My Top 5 Tool Regrets 

I had a Makita SDS that we used a lot for drilling 22mm holes in thick (170mm) concrete and quite a bit of intense chisel work on concrete. Worked great...until it got stolen. I replaced it with a Dewalt SDS with the same power rating, but the Dewalt doesn't even come close to the performance of the Makita. The "bad" pipe cutter you showed is the same one I have and it works great on cutting flexible (i.e. not stiff) PVC piping used for water systems. You get a straight cut with no saw residue, which is important to get good seals. I would agree with the rest of your comments. I wouldn't buy top-end tools (e.g. Wera) for something I might need some day. For those cases, a cheap tool that gets the job down and gathers dust the rest of its life is more than adequate.

A lot of tools that we own don’t get used often and you never have the tool you need hence we buy tons of tools. The only long reach screwdriver I’ve used was for a Bridgeport mill. You’re right. Choose wisely and buy as you need.

The Wera long screwdrivers are super useful when working on cars where screws are hidden around obstacles. I love mine.

GOAT channel. Love a sparky who doesnt sound like a geeza from east london

The all insulated plastic long nose pliers are a fantastic tool, I use mine a lot when trying to fine or dig out singles from metal trucking.

I have a pair of those plastic pliers and only use them in tight quarters on live panels and other extra spicy situations where a metal front end could short something out. Most of the time the insulated metal jaws are 10x better. I also appreciate the drive to go cordless but think it's worth keeping a corded hammer drill around if you regularly set more than 10 threaded anchors at a time. Pre drilling for a bunch of concrete screws is easy work for a battery, but drilling 5" down with a 5/8" bit for 1/2" epoxy anchors will burn through a battery every few holes and then you end up with a mess of charger cables next you trying to get the batteries charged back up to keep working. Less fuss to just grab the corded drill in the first place.

I like the fact that your first videos are actually useful info, esp for younger or less experienced viewers,you gained a new sub, video quality is good too, richard

Every bloke fancies having a long shaft until they try to use one in anger

I have the exact same Makita drill, and use it as a work horse when drilling lots of holes in concrete for rebar, etc. Unfortunately you really need both a corded and uncorded depending on the scenario.

haha, I bought those dewalt glasses too. I meant to grab a pair of the ones with yellow lenses but wasn't paying attention and took the tinted pair. I bought a cheap ratcheting pvc cutter with an angled blade and it still crushed the pipe; luckily it broke about 20 cuts in and I went back to my trusty sawzall. I'll second the dewalt right angle attachment- definitely worth the price. It's worked perfectly with my impact driver, especially between joists.

The long screwdrivers I find are indispensable for working on Karcher pressure washers etc where the screws to dissasemble are at the bottom of deep holes .👍

Lidl on the "Specials" day is where most of my unused tools come from. The place is full of crap you never knew you needed!

I use a long handle no2 posi drive screwdriver all the time, mine is Stanley though. Years ago an old carpenter said to use a long handle screwdriver, as it's easier to use and to get more purchase on it. From my experience he was right.

The Makita SDS drill is an excellent bit of kit. One of my favourite and most used tools. A great all rounder for drilling and light chiselling. I use much heavier and bulkier SDS hammer drill for serious medium impact hammer work but the Makita you have there is on a par for hammer drilling even so. I use a dedicated SDS core drill from DeWalt for drilling with diamond core bits but, even so, the Makita isn't too bad at this either, though I don't think it does it much good. It was excellently priced for such a high quality product. Although I'm largely cordless in my toolset, I can't really imagine doing serious drilling work (in anything that involves more than a couple of holes in concrete) without a corded drill such as those mentioned above. Even if the battery does a passable job - it simply ain't gonna last long. Either per charge or in terms of its lifespan if it's used regularly.

Good idea for video. I find tinted safety glasses indispensable when it is sunny, although clear ones are also needed when it is not. Even for basic yard work like using a string trimmer, or pruning tree. Getting bugs or plant juices in the eye is no fun. I like the amber ones- maybe the tint is too dark on those?

I take the buy a tool for a specific job. Obviously depends on the tool cost but sub-£50 is usually so much cheaper than paying someone to do it for you. Still factor and assess in the value of a DIY-ers time. At the end of the day even if you use it for one job it should have a resale value. I also factor in the the quality of a tool in terms of how many uses against what I am prepared to spend.

The yellowed glasses are a good compromise for the sun/vision

When he demonstrated the use of the pipe cutters l noticed that the blade on the red ones looked like they had been used for pruning and sap etc were stuck on them. The other set looked nice and clean, and the blde looked much more sharp.

I didn't know wera did long screwdrivers like that! I have some cheap draper ones that are ok, have used them a few times for some TV brackets I have that secure with screws from the bottom (I have 4 wall mounted TVs)

The first 2 tools look demented, my long screwdrivers have been immensely handy, though RGB monitors have gone the way of the dinosaur, which is what they were mostly for, I'll have your Makita, that stuff has scooch!

The NWS pistol grips are very well known and regarded (also a German pliers brand)

Thank you. This was useful.

Now thats a really useful video, thank you sir!

So like the sds it's just you like the cordless and the pvc cutter is just not a great design for yalls flimsy pipes but the rest I have never considered buying unless I needed it for something specific

Great content - keep it up!

the wera long screwdrivers are very useful if you are a mechanic:D

What is that pipe I guess it's a lot lighter duty than stuff here in America our pvc is just pvc that looked like 2 materials that work out to a lot softer

pipe cutter test wasn’t fair took like 10mm off with the flat 1 didn’t twist at all v shaped 1 twisted a little bit and cut off like 70mm

I use the tinted safety glasses for driving. Find them great. Not to dark, think yours are darker

Those long screwdrivers are useful only if you are fixing old CRT TVs really

Why did you buy the cordless Dewalt SDS rotary hammer drill if you already had the Makita electric corded rotary hammer drill? For a professional plumber or electrician drilling in concrete every day it makes sense to have the cordless. But for everyone else who drills in concrete once a year at most, the corded is more than great. I own a Makita SDS rotary hammer drill, corded electric, and used it for attaching electrical boxes to concrete. Several times over the decades. Its great. I would never waste money improving(?) it since it works great and the minor extra convenience of cordless is meaningless to me since I always work where there is electricity available. Your other subjects in this video made sense for their ineffectiveness. But the cordless SDS rotary hammer drill was just foolish. It indicated you did not want to be uncool and not have everything cordless. Which all the cool kids do now days.

Lovely content, from across the pond. Nando's is overrated by the way.

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WTF is that? Looks like Kinpex kids toy LOL

M8 y u upholding videos same

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20% of your tools you use 80% of time!Buy what you need !Simples!

Why would a DIY guy pay out for brands like wera and knipex anyway ? Brands like draper, irwin etc will last any DIY guy a lifetime. Waste of money unless your a pro. You won't even notice the difference in quality unless you are using these tools day in and day out.

I don't get the fascination with Wera unless it's all paid reviews. They are uncomfortable and the ends hardly ever fit well. Especially for the price.