Think i saw that halfords professional range ( box sets) half price recently

My mate has one, absolute quality bits of kit

Doubt the ratchets would last very long in the lidl set
Think the halfords one, you can just buy and replace the mechanism in the ratchet if it goes iirc, rather than buying a whole new ratchet

Yup halfords ones are half price. Gutted im skint been after a good socket set for ages.

I have three, I keep breaking the boxes when the weather is better I will buy a box and put them all in that, they are quality for the price that they are.

Coming next Thursday...the heated seat cushion is bril..her indoors saw it today and now tells me she should get one ..take it out of the savvy no bugger else is using it..

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... =5&nf=TRUE

New offers coming to lidl...sunday special

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/of ... nday12.htm

Halfords make a lovely spanner.Very nice balance and feel very like a snapon.
By-the-by silverline also have a nice feel.

Got a good hand for that sort of appraisal, eh? Monami

McSav

I bought the big socket set and the ratchet spanners half price. They are awesome!!

Lidl..where value and quality comes first....

I worked for lidl and know everything is 'doggy doos'!!!

lol the ratchet spanner set i got, first set were crap. but second set seem good enough.

In my experience the quality from Lidl can be a bit variable - some items can be very good, others rather less so...

(a bit like the parts that make up a Proton then, lol)

For real jobs as in big work, tight things, Ive got and use Sealey, Draper, Britool, Halfords, Silverline, Record and Snap on there my big tools.

Then for normal medium and smaller jobs I use Lidl, Aldi tools and there fine for that sort of thing.

Any cheaper makes I wont tutch anymore knowing what will last and wat wont etc.

Thats the way I use my tools and learn't whats wat and got a good collection like a garage.

Well its time for a thread revival..

Decent battery charger.. other motoring stuff as well..

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl ... _35188.htm

Lidl..where value is cheaper..

I had a look at that and it didn't look bad at all.

Not much there in my branch of late..but they still have some old stuff to shift..stood looking at the compressor the other morning when I went over early to get some bread and cat food..was really tempted I have to say now I am a bit more mobile these days [fingers crossed] but came away without it..could imagine the comments from her indoors if I had bought it..

I got one of those powerstations - silverline one off Amazon , ideal if you need to jump start a car. Got a compressor on it as well.

Bit shy of buying a jump starter cos they have been known to fry an ECU with the sudden surge they can give a system..cant remember when I last bought a battery mind you..

Must be iffy jump starter then lol , never had issues jump starting with leads or the powerstation.

I think both our cars had batteries about 4 years ago - the evo is a tiny , tiny thing lol
For the coup I got a high cranking diesel battery.

I want one, but I want a 24v impact ratchet first.