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Agreed re £.
I'm after Wera Torx holding force bits.
[I've yet to try the Timber Wolf Hexstix 'Stick-fit' competitor,
I was gifted at a local Huws Gray builders' merchant, in a paying job].We may well bump into each other then.
mespilus-
Yes, maybe. I'm going with a friend, we've been to a few of them before. Actually helps me to spend less! I'm always on the lookout for odd little tools. Maybe a toolbag if something looks/feels right. Possibly some Snickers trousers.
I have an old Fein so I'll be checking out the trade in deal in advance.
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Wera Torx holding force
Found the Wera PH/PZ drive bits aren't amazing, Dewalts higher tier bits certainly last longer and don't fail spectacularly early (some Wera and Bosch blue that I've had in Ph2 for plasterboard and others have literally exploded within a few screws use).
Wera do make excellent manual screwdrivers though, PH1 + Ph2 + pz2 common sizes will hold screws as you walk around the room deciding what your going to screw it into. Think the 'lazer tip' is what makes the difference in fit, very snug.
'THE' philips screw company screws (red + yellow box?) are fantastic, have become my go to every time I'm at buildbase. Come with their own bits depending on size and you can hang a milwaukee m18 impact + 5 amp off them on a wall even once its done a few hundred of them. Weirdly the supplied bits 'look' like a conventional philips, but do not work in other brands philips or pozi screws, nose is too fat. But you CAN drive 'THE' philips screw company screws with a regular PH or PZ bit, kind of weird. Also can think of very few that have ever snapped or rounded.
Stay well clear of Screwfixs own brand screws (maybe the top ones are OK), and 'DIALL' branded screws and wall fixings from B*Q (sort of the same company), they are not made from metal, instead some kind of flour mixed with used plastic maybe.
Airhead
BrickMan
There are typical so many temptations that you will spend 2 or 3 times your tool budget for the year 😁
I'll be there on the Friday. I've missed it the last few years but been to the electricians/builders one which is similar. D&M ones have been great in the past though.