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This bicycle repair kit I bought from LIDL comes with all the same tools as the famous Wera Tool-Check Plus but costs 11€
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10x cheaper than the original. Likely not Wera quality but probably not 10x worse either. I've been quite happy with the other Parkside tools I've got.
It's most likely a difference in steel. Cheap steel fractures and wears down, but if you're only using it once a month or a year, you can probably get by. If you're using it every day, it probably won't work for you.
Not just that, but well-engineered bits and sockets made with solid materials are less likely to cause damage to the fasteners themselves. Which, again, if you're using it occasionally in a pinch is not a big deal, but damn... one rounded off bolt head or cammed out phillips screw can ruin your entire day in a hurry!
You can break one of these 10 times and be up in tools!
You'll be losing a lot of time.
Not if I buy all ten sets at the same time!!
True life hack!
I've got so many tools that I basically have atleast two of everything, usually more. The main difference I've noticed between cheap and expensive tools is that the expensive ones are nicer to use. I've got chinese junk I'd love to replace with quality tools but they simply refuse to break.