How heavy is yours?

[Best]

Have been lugging my tool case about and finding it very tiring. Today was just too much as I was going up several flights of stairs to a flat with it. It is my "small tools" tool case, but has every spanner, grips, screwdrivers, pipeslices, large pipe cutters, snips, pliers, etc that I usually ever need, plus loads of other things.
Decided to weigh it tonight, - 18 kilos! ...that is near 3 stone.
Carrying that in one hand, plus sometimes carrying other things is taking its toll. Going to have to weed any unnecessary tools out and split the stuff into 2 cases.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Good thread, it's reminded me to clear mine out... All those fittings soon weigh up!

Don't forget the little bits of tube

 

[WaterTight]

Oh I don't like to stop at tube, mine is also full of rubbish. Might as well break your back carrying round stuff that just wanted to be put in the bin.

Right that's it I'm clearng it out tomorrow. I'll do a pre and post weigh in for laffs.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Oh I don't like to stop at tube, mine is also full of rubbish. Might as well break your back carrying round stuff that just wanted to be put in the bin.

Right that's it I'm clearng it out tomorrow. I'll do a pre and post weigh in for laffs.

And pics

 

[tolly]

never weighed my bag but its heavy enough for me to have broken 2 shoulder straps when the d rings have opened up under the weight of it! (Stanley fatmax open tote)

I bought a veto OT XXL last year but I sent it back, although the quality is amazing, the weight of it empty was too much (obviously this is oweing to the quality of it), by the time I had everything in it I wanted it was unmanageable. Shame as I seem to wreck the Stanley ones in 6 months.

 

[Best]

Mine is a large Stanley tool case and holding together okay so far, apart from some of the catches broke off. Mine at 18 kilo feels much heavier than that, but carrying that weight on one hand and walking upstairs really tests your strength. It is like carrying a large child around using just one hand. Lifting a heavy weight compared with carrying a heavy weight is much different. I bet most people's tool cases do not weigh as much as they think.

 

[quality]

This was my mates tool caddy

 

[AlexGas]

F&E cistern!

 

[quality]

this was his latest model with 20 year development

 

[WaterTight]

More than 2 and half stone. I weigh 9 stone 12 for christ sake (I weighed 11stone 9 in Jan, have been laying off the cheeseburgers.)

Haven't cleared it out yet but will post it's lipo results when I do

 

[gastec]

After a years worth of pain from both wrists thanks to carrying heavy tool boxes i have invested in the Festool trolly, a couple of Systainers and the open tote as a burn bucket, it might of been expensive but for pain free wrists which was affecting my work its been worth every penny.

 

[voivod]

JCB Deep Tool Cart (W)465mm (D)480mm | Departments | DIY at B&Q

Got this and a few extra boxes....solder ,first fix ,drills etc n seperatae wee box...circular and sds etc in big roller box . Great value methinks

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Too heavy

I can lift it but can't walk far with it

 

[Toxic Ted]

JCB Deep Tool Cart (W)465mm (D)480mm | Departments | DIY at B&Q

Got this and a few extra boxes....solder ,first fix ,drills etc n seperatae wee box...circular and sds etc in big roller box . Great value methinks

I've got that with another two stack boxes and it's really good. I have an open tote bag for all the hand tools and the stack boxes for the heavier drills,circular saws and battery stuff.....well chuffed with mine.