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(Message started by: harry.m1byt on Jan 27^th, 2007, 10:03am)

Title: Aldi specials!
Post by harry.m1byt on Jan 27^th, 2007, 10:03am

Aldi had a few useful bits on offer last Thursday, amongst them-

A small trolley jack at £9.99 and a tyre service kit at £4.99.

The latter was a digital pressure gauge, tread depth gauge, valve spanner and four valves covers. I already had two digital gauges for which I had paid quite a bit more than £4.99, but the operation of this one is much more logical than my others.

I could not quite fathom out the four valve tops - they are much longer than just a cap (1.5" long) and have a metal insert in them. So what are these all about then?

Not much to say about the jack, other than it is cheap and it works. Too good to miss at the price, despite having a full sized garage item.

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by armatec on Jan 27^th, 2007, 1:59pm

i bought the jack a few months back when they had them in, i must say it was well worth the tenner.. and earlyer on in the week i got a battery/alternator tester thingy .. not used it yet but was all digital with nice flashing lights and couldnt resist it for £2 lol .. and also brought the wife a jump starter battery thing with the jump leads £25.. better than the one in argos we brought at christmas (and took it back cuz it was rubbish) that was £45

aldi and lidl do have some great buys sometimes..

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by mr._floppy on Jan 27^th, 2007, 5:52pm

What's the weight limit for the Jack ?

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by RichardMS on Jan 27^th, 2007, 6:20pm

on 01/27/07 at 17:52:44, mr._floppy wrote:

What's the weight limit for the Jack ?

I think it's a 2 ton.
Bought the jump starter thing last year, Used it a few times as I don't use the Scorpio through the winter, well worth the money.
Had a look at the tyre service kit today, I think the black things are valve extensions ;)

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by harry.m1byt on Jan 27^th, 2007, 6:45pm

on 01/27/07 at 18:20:28, RichardMS wrote:

Yes, 2 ton. They don't lift very high, but good for a standby.

Extensions would make some sense, but they seem to call them four spare valve caps.

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by taliban on Jan 28^th, 2007, 12:14am

lidl at the moment have a good cat activity centre in for 19.99, has different levels etc, the equivalent in pet shops is around 60 quid.

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by jonnycab on Jan 28^th, 2007, 1:05am

We've got an Aldi in Wickford....& I'm going up there tomorrow to check out these bargains ;)

Went there a while back & got a great tap & dye set for £2.99 (M3 - M6), & two adjustable rubber wrap around wrenches for opening jam jars etc (great for oil filters), for £1.49.

They didn't have any trolley jacks at the time....but hopefully they'll have some tomorrow :)

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by mr._floppy on Jan 28^th, 2007, 10:32am

I've got one of them small trolley jacks, yes it's true the lifting height is limited and beware, those little trolley front wheels will dig into your tarmac on your drive. :o
So if you don't want two little indents on your drive put the trolley on a bit of wood.

Title: Re: Aldi specials!
Post by harry.m1byt on Jan 28^th, 2007, 10:32am

Last week one of them (Aldi or Lidl) had some rather neat fold up crawler boards (for skidding about under the car) in so I grabbed one and an adjustable height work stool.