I went today to a place here called Berland's House of Tools that carries serious, manly tools for professionals. I try to avoid going to Berland's because you could easily drop $1000 there if you bring your credit cards. Luckily my cards are maxed out and I only got a few things I actually needed. At least they are in an industrial park and nowhere near a mall. You do not want to drive anywhere near a mall until Dec. 26.
But I did see some cool new items if you're shopping for presents for your install vans. Like these Milwaukee HollowCore nut driver sets that can be used on all-thread and have hex shafts you can take a wrench to: SAE set: http://www.milwaukeetool.com/hand-tools/screwdrivers/48-22-2507 metric set: http://www.milwaukeetool.com/hand-tools/screwdrivers/48-22-2517 And Klein has some hollow shaft 1/4” impact driver sockets in 7/8, 1/2 and 9/16 size, including models with 5 and 10 inch long shafts: http://www.kleintools.com/catalog/power-tool-accessories/power-nut-drivers I needed a replacement for my favorite Bahco brand diagonal cutters, which I see are made in Spain now rather than Sweden, we’ll see if the quality is the same. Also needed some long bellhanger bits. I avoided walking through the whole store or I would have found more cool things. I was tempted by the adjustable 310 lumen LED flashlights at the checkout, similar to these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BOV9QD6
