Blue Point 77pc Socket Set .. any good ..

FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

Is this set anygood ... as i've took my LIDL set back, as the smaller rachet broke ... Laughing

... we had been warned ...... Sad

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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Blue Point are Snap Ons cheap range. They are normally pretty good, although not up to the level of the real Snap On stuff.

All the best

Keith
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N cee thirty · Banned Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Karma :

how much is it ?
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FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

Was wood staining my bros new garden furniture today ... Rolling Eyes

... loads of the stuff .. anyway .. had a good mooch round his shed, he has one of those sets and some halfrauds pro spanners ...

So i'm thinking it would be easier and cheaper to just turn up at his when he's at work and use at my leisure .... i mean it's only 4 miles away and i could do with not spending 300 quid on stuff he already has ...

Just did not know much about this Blue range ....

Very Happy

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Imonster · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Karma :

I worked for a Yamaha dealership for a while and we used Blue Point stuff instead of Snap On with no issues...
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johnsmith222 · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Karma :

Bluepoint tools are decent, but they aren't actually made by snap on. They are bought in then branded "bluepoint". Normally you can get equivalent tools for cheaper just because they don't say bluepoint on them so you are paying a bit just for the name.

I hear the tools are actually made by lazer so just buy laser tools and save a bit of money. they're like half the price.

https://www.lasertools.co.uk/

If I were you then I would have kept the socket set with the broken ratchet. The ratchets are the only things likely to break and even without two working ratchets it's worth more than 35 quid imo.

I can't find the bluepoint socket set on there so it is possibly made by a different brand.

FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

If they are supposedly under the name / guise of snap on, then they are either just lazer and overpriced .. or do snap on have any contribution to spec etc ... that lazer must adhere too ... i imagine they are just the same with diff packaging ,, Rolling Eyes

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mad4it028 · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Karma :

all my tools are snap on or blue point i have had lazer in the past and i can say that they are deffinitly not of the same quality lazer are crap my snap on dealer told me that snap on own and produce blue point i only have his word but the are of very high standard
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Fairly sure that Blue Point are not made by Snap On but sourced from other suppliers and sold on by the Snap On organisation. Not sure they are Lazer (but are Lazer just a UK brand, as f so unlikely that US Snap On would use them although Snap On might use the same suppliers as Lazer).

I have some Blue Point T bar allen keys. While they are fine they are nothing special quality wise and are identical to another T bar allen key of some random make I bought a few years later.

All the best

Keith
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27cows · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Karma :

I've broken Snap On and Blue Point sockets. Never broken or damaged a Draper Expert one, no matter what abuse was inflicted on it. Draw your own conclusions from that.
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I've used a fork tube as an extended on my dads 1/2 britool Ratchet and stood on it. He has had that ratchet for about 30 years I believe it is an awesome thing.
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herulach · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Karma :

I've a few second hand britool ratchets & breakers. Good quality, keep an eye on ebay and you should be able to sort yourself out for 30/40 quid.

I'd have been tempted to keep the set just for the sockets. Picking them up individually gets expensive fast.
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hornetmike · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 May 2008 Karma :

This is the set to have,I love it cover most jobs in one box.
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FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

More wood staining today, had another mooch in the shed caus of the rain ... stumbled on the following ...

Left is Halfrauds .. presume 150 peice set, right is the Blue set ..

2nd pic was IMO the only decent thing to do .. Thumbs Up

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mad4it028 · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Karma :

hope hes more understanding than me cause ide gut ya if ya nicked my tools...lol
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FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

Told mother bear that when the theft is discovered, to just say i borrowed it tother day ... this cold mean many many months away .. at which point i will pay them 40 quid and keep it ... Smile

Well .. that's the plan .. Embarassed

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johnsmith222 · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Karma :

ask your brother if you can borrow them.

Seriously, don't just take his shit unless he owes you money.

FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

Naaahhhhh ... if he wants me to finish hours on end of staining a massive wooden garden set, for the 30 coffees and 10 bacon sarnies i've been payed, then he can lend me these ... Cool

Left him the massive one ... he be alright ... he gets his van and bike serviced at dealership anyway !!!! Smile

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Welshd1k · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Karma :

i smell BS.....

oh and just buy your own halfords set.. saying that you wouldnt know how to use the tools any ways hahahahaha
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