ADVICE please (tool bag / box reccomendations)

SPARK2B · May 4, 2014

hi all, hope you are all well and enjoying this 3 day weekend, be you working or off or both.

firstly, my first year of level 2 is about to finish within the next 6 weeks or so,....i have learned so much since i signed up for college in sept and started this new route, and have gained invaluable advice from the discussions here and from members in private messages,...all more appreciated than i can express on here.....

many thanks to all !!

NOW,.....TO BUSINESS, the kit / tools is growing, and i am soon to be applying for trainee / mate work (as soon as the savings start to run low ........my question is,..what to keep it in, i am buying decent kit, so would like something nice to keep it in,...do you recommend......

...tool box,.....?

....tool bag,....?

...open top type bag,.....?

just to fit hand tools , drill, hammer, bolster, tape, fittings etc in..

..and any recommendations for a belt pouch for drivers and snips etc etc,....as one i had before although not cheap, was shallow and often spilled bits and bobs

so guys, advice on this and any links most appreciated

*****I CANNOT, AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE SPEND THE MONEY ON A VETO PRO-PAC***** YET.......

as always, your input is most appreciated

SPARK2B

shanky887614 · May 4, 2014

uksparks said:
I am sure you have a nice bag and are happy with it, but am confident my £190 bag will be of better quality and more suited to our trade. I'm afraid I'll have to agree to disagree with you.

i agree that some tools are the same, but on the whole they are quite different.

can you post a picture? it sounds like a good option for op

GMES · May 4, 2014

YOUR like a bunch of bloody women argueing over bags, my bags bigger than your bag. You will all be bloody dancing round them next, get yoursen's a good cantalever metal toolbox.
Right i finished now, so carry on Girls :sifone:

Engineer54 · May 5, 2014

uksparks said:
The Stanley fat max open tote bag is good, and as shaky says, the facom bag, that looks nice too, I keep the Stanley bag in the van just with the heavy bits in like files and hammers etc.

I tried them, but still went and bought two Veto Pro Pac OT-XL bags at £185 a shot, nothing comes even remotely close to them in quality or functionality.

engineer54 has the right idea, best of spending it on tools, but I think he is just jealous because he hasn't got one lol :yesnod:, he still uses a tesco carrier bag, me personally like to have top quality bags to carry my tools in, but...tools are more important that the bag.

I still have and use, the all leather sectionalised tool bag i was issued with as a 2nd year apprentice, which is very similar to those issued to old LEB electricians. I doubt very much if the VETO or most of the other modern logo'd grossly expensive tool bags will last as long as mine has, and mine wasn't new when it was issued to me either!!

tomfj · May 5, 2014

I use 2 bags and a toolbox, 1st a small army surplus radio bag (had it 10 yrs) and 2nd a ck technician backpack for about a year (no complaints) and then a toolbox(stanley fatmax) for the larger and rare use items the best of the lot is the army surplus bag 5 quid takes plenty screwdrivers spanners crimpers meter wire strippers allen keys essentially a lot ,for me its why lug everything when you can take only what you need even if it does look like a camouflaged handbag

Chrisuk · May 5, 2014

Grab totals yourself a bargain boys and girls

At first it said the Stanley fatmax tool bag costing £39.99 at homebase was going to cost me £19.99 plus £3.95 p&p

When I went to pay it only cost £20.95 in total

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181389619402&alt=web

Half price, not bad at all

[ElectriciansForums.net] ADVICE please (tool bag / box reccomendations)

shanky887614 · May 5, 2014

Chrisuk said:
Grab totals yourself a bargain boys and girls

At first it said the Stanley fatmax tool bag costing £39.99 at homebase was going to cost me £19.99 plus £3.95 p&p

When I went to pay it only cost £20.95 in total

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181389619402&alt=web

Half price, not bad at all

I had one of those, there not as hard wearing as you think I destroyed mine after less than 6months (my first tool bag at work when I didnt have any tools)

Chrisuk · May 5, 2014

shanky887614 said:
I had one of those, there not as hard wearing as you think I destroyed mine after less than 6months (my first tool bag at work when I didnt have any tools)

Let's hope I can get more than 6 months out of it, I actually bought a 19" tool bag yesterday,a very similar design, as leather flap over the top so it's not always open like a tote bag but then I saw the Stanley for £20 today so thought I'd buy that also, the 2 will hopefully last a year+

Chrisuk · May 5, 2014

GMES said:
YOUR like a bunch of bloody women argueing over bags, my bags bigger than your bag. You will all be bloody dancing round them next, get yoursen's a good cantalever metal toolbox.
Right i finished now, so carry on Girls :sifone:

Give me room girls,I now have 2 bags to dance around ha

GMES · May 5, 2014

Learn to look after your toys , Boys and Girls

Englishman · May 5, 2014

Had my fatmax open tote for nearly two years now, starting to show serious signs of wear and tear but it's essentially still perfectly functional

Resu · May 5, 2014

This is what I've used for the last 18 months with no issues. We are mostly domestic and it does me for all my hand tools and big enough to throw a drill in too, but not too big that you can fill it up and not lift it!

GMES · May 5, 2014

Resu said:
This is what I've used for the last 18 months with no issues. We are mostly domestic and it does me for all my hand tools and big enough to throw a drill in too, but not too big that you can fill it up and not lift it!

What do you rewire with that Resu " Doll's houses it's a little bit tiny :rofl:

Resu · May 5, 2014

Saves me carrying around a lot of unnecessary crap, that's just the day to day rig

GMES · May 5, 2014

Your all just playing at it . this is my compact tool case that caters fo most of my needs on a day to day basis

Chrisuk · May 5, 2014

@Resu
Yeah I looked at that but it looks a bit small so I went for the fatmax tool bag, it's bigger same price and can go on my shoulder and can be closed