Tool storage?..............................................

[Barnaby Stedman]

Hello all

I have a very comprehensive kit of electrical tools, including brands such as knipex, wera and wiha, and all different size tools. However, my storage seems very muddled and split up.
What do the pros do to store their tools?
any suggestions?

 

[ferg]

Pro? Wildly different meanings to that word.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I normally use a bread basket for carrying my tools in, with me buttys.

 

[ferg]

T-Stak cases for my power tools.

C.K. Magma technicians case and a ck magma tool tote.

The tote is on it's last legs after a few years of service.

 

[Barnaby Stedman]

ok thanks ferg for giving a useful and sensible answer
thats very interesting - is ck storage worth the cost?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I use a Stanly Fat Max back pack.
Not the one with wheels.

 

[MFS Electrical]

I change mine all the time bag, box, case, pouch, tote, backpack still really haven’t found one I like

 

[Toneyz]

Hello all

I have a very comprehensive kit of electrical tools, including brands such as knipex, wera and wiha, and all different size tools. However, my storage seems very muddled and split up.
What do the pros do to store their tools?
any suggestions?

Pete999 is the forum expert for all things tool related.

 

[ferg]

ok thanks ferg for giving a useful and sensible answer
thats very interesting - is ck storage worth the cost?

I think so. I'll be replacing the worn out tote with one the same.

 

[PEG]

If you want to know what it feels like,to win the lottery,there is nothing compared,to carrying your tools in a builders bucket.....and finding the fault,where others had failed

 

[SparkyChick]

I'll add a vote for the Dewalt T-Stak boxes. I'm moving over to them.

I did use a Stanley Fatmax Tote, but I got sick and tire of lugging it around full of lots of gear I rarely used so now I use a Toughbuilt Master Electricians Pouch for what I would call my everyday carry. This has a select collection of tools in that rarely changes and allows me to carry out most of my jobs without getting other kit out the van.

One T-Stak has my Combi, SDS and a few other bits in, so for most jobs it's the pouch and that box that go into the site.

 

[The_apprentice2.0]

Hello all

I have a very comprehensive kit of electrical tools, including brands such as knipex, wera and wiha, and all different size tools. However, my storage seems very muddled and split up.
What do the pros do to store their tools?
any suggestions?

Personal preference I reckon ....I've got a shed full of impulse buys..... I've tried all sorts, including CK technician bag but always end up going back to this, find that the technician bags are too neat, boxes are to messy.... but this can be kept neat enough with the function to chuck all your tools in at F##k off quickly at the end of a day! ...trial and error mate each to their own

 

[Blissof89]

I got 2 x 26" & 1 x 20" stanley fatmax toolbox from wickes last week, really cheap they seem to be cleaning them out of stock.

Stanley 1-95-614 Yellow Metal & Plastic Toolbox - 26in | Wickes.co.uk - https://www.wickes.co.uk/Stanley-1-95-614-Yellow-Metal+Plastic-Toolbox---26in/p/168031

 

[Phil Thompson]

I have a Dewalt tote bag and a Dewalt tote, the bag is definitely better imo.

But both good quality items, just I prefer the bag version.

 

[MJPD29]

Klein tote for hand tools and dewalt tstak for all.my bigger tools. Tote carries majority of tools I need for most small jobs

 

[Barnaby Stedman]

what tstak box do you use?
also does anyone use veto pro pac?

 

[Squid]

Employ an apprentice to carry your tool...........

 

[telectrix]

Employ an apprentice to carry play with your tool...........

corrected that 4U.

 

[Squid]

what tstak box do you use?
also does anyone use veto pro pac?

SYSTAINER, SORTAINER and Systainer-Port - https://www.festool.co.uk/products/systainer,-sortainer-and-systainer-port

 

[sam400]

Veto for hand tools and tanos T loc for power tools and fixings,

 

[Rpa07]

Stanley fatmax backpac for hand tools and from the lockbox in the van I have recently been carrying small items and battery tools into the house in a B+M bag for life - makes me chuckle!
I like to advertise as I go! Funny thing is that I found the bag blowing along the road so I adopted it.

 

[Dobes_88]

Veto Tech LC with TP4 for hand tools, all my power tools are Bosch so kept with their L-Boxx system.

Got a couple of extra grey Sortimo L-Boxx boxes off Amazon recently to keep other bits in which all stack on top of each other nicely in the van.

 

[Toneyz]

22 replies and not a post from the tool king is he feeling alright?

 

[GBDamo]

I got one of these which works pretty well, only problem is it soon fills with masses of tat an weighs a tonne.

thinking of getting one of the wheely ones so i can ponce along like an air hostess.

 

[edexlab]

I work with controls so I get away with lugging a Veto MC for hand tools (no hammers or anything big required) with an Veto MB meterbag clipped on the side

I use a separate bag for numbers, ferrules and other consumables

A lot of people comment on it's small size but it's packed with 12 kg of tools usually double what they have in a bag 3 times the size

Plus we go overseas with work and size / weight is always a factor


I like the organisation they give , also have an XL which lives mostly in the garage

I'm a big fan of their stuff it's pricy but when I used to work out of a van I'd go through at least two Stanley or Ck bags a year

I bought the XL and that was used for 5 years so it paid for itself quite easily and is still in very good condition.

All in all something which most people find hard to justify buying

but I've not met anyone yet who has gone back to a run of the mill bag

 

[edexlab]

One of the best cheap tool bags I had was a hard bottom Plano cost around £20 pretty tough and lasted well

I just hated digging in it for tools all the time

 

[Andy78]

I currently use a tote bag and a couple of Stanley Fatmax weatherproof boxes for battery tools. A rucksack carries the test gear and laptop. Mainly so it's easier to cart on and off the van.

I was looking at the Milwaukee packout and Dewalt toughsystem, both very nice, but my current setup is more practical for the work I do. That and my wallet clammed up when I showed it the prices.

 

[rolyberkin]

I started this week with my hand tools in a CK Magma 18" Tote, power tools in Dewalt Tstak boxes and all other tools contained in a Wiha Rolling tool case. This evening they are either in my pockets, liberally and randomly scattered in the back of my van in suppliers cardboard boxes, old ice cream tubs, black buckets and tesco carrier bags!