Best deals on Halfords professional

[Manbearpig]

My tool box is tired and missing stuff, and been promising myself one of these for years. Have a bit of combined birthday/fathers day cash saved up but not quite enough.

 

When is the best time of year for deals on honking big multi piece socket sets? Presuming fathers day and christmas, but what's the best deal you have seen?

 

I notice there is a "web exclusive " 1/2 price offer at the mo (with some free screwdrivers) but wondering whether to keep saving for Santa.

[Danblez]

There are offers on all the time, if you pay more than 50% you have dropped a bollock.

 

If you have a trade card then they are pretty much the same price at any time.

 

Just noticed they have been updated since I bought mine, even has a small breaker bar and ratchet adapters which is a nice touch.

[Cavcraft]

Trade Card makes them more expensive if there's an offer on.

[Manbearpig]

Ah right, so wait for a 60% off then!

 

Alternative is to just fill in the missing bits and invest in a good tool chest.

[Parky]

Bank Holidays usually see a special offer on. And with the World Cup I fully expect Halfords to start knocking out a half price Brazil themed socket set with a picture of Steven Gerrard on it or something if we make it past the group stages

[Manbearpig]

Just a heads up for any peeps wanting a nice tool set; this is the cheapest I've seen Halford's biggie for a long time, £130 ends today.

 

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/socket-sets/halfords-advanced-professional-200-piece-socket-and-ratchet-spanner-set

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Just a heads up for any peeps wanting a nice tool set; this is the cheapest I've seen Halford's biggie for a long time, £130 ends today.

 

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/socket-sets/halfords-advanced-professional-200-piece-socket-and-ratchet-spanner-set

That looks good for the money. Lifetime guarantee makes it a no brainer as well.

[colino]

That is a terrfic deal (though £124.99 if you know someone with a card) and the Advance range is even better value than the now superseded Professional (?) range as the lifetime guarantee also covers the moveable bits such as the ratchets.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I paid that for it about a year or so ago. It's very good but already loads one of the spanners

[richardmorris]

10% extra off with British cycling membership too.

I got the 170 piece one earlier in the year for £90.

[gordonbennet]

I shouldn't but might just grab that toolkit before the day ends.

 

My now very old Teng set is really just a big tray now, most of the original common sockets are lost, though the original 1/2" ratchet and surviving sockets must be made from extra terrestrial steel cos they're as good now as when bought some 30 years ago and the ratchet has been abused mercilessly but oiled now and again, i have separate sets of proper impact sockets, torx male and female, deep sockets, a set of Britool standard six sided sockets on a clip, have spanner rolls, ratchet spanners which have proved to be my most unused tools ever, even have a cordless impact driver for those suspension bolts which need a bit of rattling about to help them not snap off.

 

So why the hell do i fancy this, someone talk me out of it will yer.

 

Maybe someone knows of a really good pair of wind up axle stands at a bargain price (no Chinese shit), thats something i could do with and would maybe take me feeble mind off this bloody kit... a kit which i didn't know i wanted till clicked on this effin thread, so thanks lads you've probably cost me £130 for summat i don't actually need..

[Manbearpig]

That's the trouble innit, I have about 75% of everything there albeit cast to the 4 winds in various trays and drawers! BUT it would be nice to have it all together PLUS all my ratchets are knackered and replacing individual pieces is disproportionately expensive.

 

However the tumble drier just decided to go pop today, so it looks like this will go on next year's Santa list yet again

[colino]

These sets really don't need a second thought.  If they had a real breaker bar in them, they would be unbeatable.  I have one in each of the personal cars at home and the handful of might-need-them tools in sports bags, "emergency kits" that they have replaced have been thrown back in the garage.

[gordonbennet]

You lot aint helping, out to dinner tonight so hope i forget.