Wiha SlimVario - 31 Piece insulated screwdriver set
We've been seduced by the Wiha Slim Vario system. Now they've taken it to another level with this exquisite 31 piece set. This bag of joy includes three handle types, nut runners and an extensive array of insulated bits - Pozi, Philips, flat, hex and torx.
The Slimvario bits are VDE 1000Vac rated and interchangeable between other Wiha Slim Vario parts such as the Wiha torque screwdrivers and Wiha speede.
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00:00 Wiha SlimVario 31 Piece set
00:20 Gary gets moist with a new clutch bag
00:40 What's in the 31 Piece kit
01:08 Includes a insulated nut runners
01:43 Slim Vario Pico
02:10 Wiha SlimVario stubby
02:37 Includes hex and torx bits
03:00 Slotted Pozi head
03:40 SlimVario set-up
04:11 Screwdriver extension
05:50 Compatible with Wiha torque and Speede 2 models
06:50 Do not do this!
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Most of the tools in this set you will never need
I’ve been tempted by this set it’s beautiful. Been using the torque pouch and the one with the stubby for a while. I’d be lost without them! Actually snapped my 3.5mm slotted this week 😭
Go on treat yourself
Most of the tools made by this brand are good quality, I just couldn't justify the cost, and I find my £38 wiha driver with the bits in the handle covers me for all my day to day tasks, that's all I ever use.
Great that they’ve made everything interchangeable, even with their other drivers!
Love a Wiha screwdriver, especially their slim versions, can’t be beat.
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It’s a fantastic set owned it for a while and use it now everyday the fact that it interconnects with all the slim vario bits and accessories is great it also works with the more thinker sets that can be bought individually to really make it work Fab great vid lads keep it up
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Great video . Don’t forget you can add the Torque adaptors for when your doing the consumer units , 0.8 /2.0/2.5/2.8&4Nm , these fit into the stubby and the standard handle 👍
Thanks Tony - Do you know if you can get a tamperproof torx bit in the slim vario. A few viewers have asked and also an EV charger we are working on turns up with some!
@@efixx Hi , not at the moment , only Torx and IP Torx available, Wiha do Tamperproof in soft finish screwdrivers (VDE) will enquire re TP
I've got the standard handle; anyone know if there's an adaptor so I can also use the slimvario bits (with the standard sized handle)?
I've been using a wera kraftform kit for 3 years, so much less hassle than carrying a bag full of screwdrivers. Pricey! But nicey! 😜👍
I’m a big Slim Vario fan !
Beautiful
Can't wait to win that
Plain tickets 🎫
I wonder what the maximum torque is of the interchangeable bits? Have had issues with the torque driver on Lewden boards using a SL/PZ2 bit and the edges of the tip snap off. The bits are not covered under the warranty...
I honestly have a few sets of drivers like this from various different brands and they just aren't as convenient as reaching for the correct size driver ready to go. I now use these types of sets for the more unusual fixing types only. As for that electric driver, that belongs in the bin.
I've very much ended up the same, I have a set which comes out when needed, but on my routine stuff, I have the drivers.
Very nice well thought out gear that Wiha (. Side note : it’s time breakers were torx drive not chiffy chaffy cam out drive )
"well thought out gear" Although they didn't think that someone might want/dry to put the bits in a drill chuck, seems a pretty obvious oversight to me and I'm surprised they didn't hold up better.
@@mfx1 they’re insulated which means mostly made out of plastic. That’s just not going to work in drill chucks.
How many screwdrivers can one carry. As good honest use most electricians can't go wrong with Klein or Felo vde screwdrivers. I've had and still have way too many screwdrivers. I haven't had great experiences with Wiha drivers tbh. The odd one or two keep breaking. Looks like a great kit but I guess you have to think is the price justifiable if you already have plenty of decent kit.
Whats the point of a screwdriver with sockets? Surely 99% of nuts will be too tight to loosen. And I wouldnt trust a screwdriver to keep a nut tight
Hello from Canada
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If WIHA and WERA could have a drunken liaison behind a skip the product would be excellent. The WIHA retention system is a little poor....think 'slack as a Wizards sleeve'. Put driver in pocket blade first, remove driver, retention sleeve catches and bit falls out. Their multi bits in the handle driver is great when climbing a ladder as you have 6 bits available .....until the bloody bit falls out. I have complained on numerous occasions at trade shows and a very nice lady boss has so far replaced one of my drivers 3 times. WERA retention is better BUT the bits are as thick as a whale omelette and so make for a much bulkier pack. However I do like the nut spinner option. For those who think you can have too many drivers, you are wrong, deal with it
I got greedy. I’d been waiting for it to come down on price on Amazon. I saw it for $209 & pass on it, telling myself I’d wait til it was under $200. Big mistake. It never did & it’s $475 now. I do own the Wiha torque driver & love it.
Why is it so difficult to buy/find a single replacement bit?
Nice looking set but £240 is a hefty price tag especially as some you may never use
Nice 👌 what’s the damage on this set up ? Bet you won’t have much change left after 300 quid ?
240 for cash 😉
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Im in love to
I've gotta get that set! Is it only in metric? We here in the US apparently can't handle change and never adopted the metric system. Idiots! I think Snap on and Craftsman had something to do with that. Twice as many tools to sell and needed to work on one car..
It’s German - so metric only
Do they come with star drive/Torque bits with the hole in the centre? For security type screws (Not sure of the proper name)
Tamper proof torx....
@@lurchy666 that's the one I'd forgotten it was different spelling
we've asked on this as an EV charger we are working on has just rocked up with the tamperproof torx heads.
Give wiha a yeeha I need to buy this.
Every electrician watching this: So tempted to buy it. But do I really need it? It's £200+ But it looks so good. It's not worth the money. But look at it.
Apsolut gem that is, but price is astronomical 🙂
Are the actual bits insulated or is it just the handle ?
Bits are insulated
@@efixx thanks!
You didn't torque the nut! I guess you used the calibrated electricians wrist you disagreed with me that us electricians have.
That crimp was still loose ,needs his wrist recalibrating!
@@raychambers3646 They are out of practice by using these dodgy torque screwdrivers.
More on torque coming soon and the mother of all torque testing tools.
@@glenwoofit to much torque not enough action! Lol
Nice bit of kit. And with your screwless sockets and screwless consumer units You have wasted £160 Wonderful, 😂 Great video guy’s as always ⚡️👍👍👍❤️
That is actually not true, I can tell you. We still screw the sockets and light switches into the boxes and the cover of the sockets are also held in place by screws. Also some cable terminations still require screws. And also even if the new stuff is without screws, there is still many out there with them.
@@Marcel_Germann yes but that doesn’t justify £160 on that Fancy wera pouch set and no one needs that many screwdrivers I have the draper pouch set VDE inter changeable and a set of hilka insulated screwdrivers and they have never been near a screw , I use the draper set all the time
@@Dog-whisperer7494 I can tell you what I need here: -PZ/SL 1 or PZ1 for the covers of modern sockets -PZ/SL 2 or PZ2 for modern consumer units. -flat head 4mm or PZ1 to screw accessories to box -TX20 for terminals of kitchen cookers -flat head 5mm for older distribution units. -TX15 to screw clips or accessories to the wall. Can also be PZ2. Also depends on what you do, that's the reason I have several sets of tools in different bags for different purposes. I have only one set from Wiha and that's their torque screwdriver. And I also have several manufacturers for screwdrivers. I have Wera, PB Swiss, Klein Tools. And some manufacturers are good for a kind of tool, the other ones they have are not good. For example Knipex pliers are excellent, but their screwdrivers are not good in my opinion.
Oh no. Now I need to have it. Why did I watch this
Where is this made? It matters to me. I want to support a local person & their family with a decent paying job instead of fat profit margins for companies. Wiha is known for offshoring--Vietnam & now China which is why I don't buy their stuff usually & go with Knipex. I bought their VDE torque screwdriver & made sure I bought the German made one(#28792) instead of the Chinese made one (#28789) even though it was $70 more. It's the best one out there for AWG (i like the Armeg but its metric) even with the 2-step torque adjustment.
I've worked out what you can't do with them. It's just a shame that one was yours Gordon...... Pure Comedy
My god, who has that kinda money for screwdrivers .....will get knicked on site before first break too.
The bits might not slide into the handles as elegantly once they've been showered in lath and plaster dust.
When your given something like this for Free to promote as these two do... I guess you'd love anything as Gary does 🙄. And your correct... you'd spend more time guarding this 'I love a pouch' on site that you'd never get anything done. 😉
No one will ever claw this from Gary's hands!
Price
It's not max torq, 1st time I used it it twisted (the usual metal piece of a bit holder is made out of plastic with this set, you can use it for things not to tight but if you need something tight or make it loose, you're gonna twist the holder and it won't be usable anymore, 230€ down the drain
It is also a different size than the usual this one is 6mm while your regular bit holder is 6.5mm? Correct me if I'm wrong, so as soon as it breaks you're screwed
What happens when you loose 1 bit ? Buy a full new set ?
You can get individuals, but the cost can be prohibitive. In the past I've found the smallest set with the bit I need and bought it that way. As ultimately cheaper
toptip 👍🏻
OMG I just looked at the price! What a rip off....
Add up the price of individual 🪛 and nut runners
Wera over whia anyday!
Hey John, I’m interested why you prefer Wera over Wiha. Have you had a bad experience with Wiha?
@@pwaelectricalltd29 the locking mechanism for the whia interchangeable heads are such a bad design and break fairly easy. Whereas the wera have a loads better mechanism and last longer. Went through 2 whia sets in a year compared to the wera set i have now that ive been using for 18 months or so
@@easayas123 thanks for your swift feedback, very much appreciated.
Can you send me one. I must have one.
Please can I have one would be good for work in my front room now a work room. I do some KZhead videos with it.
Sadly , I’ve found their pliers to be hit or miss .
Just had to sell a kidney to pay for it as it is more than £200
Worth it 💕🦾💕
£164……WHAT!!!!!!
Add up buying individual screwdrivers and nut runners.
@@efixx I have a Halfords Advanced tool kit that cost about £160 and has a vast amount of kit including most of what's in in that Wiha set. And it all has a lifetime warranty.
@@cypeman8037 - but is it insulated ?
@@efixx nut spinners , you don’t run a nut you spin a nut
@@efixx I don't get many shocks working on cars, except when I'm tidying up after other cowboys. 😂😂😂
£200 😱
Nice vid a little long for a review for me
Time stamps in description if you need to cut to the action
Bought a set of wiha drivers this time last year. Absolute sack of shit.
that bag for the bits and handles looks so unpractical- way too big. i mean, u need more tools than just a screwdriverset for the most jobs to be done. either u look like a fullpacked donkey on the way to the customer or u have to go several times to ur car to get all the tools u need. in my opinion such sets should be designed to fit in almost every toolbox for mechanics or construction workers. in addition the quality of wiha screwdrivers isnt bad but anything else but good. broke so many SL/PH's. never happened with other comparable quality screwdriver brands. im aware of they broke because i applied to much force to them but to be honest 3.8Nm is a shame for so called 'quality tools' even though its the max torque for most electric fuses were u will use this kind of bit most the time but again 3.8Nm is nothing (the same with 5.5Nm. its such a joke ) and u will go beyond that pretty fast without noticing. but everyone is deciding for its own. over all and not to forgot nice video and thx for the effort u put in.
Give wiha a yeeha I need to buy this.