Humbug
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| posted on 19/6/05 at 07:45 PM |
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Halfords: ratchet spanners £29.99
Seen in Halfords today: 8 reversible ratchet spanners for £29.99 "while stocks last": ratchet one end, C spanner the other, sizes
something like 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm.
Quality looks OK
Monday 20 June: N.B. these are not the flexihead ones
[Edited on 20.06.2005 by Humbug]
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/6/05 at 07:49 PM |
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10mm ratchets are very useful for tightening worktop bolts! But i always loose them  
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indykid
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| posted on 19/6/05 at 10:13 PM |
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from personal experience, quality is as good as the top brands, and they have a no quibble lifetime guarantee, assuming they are halfords
professional. change the 16mm for a 19mm, (and drop the 18mm to make 8) and that's the sizes.
alright, i work for them, but have no reason to plug them i just think they're worth the money.
tom
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DavidM
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| posted on 19/6/05 at 10:55 PM |
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My son bought me a set of these from the professional range. They really are good spanners.
David
Proportion is Everything
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stevebubs
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| posted on 19/6/05 at 11:16 PM |
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Buy them...now....one of the best tool sets I've ever bought. Make sure they're the flexi-head, though.
They also have an adapter that will accept screwdriver bits.
Only ones I can think of that would be more useful are the angled ones which can be used for undoing manifolds on tip-tops - they curve round into
awkward places you can't get a straight spanned into.
Quality of the majority Halfords Professional stuff is top notch.
[Edited on 19/6/05 by stevebubs]
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indykid
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| posted on 19/6/05 at 11:23 PM |
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i broke the hinge on my flex head 19mm, from my set, probably putting a bit too much force on a seized nut, so it would'nt hold it's
position unaided.
i got that replaced and that's a £14 spanner on its own! i paid just over £20 for my set 2 christmases ago.
can't fault it really.
tom
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marshall
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| posted on 20/6/05 at 05:29 AM |
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i use halfords socket sets 1/2 in and 3/8 and i have had them about 7 years
and they are steel going strong today
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 20/6/05 at 11:58 AM |
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The Halfords Pro stuff is generally good IME too, although I think with the ratchet spanners, the ratchet itself is exempt from the lifetime warranty
which is a bit cack.
[Edited on 21/6/05 by ChrisGamlin]
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Avoneer
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| posted on 20/6/05 at 04:24 PM |
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Aren't they made by Snap-On Tom???
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greggors84
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| posted on 22/6/05 at 06:30 PM |
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Yeah the halfords stuff is made by snap on now apparently.
I think if you just take the ratchet back they will change it. If they won't just take it to another store as they seem to have different ideas
on the guarantee. One store told me it was only 2 years as that was deemed to be the lifetime of the tool and i needed the reciept. Another store
changed a socket for me without a reciept no questions asked. I think it depends on the person you take it to as well and how good a mood they are in.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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donut
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| posted on 22/6/05 at 07:22 PM |
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Screwfix direct do a set for £19.99
I got some but not used them yet. Seem ok but not as good as pro stuff. You pays yer money!
Andy
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tony9876
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| posted on 22/6/05 at 09:00 PM |
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Got to agree with everyone but halfords pro range are really good quality. I have belted the small ratchet in my set with a ball pein hammer and it
still works
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indykid
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| posted on 23/6/05 at 08:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisGamlin
the ratchet itself is exempt from the lifetime warranty which is a bit cack.
[Edited on 21/6/05 by ChrisGamlin]
generally speaking, this is true, as most ratchet mechanisms (for ratchet handles)in the range are replaceable (there'll be kits somewhere on
the tool wall), but in the case of ratchet spanners, the mechanism is sealed, so i wouldn't think that was exempt from the exemption, as in it
would be covered. if they get narky, you'll just have to make sure a non ratchetting part of the spanner breaks
when mine broke, it was the wavy washer in the pivot that cracked in two places, so it didn't support the head anymore, so was replaced without
quibble.
as far as them being made by snap on? it's something that's always been banded about amongst various people i've worked with, but no
one's ever shown me any documentary proof.
if they were made by snap on, why are they a quarter of the price? that's not to say they're a quarter of the quality, and i still prefer
my halfords 72 tooth ratchets to the snap on ones i used on work experience.
halfords guarantee also includes the T40 torx driver, which snap on does not, being possibly the most broken tool ever by the sounds of it.
anyway, as has been stated, you pays your money, you takes your choice,
tom
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tony9876
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| posted on 23/6/05 at 06:14 PM |
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As far as i was aware they are made by teng tools.
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DEAN C.
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| posted on 26/6/05 at 10:51 AM |
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I bought a set of these about a year ago with the flex head on offer at Halfords for £39.99.
They are Gearwrench spanners(says so on the box),these are the same people that also make them for Signet and a few other top brands.
Dont think they are linked to Snap on though,but Signet are owned by Facom who also now own Britool.
PS.I paid £140 for my fixed head ratchet spanners with Gearwrench on one side and Signet on the other.
These are exactly the same set less a couple of the less commom sizes,buy with confidence because at least five of the lads in my workshop use these
everyday on lorries.
Once I've finished a project why do I start another?
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