Going very slightly off topic but if you can get a discount at Halfords then their Professional range should not be sniffed at These tools come with a life time guarantee which is 'No Quibble' just keep the receipt. There are not the cheapest tools sold by Halfords but they are cheaper than similar quality items..
All very well until you find that the receipt was a till slip which has faded to a blank sheet! I bought my son a so-called "Professional" tool kit for his 18th birthday. The first time we used a "Torx" adapter to undo a brake caliper bolt, the adapter snapped clean in half. Also, the chrome is peeling off the spanners, making them unusable (unless you like razor sharp shards of chrome plating embedded in your hands). Total junk! The branch where I bought them refused to exchange or refund for the damaged items because their own till slip receipt wasn't readable due to it fading. The manageress accused me of "trying it on" and that she suggested I might have bought the tools at a car boot sale, cheeky bint!
Needless to say I now only use Halfrauds very much as a last resort. Items such as oils and filters are usually obtainable cheaper at my local motor factor. Also, Halfords staff level of technical knowledge is very poor. I asked for some half inch heater hose and was told they hadn't got any. I pointed to a box of the stuff behind on the shelf and was told it was the wrong size. It was 12.7 mm.... derr!
Terrible thread drift but.. from personal experience I had to put the other view to that, sorry.
