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| roche1800 Member Since: 07 Apr 2020 Location: derbyshire Posts: 380  |
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. |
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26th Mar 2025 9:48am |
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| donmacn Member Since: 07 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1885 
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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... |
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26th Mar 2025 10:01am |
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| John P Member Since: 26 Dec 2013 Location: West Sussex Posts: 345  
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I’ve got the MachineMart ones with the ball bearing rollers. Had them for years now and cannot complain.
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26th Mar 2025 10:12am |
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| paul 123 Member Since: 10 Jul 2022 Location: norwich Posts: 100 
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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.
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26th Mar 2025 12:09pm |
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| julian Member Since: 17 Feb 2017 Location: Devon Posts: 156 
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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. |
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26th Mar 2025 1:10pm |
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| johnlad Member Since: 18 Dec 2023 Location: Blackpool Posts: 69
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I’ve a pair of sgs 6ton axle stands that the ratchet mechanism failed on, shouldn’t of been an issue getting a replacement with there lifetime warranty, they tried everything to refuse a refund/ replacement to the point of stating they’ve never sold 6ton stands.
Can’t comment on there boxes, but customer service is none existent. I’ve got us pro boxes, had for 10+ years no issues with them accept you want to keep buying tools to fill them. |
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26th Mar 2025 7:20pm |
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| fogbank Member Since: 30 May 2024 Location: Daylight Savings Posts: 15 
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I have some of their axle stands, i bought them for my Range Rover and took one look at them and decided it wasn’t worth the risk. I’m a big fan of Halfords advanced, even if it’s just for the warranty. They happily exchanged my 15 year old torque wrench last week without a quibble, the receipt was long gone and they just opened the cabinet and gave me a new one. |
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26th Mar 2025 11:37pm |
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| roche1800 Member Since: 07 Apr 2020 Location: derbyshire Posts: 380 |
Has anyone bought and used this from Machine Mart, it’s not the HD? And it’s on offer!
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-ctc...teel-comb/ |
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12th Apr 2025 8:11am |
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| DG123 Member Since: 29 Aug 2015 Location: North West Posts: 137 
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No experience of this one but have had the HD one for years; it’s been great, never regretted the purchase. I’ll probably have to add some extra storage as it’s getting a bit too full now, but the drawers still run smoothly.
If you register for their catalogue, you get sent ‘VAT Free’ offers every so often. 2012 110 XS SW Orkney Grey 2003 D2 Td5 Black [SOLD] |
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12th Apr 2025 8:21am |
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| revd Member Since: 20 Apr 2024 Location: England Posts: 234
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Go second hand- - eBay or factory closure auctions for good quality tool cabinets, I have a Gedore which cost me £40, retails for £900
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12th Apr 2025 12:41pm |
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| Plumbers91 Member Since: 30 Jul 2020 Location: Manchester Posts: 57 
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I bought a milwaukee service trolley a year and a half ago for £300, it was really sturdy tbh. Gets rolled around the workshop a fair bit. Also bought a costco big box that seems extremely good value for the money. Always heard mixed reviews about SGS and also the US pro ones. Cheap and cheerful but depends how heavy duty you want it.
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14th Apr 2025 3:48pm |
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| Silver Back Member Since: 11 Jun 2015 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 408 
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Hi,
I've bought a few things from SGS over the last few years, most notably a 20 tonne press. All of the kit I have form them is well designed, solid and comes at a good price. As for tool chests, I have a couple of Halfords Advanced / Professional cabinets with the stacking drawers. Also good quality (get them with the roller drawers) and if you have a Halfords trade card you can get a really good discount on them if you keep you eye open for periods of discount. Hope this helps. Andy |
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