All Halfords Advanced Professional socket sets are half price plus a further 15% off - making them cheaper than previous deals, if only by a couple quid.
Good quality tools with a lifetime guarantee. I'm a big fan of the Halfords Pro and Draper Expert stuff - I beat on my tools and they've never let me down yet.
On a side note: I notice Halfords are now doing the Vortex sockets - which were a Draper thing (had some for a few years, great sets!) - anyone know if Draper making the Halfords Pro stuff now?
EDIT: Free delivery on orders over £10 until March 16th.
All comments (46)
Nealio
9 Mar 162#1
draper expert and halfords pro are both made by apex in Taiwan
kinobestew123 to Nealio
9 Mar 16#9
And what is the implication of this? Does this make them bad? It's not exactly a shock that the Halfords tools aren't made by a "Halfords" factory.
bashi
9 Mar 16#2
Which is the best set to buy? is 200pc overkill?
nedge2k to bashi
9 Mar 162#4
depends what you have already and what the quality of your existing stuff is. i already had most of the stuff in that set so I just got the 3/8 28 piece metric set - mainly just so I had a better quality 3/8 ratchet and more deep sockets. i'm a firm believer that you can never have too many tools - there's always a right tool for a job and it always gets the job done quicker than using the wrong tool that kinda works (if you see what i mean)
andysfast
9 Mar 161#3
What an outright pack of lies. I bought a small socket set for my tool box from Halfrauds not long ago. It was £15, now it says £50 with 50% off, so now its only £25. I like the quality of Halfrauds tools but this is a total joke. Thanks to the OP anyway, there might be some deals in there, but beware.
nedge2k to andysfast
9 Mar 16#5
was it the advanced professional set though? those are quite a bit different to the normal stuff.
Just beat me to it.... I was about to put this up after needing an emergency toolkit and having a browse on their site...
Hot!
does anyone know if the trade discount applies to these nowadays, or is it still a case of trade OR promo discountV
kw21
9 Mar 161#8
Plus Quidco
matthat
9 Mar 161#10
I with you on this - you can never have enough tools - I have now got 3 socket sets (thanks to this site), 1/4 " ,3/4" halfords and a good quality 1/2" set - I only like 6 sided sockets as I always worry about rounding nuts ! when I die I expect the government to have taken every last penny I own so at least I will be able to leave my tools to my children.
Best tool I have bought was a special tool for removing the lower ball joint off a BMW - I thought I could pay £150 for the tool + part or £150 for the garage to do the job, the tool is excellent as you just crank the nut up and the ball joint slides out rearrange the tool and it will slide the new one in. used it twice on my old car and once now on my new one (luck would have it that it fits exactly the same)
goemon
9 Mar 16#11
The larger socket sets are excellent for an amateur mechanic to get started with but I'd recommend you get a longer 1/2" breaker bar and some longer extention bars (wobble or normal) and perhaps some extra universal joints and you will be able to do many of the jobs on your car or motorcycle, I had a dodgy 1/4 ratchet in my set that jumped into a "neutral" position with any torque applied so I took it in within a few days of purchase and the excellent staff swapped it for a new one after inspecting it (although my local store has much better staff than any other halfords I have been to).
nedge2k
9 Mar 16#12
He was answering my question in the first post...
Stuff made in Taiwan is generally very good quality. Stuff in China, not always so much. Draper Expert stuff is generally very good, as is the Halfords Pro stuff (now you know why). The first "proper" socket set I bought was the Draper Vortex set about 6 years ago - it's taken a fair bit of abuse and is still going strong!
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All Halfords Advanced Professional socket sets are half price plus a further 15% off - making them cheaper than previous deals, if only by a couple quid.
Good quality tools with a lifetime guarantee. I'm a big fan of the Halfords Pro and Draper Expert stuff - I beat on my tools and they've never let me down yet.
On a side note: I notice Halfords are now doing the Vortex sockets - which were a Draper thing (had some for a few years, great sets!) - anyone know if Draper making the Halfords Pro stuff now?
EDIT: Free delivery on orders over £10 until March 16th.
All comments (46)
http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/socket-sets/halfords-30-piece-socket-set-1-4
Hot!
does anyone know if the trade discount applies to these nowadays, or is it still a case of trade OR promo discountV
Best tool I have bought was a special tool for removing the lower ball joint off a BMW - I thought I could pay £150 for the tool + part or £150 for the garage to do the job, the tool is excellent as you just crank the nut up and the ball joint slides out rearrange the tool and it will slide the new one in. used it twice on my old car and once now on my new one (luck would have it that it fits exactly the same)
Stuff made in Taiwan is generally very good quality. Stuff in China, not always so much. Draper Expert stuff is generally very good, as is the Halfords Pro stuff (now you know why). The first "proper" socket set I bought was the Draper Vortex set about 6 years ago - it's taken a fair bit of abuse and is still going strong!