Gimick tools

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:14 am

DO people really buy things like this?

http://www.jmldirect.com/product.php?cid=4&pid=113

or this?
http://www.seenontv.com/prod-pages/gatorgrip.html

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:20 am

have seen those gator grip spanners, dont think they are very good.

The design of that universal spanner is everywhere anyway, i have a similar one in my toolbox

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:24 am

Is it anygood though handyman? I used one belonging to someone else the otherday when nothing was to hand, not impressed at all.

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:29 am

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro ... 3&id=10529
and similar to this
http://www.toolstation.com/search.html?searchstr=83363
and a set of 3 very similar halfords pro ones

as for gimmick tools, anyone got a pango?
http://www.toolstation.com/search.html?searchstr=36563

Its a superb bit of kit

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:32 am

Hitch wrote:Is it anygood though handyman? I used one belonging to someone else the otherday when nothing was to hand, not impressed at all.

the halfords pro ones are really good, have a look the next time your in

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:33 am

I rich mans plunger?

Another good one was the dual drill

http://www.tvoverstocks.com/dual_drill.html

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:41 am

i had problems with a sink at an old house, and it had what looked like 1" lead pipe running from the main kitchen sink for waste. (behind the cabinets and out into an open drain, a run of about 20') She had tried everything to keep it clear, and nothing worked. I tried plunging etc, then read a few reviews on the pango, saying it does the job very well.

A few hits with the compressed air and it cleaned the pipe all the way, with what looked like lime scale. The grid outside actually blocked up, due to the amount of crap that came out.

Plunge first, then pango............ 8-)

mehran · Post by **mehran** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:12 am

i have a few "gadget tools" most are useless,

i have a robo grip(useless)http://www.robogrip.com/
the rothenburg version of the robo grip(almost as usleess)
and i have just got a spanner that has a slided thing to adjust the size, i like it but it weights a ton

love my ratchet spanners tho

got a few others as well

Oddjob · Post by **Oddjob** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:33 pm

The universal spanners are good as long as they are not the cheap liquorice ones. As for the Robogrips, I have had a set of the Mac Tools ones for about ten years, they are still like brand new.

Crap tools tend to stay looking brand new because the don't get used!

In reply to the first post in the thread: YES! Otherwise NU-tool would be out of business.

philmoreslim · Post by **philmoreslim** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:08 am

I love my gator-gripand it good for using around the house, on boats, RVs, cars, motorcycles and bikes. It a easy to use tool, and it takes half the time as any traditional tool. is fast. In addition, it also great to use with many varieties of power tools.

philmoreslim · Post by **philmoreslim** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:52 am

Besides how everyone has commented on the gator grip, I still would recommending it. It a decent little gadget, and its probably the first tool that I grab out my toolbox.