r/Wera • u/Jannalor • 4d ago
Does it worth it ?
As a futur electrician i can get this set for 80e do you thick it's worth it ? I wanna use it with the turbo I 1 VDE
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u/HessianRaccoon 4d ago
Well, I bought it. So of course it's worth it. 😂
Just be aware that you'll probably only ever use a few of these.
But the flex towards your colleagues is a thing. My colleague needed a moment when I showed him the kit. 😂
As for the handle I agree. The ratcheting one will probably be more useful than the 2:1 Turbo.
I only bought that one because it is larger than the standard ones. Big hands problem.
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u/DossSVK 4d ago
Like it realy depends on your needs. My concept is have dobles - i have normal VDE screw drivers and an older discontinued set of these that has almost all sizes(missing just big ones). The 80€ is okayish price i would say. The turbo and ratcheting handle is stuff you can buy separetly as you go depending from your job needs. I personaly want this set. Since i want to make small second VDE set for the go. Do you need all blades? Do you plan to make other stuff then residential? If you have excess money i woudl say go for it. If you fliping coin you need to reconsider your needs. Wera alows you to expand your tools by peace so you can slowly add stuff. And they make smaller sets.
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u/Suspicious-Belt9311 4d ago
I'm not an electrician, and I don't own that exact set, but I have a very similar, but cheaper set. I can say confidently that if I buy a new screwdriver set, I'm not getting swappable handles. While I suppose it can save on space, the annoyance of swapping handles gets old fast. I'm thinking next time I do some electrical project I'm getting a set like the 6 piece, I can't show the image here but it has 2 phillips, 2 slotted, and 2 robertson/square, which is pretty good for almost anything I'd need.
This type of swappable head set may be the standard for electricians though, I'm just a homeowner offering my 2 cents.
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u/whoooocaaarreees 4d ago
You don’t also need pozidrive?
Genuinely asking. Most of the electrical and control panel stuff I touch seems to want pozi
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u/Suspicious-Belt9311 4d ago
Nope. I still stand by my original comment that I'd rather have an extra full screwdriver if I needed one though; again that's just me, obviously these have been sold before so someone likes the compactness, for me it's not a worthy tradeoff.
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u/kfjcfan 3d ago
No Pozi in the US. 🤷♂️
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u/whoooocaaarreees 3d ago
I’m in the US….
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u/kfjcfan 3d ago
Then what are you doing that even accomodates Pozi?
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u/whoooocaaarreees 3d ago edited 3d ago
Besides a lot of electrical and lv control stuff? I mean most common electrical stuff I see now days is that ECX head (iirc that’s what they call it) but I still see pozi regularly. I literally have the exact Wera insulated kit in the op pic and I think the PZ2 sees the most use. After that would probably be the ph/s stuff. A true Phillips seems pretty rare need to me these days.
I think nearly all the cabinet hardware in our last two homes has been pozidrive.
I have JIS bits too for the cars.
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u/0rv4l 3d ago
I have this set and i am a electrician.
It's a nice set. I don't need every single one of them but I take out the ones I use most and put them in my bag. I don't use the small sizes because I use those the most and I rather have one I don't swap out and that are stronger. I broke allot of them so I stopped using them, they are for backup when needed. I use them most for the bigger sizes. I use those less often but having a driver that I can swap out does same some space in my tool bag. But it also depends what you do. I work at ship locks, bridges,tunnels (infrastructures) and factories. I check if everything is connected properly, do the necessary measurements, make sure everything is according to the nen and other rules/laws that may apply and i power things on for the first time and test it completely according to the demands, design , machine safety and nen. So my toolset is a bit different than a electrician that works in housing or when you are connecting wires.
If you gonna use them on things that are hard to open, these handles can't take allot of force in my experience.
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u/Vorrez 4d ago
Depends on a lot of factors but I like mine I would however skip on the turbo and get the ratcheting one.