Good Tool Storage? Portable? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

hobbitss · #5 07-12-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt L

Sears sells a plastic solution that works much better, even holding 1/2" deep impact sockets with little trouble. It's not very expensive. The only problem is that extra clips are only stocked by the larger stores.

The plastic strips that have attached plastic socket insert clips in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2??? I like those, have replaced most of the metal ones with them...
Wait for a Sears 50% sale and buy twice what you need, the extra clips are more expensive than buying extra strips with the clips... A few extra clips are good to have around since occasionally the ball bearing retainer will pop out of a clip...
Holiday season usually is time for weekly 50% off sales...
Every year or 2 Sears changes some small detail on its tools (marketing people creating a reason to keep their jobs) and they close out the earlier models... Perfectly good hand tools at discount prices with lifetime warranties....
Sears also has the heavy canvas style tool bags on sale from time to time, 2 bag set for $9.99... A couple years back they closed out a style of fabric Contractors tool brief case for something like $5.00 each, I bought a bunch and set up a basic tool kit for each car, special tool sets with things like electrical meters and wiring/cabling tools etc and then gave a few away as gifts... Some of this stuff you wont see in a store until they close it out and some great stuff only shows up in the catalogs...