r/KleinTools

2nd year electrical apprentice. Not a fan of the classic orange one but I saw the blackout and def made my choice in terms of rolling tool boxes.

Pretty cool set. Seems more like a collectible so probably won’t use them. Is this set common where you guys are?

**The Last photo is the Milwaukee cutters.

Used the 250th diagonal cutters for the first time. Just to cut some tiny plastic hoses. I felt a lot more resistance than I thought I should have.

Looked closer and the jaws are severely misaligned. Almost looks intentional. My Milwaukees aren’t like that. Is this normal for longevity?

6+ years of spinning the wheel and finally won something! I was kinda surprised it arrived in 3 days.

I’m going to try Frankensteining this with some of my packout stuff.

What opinions do you have to share on these? Just looking to pick up a pair to keep at the house and liked the look of them and feel of the grips. And they’re on sale—I know it’s only $3, but hey why not.

• The dividers are grey rather than orange. Personally I like how visible the dividers are in the regular boxes, as items can blend in with the grey. The PACKOUT drawer dividers are black, but the drawers themselves are red inside rather than orange or grey on black and so items stand out more.

• The cups in the organizer are also black. This is a much bigger issue as darker items get lost in the cups, not an issue with the orange cups of the original organizers. This can be a problem when searching for small items like black or grey screws or black rubber grommets in limited lighting and is IMHO one of the downsides of other box makers' black cups or the black cups or trays.

This isn't meant to be a negative review, just a caveat if you've been wanting to jump into MODbox for a bit and were tempted to pull the trigger now due to the new limited edition stack.

Finally, the last photo shows what I have mentioned is a shortcoming of the Gen 2 latching mechanism; if you look you can tell the medium toolbox in the middle isn't latched closed but you need to look CAREFULLY, where the unlatched bails of the Gen 1 box make it pretty obvious. This could lead to unpleasant spillage incidents, particularly with the Gen 2 organizers.

This set seems good for the sale price. Everything snaps together better than expected. The adapter fits the larger pass through ratchet. The hex shank fits the 20-in 1 handle too.

Why aren't these in AUS yet? I'm a new apprentice and need this. Don't want to have to get a packout.