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Munkul
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Beta are very good tools
on par with most of the best manufacturers.They make a few lemons, like their hex keys, but by and large most of their stuff is well made and well priced. I don't like their ratchets but I do like their sockets and combi spanners. They also make very good hub pullers.
Oh, and the flat chisels are awesome!
I don't have affinity to any one brand, I prefer to buy the one I like at the time for a good price.
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Hex keys ... Uhm... I could advise the PBSwiss ones but are something around 80 euros for a complete set (1.5-10mm set)Beta are very good tools
They make a few lemons, like their hex keys, but by and large most of their stuff is well made and well priced. I don't like their ratchets but I do like their sockets and combi spanners. They also make very good hub pullers.
Oh, and the flat chisels are awesome!
I don't have affinity to any one brand, I prefer to buy the one I like at the time for a good price.
About ratchets there are different models and I don't like the cheapo ones
Also pilers are almost useless for me ,I do like the seeger snap rings pilers but all other types of pilers I'd go with Knipex .
Also electrician scissors I do prefer other manufacturers .
I'd like to try their DMM and T slide hex keys
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We have started using RS components branded hex keys, and they are superb. It's a funny thing, the "off-brand" makers are better at hex keys.
Cheapo Draper keys for years were as good as anything else on the market... I bought 10 packs at a time for a while so I tried a few different brands. Wera, Beta and Teng were all terrible, they lasted 5 minutes.
The only reason I switched from Draper is their new plastic holders aren't practical.
I actually have a set of those Beta electricians scissors and I love them
Cheapo Draper keys for years were as good as anything else on the market... I bought 10 packs at a time for a while so I tried a few different brands. Wera, Beta and Teng were all terrible, they lasted 5 minutes.
The only reason I switched from Draper is their new plastic holders aren't practical.
I actually have a set of those Beta electricians scissors and I love them
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I’ve got some of the Wera colour coded handle sets and think they are okay.We have started using RS components branded hex keys, and they are superb. It's a funny thing, the "off-brand" makers are better at hex keys.
Cheapo Draper keys for years were as good as anything else on the market... I bought 10 packs at a time for a while so I tried a few different brands. Wera, Beta and Teng were all terrible, they lasted 5 minutes.
The only reason I switched from Draper is their new plastic holders aren't practical.
I actually have a set of those Beta electricians scissors and I love them
you can’t beat Unbrako but you just can’t find a set of them anywhere
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Something like driver bits I refuse to pay more than 10 euros for a set because I've had experience with expensive one which don't last as long as cheap Lidl onesWe have started using RS components branded hex keys, and they are superb. It's a funny thing, the "off-brand" makers are better at hex keys.
Cheapo Draper keys for years were as good as anything else on the market... I bought 10 packs at a time for a while so I tried a few different brands. Wera, Beta and Teng were all terrible, they lasted 5 minutes.
The only reason I switched from Draper is their new plastic holders aren't practical.
I actually have a set of those Beta electricians scissors and I love them
Sometimes it's not the brand that matters
Of course when you buy a tool or an accessory for a tool that is intended to be used and abused you can't go with cheap stuff .
And with that being said I tend to give my money to a domestic brand , but sometimes I really can't because if I buy something expensive I pretend it to last
I've worked in ironmongery for a while two years ago and I am in good rapport with the owner so he gives me Beta stuff for almost free ,an example the snap rings pilers ... I've got them for free ,the combination spanners I've paid them only 100 Euros finished price instead of 180+Vat (IVA in Italy which is 22%)
And a lot of small other things like 3M scotch 33 a tape for free every time I buy something from them ,locktite for half the price etc ...
About the scissors , which model do you have?
I'd like to try the bigger ones which have the blade similar to a step drill and progressive handles to reduce the effort of power required to cut something .
I currently use the USAG 207D (another Italian company but it has been bought by facom and later by Stanley Black and Decker)
Those are similar in design to the intercable F1 (another Italian company specialized in electrician tools )
Most of the electricians here use the F1 and claim them to be the best of the best but they say also that they replace them every month ,my scissors are 5 years old and despite some scratches are still as good as the first day
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These bad boys
https://www.beta-tools.com/en/produ...ith-graduated-milling-profiles-with-case.html
They're as excellent as they look.
We have a lot of bigger and older Umbrako hex keys at work, if i could get regular 1.5-10mm sets of them then I would. Also struggle to get imperial sets full stop!
https://www.beta-tools.com/en/produ...ith-graduated-milling-profiles-with-case.html
They're as excellent as they look.
We have a lot of bigger and older Umbrako hex keys at work, if i could get regular 1.5-10mm sets of them then I would. Also struggle to get imperial sets full stop!
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I have not finished it off but i did get the stone from neighbours wall and got it to site so heres nearly the end pics for you
we did find something strange though my mums house is the oldest but we found the foundations went really low on one side of the house
this part of the house is an add on to the original property in years gone by
we did find something strange though my mums house is the oldest but we found the foundations went really low on one side of the house
this part of the house is an add on to the original property in years gone by
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Those are the ones I'd like to try
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I really like Facom ball end hex-keys, especially now they've redesigned the plastic holder. The holder now grips the keys positively, whereas the keys slipped out of the old holder after a few usage cycles. These:
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/hand-to...jpaa-ball-end-hex-wrench-(set-9)/p/ZT1011402X
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You'll be amazed to know that those are USAG rebranded
Munkul
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they're the ones I have in my own toolbox, I love the holder as well!
I'd buy these exclusively for the boys but they like these RS Pro ones better, cos you get more sizes.
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Wera do a nice imperial set in a yellow holder.
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I think that the current is probably little bit too high
Or maybe it's just you not giving enough filler material
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That was with no filler, rods don't arrive until today.
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7 lbs of Cherries from the garden. Left a little too long on the stove. Made 4 jars of Cherry-floavoured toffee. 
