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TBH I think LAP have improved over the last couple of years, I've used a lot on rentals due to the usual cost cutting by landlords and they've held up well enough.

I do like Schneider kit but also Click.
 
I have used Crabtree for years. It's still ok, but I just don't like their sockets, as they stick out quite a bit compared to say MK or even the Lap ones.

Which brand is good to use? I do like the look of MK, but it's a bit expensive. I tend to buy in bulk and keep it in stock.
The new MK BASE ( basic I think ) is a good bet it is their new cheaper range but still has the MK QUALITY. Has push fit connections, only seen positive reviews
 
Who are you? ?

Cheers all, reckon I'll give click a go. I checked out a few older threads and it was pretty much identical suggestions. 80% click, 15% Hagar and 5% other.
Hager is /was my first choice , but the trouble up here is that around the wholesalers there is only one that stocks them, so most of the jobbing sparks end up it the big sheds and buy what they can get.
 
I have a good stock of these, but having difficulty sourcing the back boxes...

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They were great sockets, back when MK were the best with real quality. But the backbox would have to be installed dead level, imagine how that would turn out on the average new build estate now. ?
 
maybe not so helpful but I would avoid DETA, I feel the screw terminals were awful and I think it was the FCU that would not fit onto a single backbox unless you bent the top and bottom lug out of the way. This was a while back on a job that spec'd the brand.
 
I'll add to the Click gang - though I ordered some Hager recently since I was putting in an order for other stuff from a wholesaler - and they seemed very nice too and slightly cheaper.

Click are available at Toolstation though and the only issue I have ever had with them are that the electrical screws they provide have slightly narrow slots that my preferred screwdriver doesn't fit well...
 
The new MK BASE ( basic I think ) is a good bet it is their new cheaper range but still has the MK QUALITY. Has push fit connections, only seen positive reviews
Just don't mix up the BASE range (seem OK but not tried them) and the ESSENTIALS range, which appears to be the worst type of branded third party rubbish
 
Click Mode for me too. Though if there is a need for dimmer modules next to switches anywhere, I'll usually use the MK grid system and get the other light switches MK to match, they don't look too different in style from the Click Mode sockets

Slightly off topic, but installed a few (18, connected as a RFC in a workshop) of Contactum metal-clad sockets last week which the client had bought from TLC, and I was really impressed. 2 earth terminals on the socket, back box earth terminal very firmly crimped on and all in the same orientation (none of them spun round or snapped off when I tightened them up), sensible (i.e. short) pattress screws (so if using the side-entry KOs, no risk of pushing against a cable). The continuity readings were absolutely identical, at every single socket, for R1+R2 and R1+Rn (also r1, rn and r2 before I screwed the face plates to the back boxes). Very impressed.
 
Though if there is a need for dimmer modules next to switches anywhere, I'll usually use the MK grid system and get the other light switches MK to match, they don't look too different in style from the Click Mode sockets
If you want to use all the same make of switches and sockets, in case you're not aware, there is the Click Grid Pro system.
 
The new MK BASE ( basic I think ) is a good bet it is their new cheaper range but still has the MK QUALITY. Has push fit connections, only seen positive reviews
MK QUALITY. The last time I saw that was 30 - 40 years ago it went down hill when they introduced the twist shutter and has never recovered
 

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