ToolBUSINESS+HIRE A note from The Editor
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Welcome to this our 201st edition of ToolBUSINESS+HIRE Magazine! I hope you enjoyed reading our special 200th edition last month, particularly the pull out supplement with the competition. There is still time to enter this and win one of these great prizes kindly donated by some of our advertisers: - Led Lenser X21R Xtreme rechargeable torch Sola Line Laser, Crossline X2 2 CK MagmaMaxi Tool Bags, 2 CK MagmaMini Tool Bags Wiha Bit Buddy Coast Torches – G19, G30, HP7 and A25 (See Peter Brett’s Tool review in Edition 200) Wera Joker Combination Ratchet Spanner Wrench 4 Piece Set Wera KraftformStainless Steel Set Plano Knife holder, PlanoWork Apron, Plano Smart Phone Holder Draper Flexi Inspection Camera Draper Expert 900mm Opti-Vision™ Plumb Site® Dual View™ Box Section Level Birchwood Price Tools - Merchandising unit of 12 battery LED Mini Mobi inspection Lamps 200 ForgeFixMultiMax drill bits Revisit ToolBUSINESS+HIRE 200 to enter (please be sure to put your name and contact details on the form – our
apologies for not including a section for this). Or you can enter online by
visitingwww.toolbusines.co.uk and clicking on the competition section to go to the entry form. In this month’s magazine we have features on Hire, Workwear, and DIY Tools and Decorating. There are also plenty of
Independent Tool Reviews to read. Peter Brett has tested the Bit Buddy from Wiha, a range of LED Headlamps from Coast, a Festool jigsaw, a torque screwdriver from CK, a Metabo caulking gun, RETECFLEX - the universal tool for renovation and modernization from Flex Tools, and a Cable Detection System for finding buried utilities from UTILI-FINDER. Christine and I visited the 36th THS Tools Group Annual Exhibition at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham
in early October and we have a special feature with plenty of photographs for you to see. Peter joined me later in the month to visit ‘The Tool Show” at Kempton Racecourse, run by D&M Tools of Twickenham and their report is our ‘Talk Shop’ feature for this edition. I hope you enjoy reading all the up to date information about the industry in this edition of ToolBUSINESS+HIRE. Don’t
forget to
visitwww.toobusiness.co.uk for easy access to all those vital contact details through our online page turning magazine. And of course, to enter the Special 200th Edition Competition!
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Product News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Metabo Independent Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Festool Independent Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LED Lenser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Trend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BBB Independent Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 THS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 THS Show Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 DIY & Screwdrivers & Pliers . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
If you wish to express any opinion on any subject covered by ToolBusiness+Hire magazine you can write to: ToolBusiness+Hire c/o the Editor, Anne Hall, or e-mail (
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Wiha Independent Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Workwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Utili-finder Independent Review . . . . . . . . . 26 Hire Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 D&M Tool Show Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Flex Independent Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Company News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 ToolBusiness Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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