Wera hand-tools

Yep. That's it.

They (RS), don't deserve our custom any more. A great pity.

RS is probably the last place I would source tools !!!

Example: a Wera Kraftform Kompakt set is £227.06 on RS, but exactly the same set is only £113.99 on Amazon and a mere £99.00 at Plumbing Supplies Direct.

A very big cost difference, so spending a few minutes researching supplier prices can save you a lot of your hard earned £££'s

So … the [nearly] consensus opinion seems to be that they are what I always thought them to be … ’good’ mid-range tools

But RS and/or Werra are trying it on, and trying to take them up-market

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 04/10/2023 21:17:31

It's not just Wera products they're trying to make up market but unbranded, common or garden basics as well.

E.g.:

BZP grade 4.8 threaded rod, M12x1m: RS: £7.25; Zoro: £2.49

A4 threaded rod, M10x1m: RS: £20.17; Zoro: £6.49

A2 threaded rod, M5x1m: RS: £6.27; Zoro: £2.05

These examples were picked at random.

Maybe RS's threaded rods come very highly polished, or in presentation cases - or something.

Thanks for that ‘dip-check’ Bill

I haven’t used RS for a while, but I’m still on their eMailing list … hence received the ‘News’ that they were stocking these Wera tools [incidentally, my apologies for last evening’s typo. ]

Frankly, I had never considered Wera to be newsworthy; so curiosity drew me to click the link.

My initial surprise at the price-point was what prompted my question to this forum.

MichaelG.

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