Basic tools and which are best

[kris]

Your main tools like already suggested, bahco shifters , grips , pliers hammer , basin wrench , pipe cutters , junior hacksaw , flat head n pozi screwdriver ,ruler, pencil , stanley knife ,,, thats just the basic ones youd use as starting off, and as you progress so will your tools, just remember when it comes to tools the cheap ones break lol

 

[plumben]

I would NOT take your own tools to college, everyone will want to lend them and they will go missing

 

[newcastle phill]

As above dont take your own tools...

Take an empty bag and take their's

 

[drip-dry]

A pack of matches,small pot of fairy liquid and screwdriver,chisel,crowbar,hole making, scrapper,scouring devise maybe........

 

[tony_b]

Everything but the kitchen sink.

 

[Ermintrude]

Boat level VDE snips 8" Bacho and knipex Cobras that's it

 

[tony_b]

Auto ranging multimeter.

 

[Kelwyn Perkins]

I have a use it every day open tote bag with the following.

8 inch Bahco wide jaw, 6 inch Bahco wide jaw, 2 x 12 inch you will come off adjustable Spanners.
Wera assorted screwdrivers, pozi 2,3 plus small slotted and large slotted.
hammer and adjustable basin wrench. Small Bahco hacksaw/padsaw.
drill bits kit x 4. Bahco small wrench/bit set. Stanley knife. Snap rings with radiator keys, small adjustable wrench and mult function four way key. Cranked screwdrivers and tape measure.

Then I have another eight bags of stuff overflowing with kit I use on a less frequent basis and don't get me started on what's in the garage.....

 

[AWheating]

just nick the colleges tools.

 

[Best]

Footprints 7" and 10" for most of the brass nuts where slight grip marks won't matter on day to day plumbing. You can get the type with different bolt positions (thumbscrew bolt needs removed each time to adjust them) or a thumbwheel version.