Over the past few months I have been trying to buy a couple of practical toolboxes for two or three different purposes. I have a big workshop/garage where many tools (especially car tools for example) live permanently but there are obvious needs for toting tools around sometimes and a basic set ready in a box are useful for emergencies and quick jobs. So, what I'm looking for is one or more toolboxes to cover the following uses:-
- General 'about the house' toolbox with cordless drill, some bits for same, spirit level, a hammer, probably a mole wrench, etc.
- 'Electrical' toolbox, electrical screwdrivers, strippers, crimp tool, some crimps, side cutters, pliers, cheap meter, etc.
- Plumbing stuff, but a simple 'tote box' seems to handle this OK.
- An 'up the garden fencing' toolbox, as our 'garden' is 9 acres it's a bad idea to forget anything important when you go to fix the fences. This needs to be quite big to take more than one cordless drill, a supply of big screws, mallet, saw, etc.
Before I started rethinking I had a couple of simple 'tote' boxes (one with a drawer underneath) and a couple of metal cantilever toolboxes one of which was my 'electrical' toolbox. I have now bought three or four new toolboxes (over a year or so) but none has really lived up to expectations. Are there *any* really practical, hard-wearing toolboxes out there?
What I have tried so far are:-
I also have a straightforward Stanley (I think) plastic toolbox with tote tray, like nearly all of the 'ordinary' toolboxes around it's just too long and thin. I can't get a cordless drill in the bottom.
So, as I said, are there any good, practical, tool-boxes out there? Price isn't terribly important but I'd want to be sure it's good if it's expensive.