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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #15 - Jan 20^th, 2016 at 10:30pm

I have stahlwille and snap on , i prefer the stahlwille as the edge is more rounded / feels better in hand and the snap on chrome finish makes it slippery when it gets a bit oily. Never used the stahlwille sockets and ratchets so cant comment but the snap on stuff great , sidchrome good as well but im no fan of their ratchets in 3/8 drive , gear mechanism just feels really budget.

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Reply #16 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #17 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:28am

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am:

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

Mechanic is forgiven for not reading the thread first.

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Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

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Reply #18 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 8:00am

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am:

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

did not know repco made spanners.

Yes, snapon are wildly overpriced.
Not really a clever/catchy name either. Sounds like a leggo thing.

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Reply #19 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 11:01am

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am:

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

I was young and it was hard hopping off that truck without some shiny tools in hand

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Reply #20 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 11:22am

Bobby. wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:28am:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am:

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

Mechanic is forgiven for not reading the thread first.

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Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

I'm not sure what you are talking about bobby.. I didn't mention Sidchrome at all... Undecided

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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #21 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 9:45pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 11:22am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:28am:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am:

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

Mechanic is forgiven for not reading the thread first.

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Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

I'm not sure what you are talking about bobby.. I didn't mention Sidchrome at all... Undecided

The Repco ones are similar to Sidchrome.

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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #22 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 6:23am

Bobby. wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 9:45pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 11:22am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:28am:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 21^st, 2016 at 6:12am:

I use Repco

the set I have is 15 years old with a polished finish...

strong, slim and well balanced...

there are a lot of dearer and "claimed" better spanner sets and perhaps they are a good tool, but I do know that they are certainly dearer..

are they worth it?

if you have a tool set with a life time warranty and you are really happy with then why would you spend three times the money just because it says "snapon"??

Mechanic is forgiven for not reading the thread first.

Quote:

Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

I'm not sure what you are talking about bobby.. I didn't mention Sidchrome at all... Undecided

The Repco ones are similar to Sidchrome.

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no they are not...

if you had read... they are slimline, light and polished..

I will get you a picture when I can..

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #23 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 11:34am here's a picture of my tools bobby.. they are 15 years old this lot and am about to retire them... today in fact
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #24 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 11:34am
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111593 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #25 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 3:41pm President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 11:34am: here's a picture of my tools bobby.. they are 15 years old this lot and am about to retire them... today in fact http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/Untitled.png They look OK - look how fat the Sidchrome ones are:
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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #26 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 4:13pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 11:34am:

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/Untitled1.png

I'm at my mechanic's place regularly and know all the blokes there pretty well as you'd expect after about 12 years. The mobile tool boxes they have have become (decorated) phallic symbols. The Owner's is the biggest and the poor old apprentices have very little ones. And all hell breaks loose if a tool is missing from a box. Of course, whenever I go there, knowing that, I'll deliberately and sneakily move a tool from one box to another.

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