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Lidl T handle hex & star set Test

  • 27-08-2015 11:52am
    #1
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,453 ✭✭✭✭


    FAIL!
    And miserably too.
    Bought set last week and first use today snapped changing my tax disc.

    Oh well, Shur for the price you couldn't go wrong, they said!!:pac:

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Comments

  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,087 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Ive had the Aldi ones for years and they are still going perfect.

    Although ive a few odd items from Lidl that are suspect and have broken for some reason (it may be just optics) i think the aldi stuff has a higher quality .


  • #3
    Ayrtonf7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭Ayrtonf7


    Seen these at lunch today! Happy I didnt pick them up now.

    Was the nut/bolt tight ? I've found that if you dont go near it over the year they can become fairly stiff when you go to undo them.


  • #4
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,453 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Ayrtonf7 wrote: »
    Seen these at lunch today! Happy I didnt pick them up now.

    Was the nut/bolt tight ? I've found that if you dont go near it over the year they can become fairly stiff when you go to undo them.

    I was putting it back together when it snapped.
    Just gave a little squeeze and it went.:(


  • #5
    Notch000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Notch000


    youd be better off in any case using the squared off end on something accessible like that, you only looking to round it off, but typical case of buy S*** buy twice


  • #6
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Serves you right for being all posh and having in date tax!!!!


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  • #7
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    You're supposed to use the short square end to loosen/ tighten the screw. The ball end is purely for spinning the fastener in/out to save effort - it has NO torque capacity. The ball end is not for tightening - applies to any brand.... .

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #8
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    galwaytt wrote: »
    You're supposed to use the short square end to loosen/ tighten the screw. The ball end is purely for spinning the fastener in/out to save effort - it has NO torque capacity. The ball end is not for tightening - applies to any brand.... .


    ..what he says...........its usually the cheap plastic handle that goes first..
    TBF its still usable.just gring off the point..


  • #9
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,306 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    galwaytt wrote: »
    You're supposed to use the short square end to loosen/ tighten the screw. The ball end is purely for spinning the fastener in/out to save effort - it has NO torque capacity. The ball end is not for tightening - applies to any brand.... .

    True. But it shouldn't have snapped on a tax disk holder!


  • #10
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,453 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    galwaytt wrote: »
    You're supposed to use the short square end to loosen/ tighten the screw. The ball end is purely for spinning the fastener in/out to save effort - it has NO torque capacity. The ball end is not for tightening - applies to any brand.... .

    So if a Allen bolt is in somewhere where the short side can't reach, you are not supposed to use the long side??
    Am I picking u up right??


  • #11
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    blade1 wrote: »
    So if a Allen bolt is in somewhere where the short side can't reach, you are not supposed to use the long side??
    Am I picking u up right??


    Yes ..but it might break....;)

    Best to buy a good set with no ball-end for tough jobs....


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  • #12
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,453 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    Yes ..but it might break....;)

    Best to buy a good set with no ball-end for tough jobs....

    Yep I agree, from now on for tough jobs like a tax disc holder I'll break out my Snap-ons!:D


  • #13
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭Wossack


    buy 2 sets, and lop the ends off one set with an angle grinder?
    blade1 wrote: »
    So if a Allen bolt is in somewhere where the short side can't reach, you are not supposed to use the long side??
    Am I picking u up right??

    ballends are really good at rounding the heads off bolts too


  • #14
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,453 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Wossack wrote: »
    buy 2 sets, and lop the ends off one set with an angle grinder?



    ballends are really good at rounding the heads off bolts too

    Ah, I have 3 or 4 other sets anyway.

    Just surprised how easy the the Lidl one snapped.
    I have a set here with about 25 years and it's after been through a lot more than tightening a tax holder and it's still perfect.


  • #15
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    blade1 wrote: »
    Ah, I have 3 or 4 other sets anyway.

    Just surprised how easy the the Lidl one snapped.
    I have a set here with about 25 years and it's after been through a lot more than tightening a tax holder and it's still perfect.

    You get them on the Tesco clubcard points.....;)


  • #16
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    blade1 wrote: »
    I have a set here with about 25 years and it's after been through a lot more than tightening a tax holder and it's still perfect.


    Me too....but back then all the tools werent made in asia.....;)


  • #17
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    Me too....but back then all the tools werent made in asia.....;)

    True. I have one ball end set for 25 years...Bondhus made in USA. Another good one is Baumann, made in Switzerland

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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