![]() The kit also includes several opening tools and spudgers. I found that the driver could use a little more grip for those bits that were driven in with a machine by the last person putting your device together but otherwise it is a very useful driver set. The driver itself is pretty rugged with a couple of adapters. In addition to some standard slot, Phillips, and hex bit heads, the kit also includes some of those harder to find and more unique bits including pentalobe, JIS, torx, square, triangle, and tri-wing bits. Most of the 70 pieces are found in a 54-bit driver kit. The Pro Tech Base Toolkit is a 70-piece tool set that provides some great standard tools and some of those very useful and specialized tools. I had the opportunity to meet some of the iFixIt team at the Bay Area Maker Faire last month and they were kind enough to provide a couple of items in their tools line that help make the repair jobs featured on their website even easier. I have used their guides a number of times for upgrades and repairs to Apple products and fixing other family devices. They have comprehensive guides for repairing a number of consumer electronics products and some cars as well. My go-to website for working through a stripdown and repair job is iFixIt. A favorite website of mine to find instructions on how to strip something down and repair it offers a great toolkit that really helps you overcome those difficulties. Specialized screw heads, complex interconnects, and enough tiny screws to lose a few without even knowing they are gone make the job even more challenging. As the mechanical packaging and layout of consumer electronics is shrinking while also becoming more complex, this simple act of repair is becoming harder to execute with your standard toolkit. This means I am always taking something apart and, often, trying to put it back together. Less expensive than Snap-on, and perhaps not as high quality, but it will be the last one I ever need to buy.I'm a tinkerer, a Maker, and a parent. I buy Craftsman tools because they carry a lifetime warranty, I know it'll be the last one I ever buy of *insert tool here* but they will be more expensive than dollar-store solutions. Tl dr: You get what you pay for, and often times, saving up for a bit longer is worth the time invested. When my grandfather passed away, he left me his entire workbench, He's got craftsman tools that are surpassing 60 years old still rocking strong. Less expensive than Snap-On, and perhaps not as high quality, but it will be the last one I ever need to buy. I've got a specialized socket/ratchet set that ran $180. ![]() I have a relatively modest gunsmithing kit on my workbench that ran $250. One of the alternatives to the Roswill kit I linked was this:īut again, I have zero personal experience with it.Īs for their universal kit, specialized tool sets tend to be more expensive, it's the nature of the beast. ![]() The first two that I listed are the only two, outside of the Pro Tech kit that I use now, that I have first-hand experience with. On another note, LOOK at what their trying too sell now: ![]()
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