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Agree about the Halfords Pro stuff, not to be confused with their bargain-basement stuff, which is of very variable quality.

I've never been able to afford top-flight tools (Snap-On etc) but have always followed the 'best you can afford' mantra. I look in my toolbox, and the battered old things that get used again and again and never seem to let me down mostly have 'Draper' written on them.
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Me too, BDZ. I don't know whether it still holds true with Draper's "almost top quality", but I always found them to be be about twice the price of the 'bog standard' cheapos, but probably 5 times the quality... Whereas the Snap-On, etc. were probably 10 times the quality but 20 times the price ('wet-finger-in-the-air' estimates, of course).

The other one was Kamasa, 20-odd years ago, which actually were almost the same price as the 'cheap crap', but the high quality only applied to their German-made tools - which were packaged similarly to the ever-more-prevailent Taiwan-made (I think - may even have been Japan) line which was a very pale imitation.

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I've never been able to afford top-flight tools (Snap-On etc) but have always followed the 'best you can afford' mantra. I look in my toolbox, and the battered old things that get used again and again and never seem to let me down mostly have 'Draper' written on them.
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halfords also do a stubby ring and open ended socket set, takes up less space n still pretty good.
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Hand tools for our trip, not RTW but about halfway. These will do any minor roadside repairs and punctures. Both bikes have had a full rebuild and we know them inside out. If we break it then well tow each other to a town and fix it there at a garage. Draper quality tools, old adjustable spanners are the best, look for ex engineering/marine company ones if you can.

Consider using hex head bolts, Allen keys are a lot lighter than spanners/sockets.

(Non-hand tools are electric pump, pressure gauge, tape and adhesives etc)
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