Tool porn

Looks good.
Can it be locked/strapped shut for transport?
Wheels - plastic or rubber?

Stuff like this I feel is best to touch and feel, get a better of idea whether it’ll work for you or not.

I've got the top part of this and plan to get the bottom wheelie half at some point when I get around to cleaning up my tools/parts collection.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cbb217bgc-hd-plus-29-black--gold-7-draw/

Thanks all.

@hippy would like something like that if the space I had was more permanent, but I rent a garage away from my flat and will likely be giving it up shortly. The more compact Stanley option I can wheel up the road and store in my flat easier as and when I need to. Think what you have is a lot bigger.

Also found this SGS one which I prefer the look of but I reckon the Stanley one will be more robust.

Sorry for thread derail, was prob a better one for this.

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Fair. Mine is big and heavy (ooh nurse) and will be bigger and heavier with the bottom section. But it lives at home and will basically be long term storage for everything I can fit in it.

Stairs will be your nemesis. I'm guessing price is part of the equation too because you can make a version in Tanos/Festool that you can take apart to get it up and down stairs.

Can say for the others but I have a milwaukee one that's on wheels and its decent, pricey tho.

@ChainBreaker had something like this, and then sold it.

I did. But I moved it on cause I moved into a flat. Lol. I cant wait to have a house with a shed with a toolbox or 10

Rutland sell these geared angle driver add-ons. We used them for torque'ing difficult to reach grub screws. I'm sure it's rebranded and availiuble cheaper elsewhere, but it's pretty good quality and didn't affect the torque setting:
https://www.rutlands.com/products/right-angle-bit-holder?_pos=1&_psq=right+angle&_ss=e&_v=1.0

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I’ve got the older version of that Stanley set and the Clarke top and bottom cabs that Hippy posted. Both have different functions so bear that in mind.

The Clarke HD cabs are not very portable. Once full of tools they can be wheeled around a workshop but they’re too heavy to lift. The Stanley set is more portable but the wheels on mine were rubbish and couldn’t take being wheeled from station to place of work (which was frustrating) so I’d recommend seeing one before you buy it. Bear in mind they’re sort of designed to be sold in Homebase so that’s the sort of quality they are. Things like the handles and small fittings just aren’t up to the job. That other set you posted looks better quality.

because you can make a version in Tanos/Festool that you can take apart to get it up and down stairs.

Plus if you layout your Festool boxes by task you can take just one box with you to do (say) brake related stuff, rather than have to take the whole stack.

the whole stack.

Can never have enough roller draws though

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Can never have enough roller draws though

This. The Clarkes ones are very nice. No matter how angry I am with whichever bike I've just broken... softly softly closey closey. :D

Thanks all. I won’t be lugging it around too often, Stanley one is prob the best bet given it’s relatively cheap (£99), and a lot lighter than the SGS one. The SGS one has those nice roller drawers tho for sure, so it’s tempting.

I’d like summat fancy, but the appeal of these is you can use them without unstacking. Not sure festool etc do that? I’m not going down that route anyway, not until I have a proper workspace in my life to invest in. I’m mainly doing bike maintenance in the living room and I don’t see that situation changing anytime soon.

Festool drawers work without unstacking but they're not on rollers. There are several different formats of drawers through Tanos who make the Festool boxes.

Late entry but as it goes I was looking at the Stanley fatmax stuff via Toolstation last weekend, I really want to believe that standard Stanley will be just as good - but I think there was new stuff there including draws

£48 on eBay ffs

How much do you want to pay? I probably don't really need two 💪🏻

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That is just lovely

Just coz I'm into it, big box or tote, draws and bag ~£85. Wheels are pricey, big box + wheels add £60 (there are three options possibly cheaper elsewhere). I wouldn't underestimate the value of a bag (despite the threads love of foam inserts) but does it need to be stackable idn

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This will last a lifetime, I can just tell.

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mine lasted two years now it's blunt as hell
two years later, the pedros one is doing slightly better

My Pedro's one was binned a few years back as that was shit, really cheaply made compared to this. You did keep your receipt for the park tool one didn't you? For the lifetime warranty.

My Park one is doing brilliantly... mostly because 90% of my bike are Di2 and/or hydro so I don't use it :D

So wear is relative to use then 🤔 😉.
@platypus I will actually reconsider the tool now if it is that soft.... yay for free Wiggle returns.

The only Park Tools I've found that are any good are the incredibly expensive, use them once a year if you're lucky, absolutely job specific ones. Everything else then there's always a non-bike brand who make a better one