece Tool Kit for €119.99 With Free Delivery
The make is Kraft Royal and comes in a aluminium storage box.

Am i right in thinking that the tools will be crap and be poorly made???????

jeepers101

Link?

boydkev

Sorry, for some reason i thought i could not post links.

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/gg-jlweb-7-6/43747245?p=11&nlp=&CID=IE_CRM_1_0_0_234&a=1676&utm_source=channel_goods&utm_medium=email&sid=5052b0b9-1745-4b20-bcc2-3150822793f3&division=national-deals&uh=8afae7ee-1916-44fa-a68a-0ca051ce02cb&date=20142208&sender=rm&s=body&c=deal_img&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=gg-jlweb-7-6-43747245

prospect

I'm never sold on those types of kits. Over time you will inevitably replace, upgrade, lose or break parts and you'll never get bits to fit into the molded compartments.

Personally I have a good quality tool box which I have filled with tools over time, getting special offers as I see them. But it is just personal preference.


For standard, about the house work, most tools are good enough quality.

oisinog

it really depends on the type of work you are doing. I know the tool kits from lidl are very light and not up to any heavy work I would imagine this is the same

lostboy75

as someone with a fairly extensive and quite good quality tool collection. i would have to say you do get alot for your money there. there are 10 ratchet spanners, even the stand alone aldi ones were 20 odd euro for 5 iirc. most household jobs dont need that good a quality of tools. i would have considered this as a starter kit. as tools get damaged or break, you replace them bit by bit with better quality. (if you break em, you have been using them) the tools that dont break will do you, or you just dont really need.
as Prospect says though your replacements may not fit the toolcase. so the case, while a tidy way of storing them, may end up dumped and replaced by a better option down the line, same as the tools.

lgk

Some of the individual tools are likely to be poor quality, and won't withstand lots of heavy use. But, they'll do the job for occasional light use, and you can replace the stuff you find most useful with better quality stuff as the need arises and you've a better idea what you need from the tools.