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Is a monkey wrench a worthwhile investment?

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    #32
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Hendrix Proud Drink wrote: »
    Is the Halfords stuff that bad? I saw a sexy 200pc socket set(if a socket set can b called sexy?) in Halfords over the weekend, for ~€120. Looked good but I've no idea of the quality

    I've got a Goodyear 108pc set I got on Amazon a few years ago for ~€30-40. It's been abused by several cheater bars, and hammers, and hasn't rounded a nut on me yet.

    That Halfords Advanced Pro stuff is excellent, don't mind him.


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    #33
    4fvw6lcprxeoyq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭4fvw6lcprxeoyq


    jimgoose wrote: »
    That Halfords Advanced Pro stuff is excellent, don't mind him.

    Ah right, lol!
    Yea they've got ~4.8\5 ratings for most of their sets on the website. I can't imagine them making up fake ratings or anything.
    I got an air con refill at their store last week for €45, so they're in my good books at the moment.. :D


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    #34
    nigwerwig
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭nigwerwig


    I use a mid size one and very large one for tracking they can be handy. But in normal day to day I wouldn't go for one or if you need two spanners the same size but you only have one.
    They do work if you know how to use them


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    #35
    Bmw123d
    Registered Users Posts: 352 ✭✭Bmw123d


    Hendrix Proud Drink wrote: »
    Ah right, lol!
    Yea they've got ~4.8\5 ratings for most of their sets on the website. I can't imagine them making up fake ratings or anything.
    I got an air con refill at their store last week for €45, so they're in my good books at the moment.. :D

    The halfords stuff is ok for mucking around at home doing your own bits and bobs. Personally I wouldn’t rate them in a full on workshop environment.
    But then I’m more of a brittool and Facom kinda person.


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    #36
    jones 19
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭jones 19


    Handy for tracking, haven't used it on anything else, when it grips it has a great bite.


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    Jimmy Dags
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 172 ✭✭Jimmy Dags


    Bmw123d wrote: »
    The halfords stuff is ok for mucking around at home doing your own bits and bobs. Personally I wouldn’t rate them in a full on workshop environment.
    But then I’m more of a brittool and Facom kinda person.

    Exactly, handy for the YouTube mechanic.


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    #38
    fancy pigeon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,863 ✭✭✭fancy pigeon


    A stilson... Great for stubborn track rod ends, twisting struts into position on some steering knuckles (carefully, like on a Fiesta) and seized exhausts you don't care about for example.

    They have their uses in small doses


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