Draper tools, any good?
 

Looking to buy a Torque Wrench and they seem to be reasonablely priced for a well known brand but maybe I'm wrong?

For the amount of time you will use it, it will be fine.

i stay away from them brought a socket set and first use broke my 12mm in half and then my 15mm cracked in 5 places i wouldnt waste my money again

This is what puts me off getting the Halfords Advance Torque Wrench as I cannot really see me justifying the £70 pricetag for something i'll be using to torque up a sump plug and do the sparkplugs.

I have to say I bought a 3/8 Socket set for £20 and it has been great, so well build for the price.

Draper is ok but nothing like Snap-on. A lot of the stuff given to us apprentices at work was Kennedy stuff and to be fair aside from the toolbox falling apart, the tools have taken some real abuse in the 18 mons I've used them.

Catch them when they're on offer. Got a small Advanced socket set when £19.99 from £49.99 - excellent piece of kit. :thumb:

I take it Kennedy is a line that general public can buy too?

As said above i snapped that socket set up myself, absolutely brilliant compared to the dodgy socket set i had before.

Draper expert is good stuff, I have A 1/2" socket set, 3/8" socket set, torque wrench, spanners and ratchet spanners plus a few other bits all been given a lot of grief over a few years and had no trouble at all. All on a par with Teng, and Britool tools I have also.

The Halfords Pro' stuff is great assuming you get it on offer - normally up to 66% off.

Just returned from the USA with £700 worth of Makita power tools, which cost under £400 over there. Whatever you choose, it'll probably be cheaper abroad, should you know anyone who can bring it back for you.

I couldn't say actually mate :lol1:

sorry.

No problem them having different electrics then ?

Funnily enough i need torque wrench this week , and my 20 year old example seems to have gone :(

I had a draper jigsaw, was a shocking tool, absolutely useless, having said that I have a draper hammer drill which is pretty good.

It all works off the same 18v Li batteries. You can mod the charger to fit a 3 pin plug or simply add a step down at the socket.

Can't remember what make mine is, I only paid about £25 but it's had a fair amount of work and it's fine.
Don't undo things with it as that will knacker it. Also, always loosen it off once you've finished with it as leaving it at a torque setting knackers the spring and it will then not be acurate.

Should do you well enough for occasional use.

Les

Ive got a regular Draper torque wrench which is fine for occasional use, but my main tools are Halfords Pro, and like folk have said, its all been sourced while discounted. Broke the mechanism in the 1/4" ratchet on its first use, but got it exchanged without a single problem and the replacement has been fine.


We use Kennedy tools at work....cheap and cheerful, but tbh the only stuff to break is the ratchets, and most of that is due to them being used as hammers half the time lol