jacko
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good on Halfords
I have just taken a 1/2 drive ratchet back to Halfords after having it about 18 months [ it broke ] and they replaced it without a quibble 
i will buy other tools from them in the future with that service
Jacko
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 21/3/13 at 07:34 PM |
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Pleased ive just bought this set then Jacko , I need never buy another tool ever again
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=178843
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bobthebuilder
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| posted on 21/3/13 at 07:44 PM |
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i also use alot of halford proffesonal tools. much cheaper than snap off,normally better quality and i have never had an issue with returning stuff
for a replacement regardless of which store i go to.
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 21/3/13 at 09:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bobthebuilder
i also use alot of halford proffesonal tools. much cheaper than snap off,normally better quality and i have never had an issue with returning stuff
for a replacement regardless of which store i go to.
Er, how is it better quality? I think it is quite good and I have some but it is no where near the quality of my SnapOn tools, some of which
I've had for 30 years!
http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x319/zephyr2000/General%20forum%20uploads/?action=view¤t=3DEngine.mp4
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 21/3/13 at 09:16 PM |
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they don't warranty their ratchets, which is annoying to me. It's basically the only part of a tool that'll fail generally.
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ashg
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| posted on 21/3/13 at 09:22 PM |
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i have got loads of halfords pro ratchets. i wore out the mechanism in the 3/8th ratchet, they said they dont replace broken moving parts, but they
did have rebuild kits for £3
p.s you did well to kill the half inch one they are bloody bombproof, had to give the 3/8th one some mega stick over 10 years of weekly weekend abuse
before it finally let go
[Edited on 21/3/2013 by ashg]
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
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Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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Staple balls
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| posted on 21/3/13 at 09:30 PM |
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I had to go back the other day with a 1/4" screwdriver jobber that'd lost the spring, swapped in 5 minutes, happy days.
They didn't swap the ancient dumb battery charger that released the blue smoke though. 
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 22/3/13 at 09:31 AM |
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I killed my SnapOn 3/8 ratchet giving it some serious grief on a seriously tight nut and stripped a couple of teeth.
Took it to the man in the van and he rebuilt it no question.
Must admit I tend to buy clarkes pro with the lifetime guarantee but had a couple of opportunities to acquire some snap on at a reasonable price
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Valtra
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 12:22 AM |
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Halfords Pro are generally Rebranded Draper Expert
"If it looks like it works and it feels like it works, then it works"
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SteveMX5
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 10:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Valtra
Halfords Pro are generally Rebranded Draper Expert
Are they? I'm pretty sure Halfords sets are made by Sykes Pickavant.
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Valtra
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 01:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveMX5
quote:
Originally posted by Valtra
Halfords Pro are generally Rebranded Draper Expert
Are they? I'm pretty sure Halfords sets are made by Sykes Pickavant.
Yes them as well , I think you'll find that there is quite a bit of interbreeding at that level of tool manufacture most "brands"
tend to buy in and re-label stuff to ensure a full range . I sell Draper and they have over 10000 different products in the catalogue so it makes
sense . If you go into Wickes you will also find their best tools are Draper , though having said that there is no guarantee that draper actually
physically make them anyway. Sadly the vast majority of tools now come from China and surrounding countries but provided the quality is there the end
user gets better value . The tricky bit comes when a buyer such as B&Q or Screwfix wield such buying power that they screw the manufacturer down
so much that the spec suffers . Rumor has it that this has happened with De walt Power tools from Screwfix which look OEM on the outside but perhaps
have plastic cogs and cheaper motors inside .
As with most things in life you get what you pay for BUT if you MUST have a certain brand sometimes you will pay extra for the name . In conclusion
Halfords tools are good tools and good value and the warranty like draper is usually no quibble despite caveats over miss use ( We all know that
ratchets get abused because we all do it)
"If it looks like it works and it feels like it works, then it works"
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