MK5 Golf GTI

General => Random Chat => Topic started by: MC71 on May 12, 2012, 09:57:50 pm

Title: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: MC71 on May 12, 2012, 09:57:50 pm

Thinking of getting some of these, anyone have experience of the Halfords Professional tools, or am I wasting my money. FWIW I thought they looked pretty good and this set is 1/2 price ATM.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_173083_langId_-1_categoryId_255215

Cheers  :happy2:

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: james on May 12, 2012, 10:03:55 pm

i have had that kit for 3 years, it has been spot on, use it most days.  All the bits i have broke they have replaced for free.

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: RENNTAG on May 12, 2012, 10:04:53 pm

I have this. Very good value for money at 1/2 price.  :happy2:

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: Baz300 on May 12, 2012, 11:16:11 pm

They always seem to be half price!

You get a lifetime guarantee with the professional stuff so if anything breaks just take it back to them for a replacement

Ratchet spanners are brilliant we have some at work and make life so much easier in Tight spaces

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: MC71 on May 12, 2012, 11:21:56 pm

Thanks fellas for your first hand knowledge. Always good to hear from peeps with first hand experience. Will be investing in these puppies in the next couple of days. Just need to find something on the car that needs changing/replacing/removing to give them an outing!
 Cheers, Martin
 :drinking:

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: vRS Carl on May 12, 2012, 11:27:20 pm

I have a lot of the Halfords Pro range tools and they are brilliant. One of my Ratchets broke a few weeks ago. I took it to my local Halfrauds and they just swapped it there and then in the shop no questions asked.

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: Snoopy on May 13, 2012, 08:44:51 am

A few of us stopped buying tools for work from the britool and snapon vans due to the amount of issues and have been using halfords pro stuff for a few years now with very little issues.

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: ktlstar on May 13, 2012, 08:49:06 am

The ratchets mechanism are not covered by warranty, However some people get lucky and get a replacement!

The whole kit is very good though for the price  :happy2:

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: Andy on May 13, 2012, 09:07:43 am

I also use thier tools and can't fault them

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: boxxer1973 on May 13, 2012, 10:31:09 am

You look through most build threads and there will be a halfords professional tool kit in the pic somewhere, great bit of kit for the money

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: Hurdy on May 13, 2012, 11:37:57 am

Agreed. Very good tool set for the money. Had mine a looooong time and only ever had to have one part replaced...for free!

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: Aweful_Truth on May 13, 2012, 11:41:22 am

I've got a couple of their professional sets and can't fault it! Strong tools and all have a good weight and feel to them :)

Title: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: DFish on May 13, 2012, 04:14:12 pm

Their Pro range is fairly good. I've had a couple of issues over the years with mainly the quarter inch ratchet and they have swapped it without any issues each time, just make sure you get the all metal version and not their new bigger plastic version. Yet to have a socket fail on me, the spanners are also pretty good. Not Snap-on standard but good for home use.

Fish

Title: Re: Re: Halfords Professional Tools??
Post by: muckipup on May 13, 2012, 04:53:56 pm

Great bit of kit!!..and a no brainer at that price. I would add a step-up converter for the smaller ratchet and a step-down for the bigger and perhaps add a larger torque wrench and then you have 99% of what you need for life.

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