Lidl Specials

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

I bought:

Wind-up LED torch - nice. Allen key set - quite nice. Set of electricians pliers - reasonable. Moving skates/lifting bar - joke item - it's going back. DIY stands - also in my opinion too insubstantial (won't stand a rocking motion from sawing a heavy timber etc) - also going back.

I guess it's horses for courses - the lifting/loading type stuff will only get heavyweight use from me - I really need to make my own rather than whine about lidl stuff.

The other stuff above is back-up tool kit or occassional use for me.

You'll be sorry. :-(

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Spouse went at opening time this morning and picked up three stands, two for a son and one for him, from a great stack in a bin. When he passed by a few minutes later there were three left ...

That's the trouble, there's no point in duplication for most things.

Mary

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Aldi had some height-adjustable stands the other day. I got a couple and they're very solid.

They also had five *G*clamps for 6GBP 2 large,2 medium and one small good value.

why ?

They lose their grip after a short while ie wear&tear.

Got given two from last years lidl ones,I know why he give me them. :-(

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Well, they were cheap, certainly.

those were the mark ones, these are stamped 'new improved mark two'

anyway, I'll use them for the two jobs I have planned then I'll give them away to asome random numpty.

Well i bought two boxes of em just for the bigger clamps, they are doing the job they where intended for. :-)

Makro are doing a pair of substantial plastic fold away trestles. Good for 400kg loading. About £12 the pair IIRC.

Did you pick up some of those 2100niMH AAA batteries up in aldi at 1.99GBP for 4?

My Olympus runs away with the normal 800nicads, these 2100's just sit there laughing at the flash. :-)

Mine are very solid. I only saw heavy timber with a circular saw - no rocking motion :-)

same here. I've had 4 since last year. very handy, no problems with them, either, but I did tighten the nuts and bolts correctly.

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Not necessarily. I bought 4 of them at a discount store 2 years ago and use them for gluing up raised-panel doors. No problems.

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The cheapies I've had wear rapidly so the slider just slides instead of gripping. The answer is to drill the bar and add a pin, like a sashcramp.

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I did - several sets. And the D-cells are nice in the big flashlight.