Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 06:21:58 -0800
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Instaboost 400 storage bag
In-Reply-To: <5B6930F0-7653-4E1E-A916-9F5120410612@gmail.com>
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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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