Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/09/12 12:46 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 12:46 PM I think king chrome has lifetime warranty.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Donating Members 553 Member For: 15y 6m 1d Gender: Male Posted 15/09/12 12:57 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 12:57 PM Snap on spanners, rest of it kincrome will be fine.goodluck with the apprenticeship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussa Donating Members 220 Member For: 13y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: Gippsland Posted 15/09/12 01:17 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 01:17 PM I would vouch for kinchrome, bahco and some sidchrome items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 15/09/12 01:33 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 01:33 PM Repco are alright.. Look into your employer supplying then with a grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barracuda Dude Member 8 Member For: 12y 2m 9d Posted 15/09/12 01:36 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 01:36 PM Yeah, I already get a few thousand for tool allowance. Hopefully I should learn allot with Simon at XFT. Looking forward to starting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adie Not pregnant Donating Members 2,238 Member For: 12y 11m 16d Gender: Female Location: Melbourne Posted 15/09/12 05:17 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 05:17 PM TTI stuff is pretty good - comparable to sidchrome. Sidchrome is decent too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 30d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 15/09/12 05:28 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 05:28 PM Most of my socket sets and spanners are JBS and I can't fault them, they had more in each kit than sidchrome and that was what swayed me, lifetime warranty too. Only thing to watch out for with kinchrome is the rebadged stuff in the kit that is just a generic Chinese/Taiwanese tool with kinchrome branding. SP tools do decent kits and have a lifetime warranty too.Most important thing is lifetime warranty. Don't touch anything that doesn't have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 15d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 15/09/12 08:03 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 08:03 PM Congrats on the apprenticeship mate, your going to use these tools for a long time so look at the good stuff.My mechanic mate has a lot of snap-on,he reckons its favourite , quality feel and build to them. What does your employer use/recommend?You can always buy snap-on later as the funds allow, ebay US is a great place to buy them.For the home garage I use bahco-(sandvik) , top tul and king tony. Koken is another great brand if the funds stretch that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 3m 28d Gender: Male Posted 15/09/12 08:42 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 08:42 PM (edited) If your just starting out I wouldnt bother with snap on or bluepoint, kingchrome are good for the price. The first kit I got was FORCE and some of it has out lasted my snap on stuff.<br /><br />The one thing I will say is buy a set of snap on or bluepoint ratchet spanners, best investment youl make. Also stay away from teng tools, may as well work with a brick. <br /><br />Also SP make some great stuff, my rollcab and top box and side cupboard are all SP, great quality Edited 15/09/12 08:44 PM by bionicxr6t05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 16/09/12 01:02 AM Share Posted 16/09/12 01:02 AM Nice one getting an apprenticeship at XFT. Will keep an eye out for the new bloke down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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