ADVICE please (tool bag / box reccomendations)

[SPARK2B]

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

 

[rmc86uk]

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 have just got rid of this bag as it is the worst bag ever!

 

[Chrisuk]

I have just got rid of this bag as it is the worst bag ever!

Bad quality?
Guess that's why they are doing it at half the price.
It's only for light tools though

 

[AlexGoode]

Stanley Fatmax 1-79-213 Plastic / Fabric Tote Toolbag 20" With Cover | Buyaparcel

i currently use this one and cannot fault it

 

[amckay]

Going off subject here but where are the best places (online) for people like spark2be to search and apply for work?

 

[rmc86uk]

Every job I've ever had as a subby has come from Direct Gov jobsearch.

 

[Chrisuk]

Stanley Fatmax 1-79-213 Plastic / Fabric Tote Toolbag 20" With Cover | Buyaparcel

i currently use this one and cannot fault it

The only thing that put me off that bag was no shoulder strap

Next time I think I'll go for this, it's only £20

www.buyaparcel.com/p/tool-bags/stanley-1-70-749-fatmax-18-round-top-rigid-tool-bag-330959/

 

[SPARK2B]

The only thing that put me off that bag was no shoulder strap

Next time I think I'll go for this, it's only £20

www.buyaparcel.com/p/tool-bags/stanley-1-70-749-fatmax-18-round-top-rigid-tool-bag-330959/

i like, i like,.......but,..£20 ?.......says £40 on the page,..still nice,......think i want this one!!....

 

[Chrisuk]

i like, i like,.......but,..£20 ?.......says £40 on the page,..still nice,......think i want this one!!....

I just clicked it and it does now say £40, I only clicked it because it did £20, strange

 

[Chrisuk]

i like, i like,.......but,..£20 ?.......says £40 on the page,..still nice,......think i want this one!!....

must of been this one, knew I wasn't going mad and it said £20

Don't know why it's blurry, it's a screen shot..anyway it says £20

 

[Geordie Spark]

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.

Engineer54 is far too upmarket to be seen dead with a Tesco carrier bag ... his all came from Sainsburys & Marks & Spencer.

I use ex-army and ex RAF haversacks bought from a shop that sold military surplus gear on the corner of Percy Street back in 1959.

I got a great army Great Coat from the same place. It was great for keeping the cold out on the cold winters mornings.

 

[edexlab]

Engineer 54 I don't know how much a bag like the one issued to you was when you received it, I saw an electrician with something possibly similar and had a good look at it ,

It did look ideal so I scoured the net for something similar and the closest ones were german and the same price as a veto or more, but nowhere near as good as the one I'd seen.

So I contacted a local saddler just to see if I could get one made to my design which was drawn up with simplicity in mind as I wanted to keep costs down

I nearly fell over when he told me the price!!!! and even though it would be well made and last for years I couldn't justify nearly £300

 

[shanky887614]

Engineer 54 I don't know how much a bag like the one issued to you was when you received it, I saw an electrician with something possibly similar and had a good look at it ,

It did look ideal so I scoured the net for something similar and the closest ones were german and the same price as a veto or more, but nowhere near as good as the one I'd seen.

So I contacted a local saddler just to see if I could get one made to my design which was drawn up with simplicity in mind as I wanted to keep costs down

I nearly fell over when he told me the price!!!! and even though it would be well made and last for years I couldn't justify nearly £300

ok to start with, you cant just buy a piece of leather you have to buy a hide so thats cheap.

if the sadler was using what they already have then it would have been bridle leather which is not cheap to start with

 

[PEG]

Well,i feel obliged to inform you that i have got plant worth hundreds of thousands back running using tools carried in a plastic bucket...if Bear Grylls worked industrial,he'd have a bucket too...:49:

 

[shanky887614]

Well,i feel obliged to inform you that i have got plant worth hundreds of thousands back running using tools carried in a plastic bucket...if Bear Grylls worked industrial,he'd have a bucket too...:49:

hey bob where is dwain?

 

[Rockingit]

Well,i feel obliged to inform you that i have got plant worth hundreds of thousands back running using tools carried in a plastic bucket...if Bear Grylls worked industrial,he'd have a bucket too...:49:

Lol....I was just thinking about all the times I end up emptying just the tools I need into a bucket before slogging off across some muddy site!!