Unboxing This Quarter's Tool Crate
The husband may not be interested in blogging, but he is very good at providing blog fodder. He came and got me yesterday (I was trimming threads off a quilt I had just finished) and said, “I am about to open the Tool Crate—do you want to take pictures?”
[For those of you who may not know, “unboxing videos” are very big on social media. Someone who orders a grab bag, a new machine, or belongs to a subscription service will photograph or film themselves opening the box and showing what is in it. Don’t hold your breath waiting for our YouTube channel. You’ll have to make do with these photos. Next time, we’ll try to get better lighting. Someone really wanted to open the Tool Crate, though, and I didn’t want to hold up the proceedings setting up the light box.]
Without further ado:
We created Tool Crate for you, the tool addict. You bust your ass every day to make a living and now you can treat yourself to tools you'll actually use. You won't get anything you can find in the bargain bin at your local hardware store! It’s our mission to only curate extraordinary, premium quality tools, working with the biggest brands, innovative startups and you, the tradesperson.
Let’s see what’s inside—looks promising!
First up, we have a pair of Mechanix gloves likes the ones the Tool Bear said Costco had, just not the Costco in Kalispell. And these are an XL. Darn.
Next is a Unilite 360-degree inspection light.
I tried to sneak this off to the sewing room and was informed that I should use the 30% off coupon included in the box to go buy my own.
An insulated bit holder:
A Wiha 11-In-One multi-driver. I did get to keep this, as the husband already has like 3000 screwdrivers. We keep one similar to this in the kitchen for household tasks. I might put this one upstairs.
Wiha lineman’s pliers. (Wiha is a German brand, apparently.)
A Milwaukee cat’s claw. Nice.
A Diamondback tool belt pouch.
And a Makita countersink and driver bit kit.
Each box is $250, but as you can see, it comes with quite a bit more than that in tool value. The last Tool Crate contained a plastic padded case that fit the husband’s Total Station computerized foundation layout system perfectly, so he’s gotten some really useful items.