Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:29:31 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Instaboost 400 storage bag
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Thanks Don,
I know the feeling,
same with all my construction tools except I got all of 30years on mine.
Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
> On Dec 1, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Storage bags, boxes, tool cases....all that. Most manufacturers get fancy, too fancy....with what they sell as containers or cases for their small widgets...By trying to pare down the size of the container they make it super-hard to get the *whatever* back inside after you have used it.....I have, in real time, over a dozen tools in my van and shop with boxes, cases, bags, holsters, whatever...that are too small to be used day to day....Whenever I use my Makita hand planer I curse those guys for making the box just plain badly....I've used those tools now for 20yrs and I still simply hate the case they come in....Same with a couple of my routers...You can spend about 5 full minutes getting those things back in their cases and the cases closed up....Every single time, 5 wasted minutes...If the box or case was about 1/2" bigger, it would be a snap to use, but no, they had to save that 1/2" and so it's more likely I will grab my old time hand plane and use that...to avoid the hassel of the Makita case....
> I haven't got round to making GOOD cases for all my tools and equipment but I have done so for a lot of the things I use often...and when I do I prioritize ease of use first.
> I'd look for a container that fit your Booster better than the factory thingy...
>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That will probably be my next step. Into a plastic bag 😥
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>
>>
>> > On Nov 30, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Stephen Engel <sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Years ago I bought a DeWalt combo cordless toolkit (saw, drill/driver, flashlight, two batteries, and a charger) packed in a gym bag sort of thing. It came with cardboard packing, owners' manuals etc. I could NEVER get all those pieces (minus packing and manuals) back in there and close the zipper again. I ended using the bag to carry loose hand tools and carried my power tools in a crate.
>> >
>> > Instaboost most likely offers a proper storage bag for $69.95 or some such "deal".
>> >
>> > Steve
>> > 87 Syncro
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On Nov 30, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> These things drive me crazy. Just bought the Instaboost 400 battery jump,starter. I'm trying to put the thing away in the storage bag properly. can't figure out what the correct way to do it. There must be a method to do this. I must need some coffee or a vacation. Got it for my Westy.
>> >>
>> >> Dennis Jowell
>> >> Scotch Hollow Farm
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