Unknown Tool Review: "iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit"

The iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit is a large portion of items bundled into one from the iFixit.com.

This kit comes with mostly everything you need to fix any modern electronics. iFixit specializes in electronic repair, selling a few variety of kits. The kit in question today retails at the price of $65, which is cheaper than buying the tools individual, and maintains the tools that are used the most or even daily.

The highlighted items within this kit would have to include:

• Magnetic panel: The case that contains everything in it has a hidden magnetic pad underneath the screw driver and bit kit. The magnetic pad its self is quite strong and could be used to keep the bit kit stationary when on an inclined surface or another way of keeping the screws who try to escape stationary.

• Plastic tipped reversed tweezers: These tweezers are great, the hard plastic that replaces the usually metal tip of most tweezers help to get a better, more cushioned grip, without damaging the item your holding. The way the tweezers are reversed is that they want to stay closed, which means you maintain more precision and don't apply too much pressure on the item your holding.

• Light weight suction cup: A handy small suction cup that comes with a handle, used to safely lift and remove glass panels such if your repairing a phone or tablet. This suction cup was created entirely from their company with a more durable and stronger rubber and a grip useful for leverage.

• Unique bits: This kit doesn't only have the basic bit types, it contains a good selection of 64 specialty bits. The bits to mention are the: Phillips 000 which is the perfect one to use with most glasses and laptops, Torx T5 which is the most common smartphone bit, Pentalobe 2 which is the bit most used on iPhones, Tri-point 000 - the bit for the Apple Watch, Gamebit 3.8 - the bit used on Nintendo and Sega gaming consoles, the Oval Drive - a bit used on common espresso machines, and the best one yet, a SIM ejection bit.

• Sorting lid: The lid that covers all the bits and the screw driver has a grid pattern that could act as an incredible and useful sorter when you are taking out more than one type of screw.

The best part yet, the company hosts a forum that holds repair guides with the tools mentioned before. The guides are able to list how hard the repair would be, and the tools that are going to be used (down to the specified bit and everything). They also produce teardown guides which lists the type of important electronic parts that can be salvaged from broken or outdated electronics. They have a full store room full of parts that you might need for your next repair job or next big project. Just tinkering in electronics are able to open a surprising amount of job openings and can help you save of costs.

I truly recommend to check out their website for yourself.

10/10