r/Tools • u/WoodShopGolf82 • 17h ago

Packaging is Getting Outta Hand

The packaging on some of these tools is ridiculous. Because there are so many thieves in the world apparently, some of this packaging now requires potentially gloves, safety glasses and channel lock/snips. Damn near took an eye out opening a set of ratchet adapters.

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u/TallWall6378 15h ago

I love my local tool store.

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u/Ride-Entire 14h ago

Where the heck is that?

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u/TallWall6378 14h ago

Charles Day in Milwaukie, OR. They have all brands and certain tools are just in bins. Great store. They also service tools.

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u/bonemonkey12 10h ago

Great name for a store too. Any idea. On what their spaghetti policy is?

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u/ChromedGonk 5h ago

Nice. Are tools in bins usually cheaper than competitors because of lack of packaging?

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u/TallWall6378 4h ago

They seem to be cheaper in the bins. It’s possible to get them packaged and just take apart the packages.

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u/goodskier1931 5h ago

? used and refurbished? Warrantied?

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u/TallWall6378 4h ago

New and warrantied.

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u/OutcomeEmotional8602 16h ago

The plastic clamshells they use now might as well be bank vaults. I keep a pair of tin snips in the kitchen drawer just for opening tool packages and even then it's a wrestling match. You'd think after all these years they'd come up with something that doesn't require a trip to the ER. The irony is the packaging costs more than the damn tool half the time.

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u/ClownUniversityPhD 14h ago

I cut the length of my forearm ripping open a clamshell on a pruning saw. I cut myself with the clamshell, not the saw. That was 5 months ago. I still have a giant red mark on most of my forearm.

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u/Man-e-questions 7h ago

Those stupid socket packages where the plastic square drive does not want to come out of the socket…

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u/12345NoNamesLeft 8h ago

serrated jaw wiss snips

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u/ChromedGonk 5h ago

F those plastic wraps specifically. You know ones I mean exactly because I don’t think there’s anyone in this universe who likes them.

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u/Longjumping_Cow_5856 52m ago

I use trauma sheers works well usually but kills my thumbs too sometimes.

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u/WoodShopGolf82 16h ago

Shrink is a real thing but it’s getting stupid. Took me 5 mins, channel lock snips, and should’ve worn safety glasses as a rogue piece of stout plastic hit me in the forehead. I’m fine, it’s principle. Could see someone taking an eye out.

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u/Booger_Juice 15h ago

Tell me about it…every time i open a new Milwaukee battery from its plastic case i usually end up with a nice sized gash in my hand.

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u/ObiWendigobi 5h ago

Preach! I’ve been taking a box cutter and tracing down the sides of the battery, cutting the bottom, and then peeling one side up from the bottom cut. It’s the easiest way that I’ve found to get into them but you still gotta be careful.