On 12 Oct 2007 16:15:24 GMT, wrote:

Over the past few months I have been trying to buy a couple of
practical toolboxes for two or three different purposes.

Most of mine are ex-mil surplus.

Particularly good for "handyman" stuff are British Army canvas holdalls.
About a tenner from your local surplus shop, or tenner+post from eBay.
You'll not find anything equally strong elsewhere. Parachutists'
"weapons sleeve"s (also canvas) are also good for individual big things,
like a greasy trolley jack, or a big felling axe / chainsaw (PC Plod
reckons it's illegal to posess an axe inside a city)

As workshop engineering tool drawers I'm using the usual bright red
steel 6 or 7 drawer chests. Most of these are "Stack On" as a reasonable
compromise of price vs. quality. They're all pretty much the same
except for the quality of the ball-bearing telescopic slides. If they
aren't ball-bearing as a minimum, don't buy them.

I've no use for plastic toolboxes at all. What's the point? As for
spending 20 quid or so on some crap from B&Q or by Stanley, you're
having a laugh.