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roche1800



Member Since: 07 Apr 2020
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Tool Chest/Cart Reviews
I started looking at a Sealey US Pro at £325, then this came up on Google

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/sgs-mechan...lUEALw_wcB

Has anyone has any experience, is it decent quality?

Many thanks.
Post #1063922 26th Mar 2025 8:48am
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donmacn



Member Since: 06 Nov 2017
Location: Nth Scotland
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I’ve always liked the look of SGS stuff, but they don’t deliver up to where I am….

Anyway, I have a Draper roller drawer with the top chest. The bottom one has 7 drawers I think - 2 larger ones below, and 5 thinner ones above. The top chest has three full width drawers and then I think a further 7 above those.

It all completely depends on how you organise your tools, but in my case, and looking at what you’ve linked to, I think it would lack flexibility with the larger spaces (are those roller doors). I find the greater number of drawers allows me to organise tools into different types (so my ageing brain has a better chance of finding them quickly!)

Hope that helps! Donald

1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong
(The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html )
2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8

in the past..
RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi
1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box
1993 Discovery 300Tdi

not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper...
Post #1063924 26th Mar 2025 9:01am
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fogbank



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Halfords Advanced are pretty decent (I have their big top chest in the garage) and its got a life time warranty on it.
Post #1063926 26th Mar 2025 9:11am
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John P



Member Since: 26 Dec 2013
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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Corris Grey
I’ve got the MachineMart ones with the ball bearing rollers. Had them for years now and cannot complain.
Post #1063927 26th Mar 2025 9:12am
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paul 123



Member Since: 10 Jul 2022
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United Kingdom 1995 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Auto Rutland Red
i have a clarke and a halfords one the clarke from machine mart is better than the halfords one. the draws slide better in the clarke. that sgs one looks like a cheap toolbox.
Post #1063940 26th Mar 2025 11:09am
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julian



Member Since: 17 Feb 2017
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United Kingdom 1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White
I have no personal experience of the sgs boxes, but reviews of them seem poor.

I do have experience of SGS shipping me broken parts and then the unnecessarily long and drawn out process of resolution.

(Emails ignored, going round in circles, no clear time frames, promised call backs that never happen, etc. etc.)

I won't even buy Milwaukee kit from them any more, even when they're the cheapest.


My main box is an ancient snap on, but I would have no issue with Halfords professional (or whatever they call them now) or the upmarket Clarke ones.
Post #1063948 26th Mar 2025 12:10pm
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