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It's $11.99 ... nobody is expecting this to contain top notch high quality tools. The fact that you can get a usable tool kit for $11.99 is pretty impressive.

“This one goes all the way up to two inch!” Yeah me too buddy. Me too....

The ikea kit is the "no more excuses to have no tools in the house" kit. I'm sure many a novice has taken that first step with kits like this and moved on to greater things from there. Say what you will about IKEA but "it's cheap & good enough" and "we put thought into it" are good qualities of theirs. I like them for that reason.

I think this kit is aimed at people that are only ever going to assemble furniture, hence it being sold in a flat pack furniture store. It should all be good enough for that purpose.

Let’s be honest, if you’re the kind of guy who’s thinking about buying this set, you are the kind of guy who absolutely should buy this set. No judgment.

That IKEA tool set was my first experience with tools when I was 10. I used it to take apart the kitchen table and my mom was furious. From that day on I’ve been addicted to tools

Watched entire vid just too find out what the round black thing was.

"Metric and standard" Me, a european: hold up

As a professional, you laugh about the Ikea tool box, but it includes the tools you need to build Ikea furniture. And to hit a nail in the wall, that's enough and it is not meant to repair cars or do any other heavy work

I think the Ikea stuff is just supposed to be a starter set. If you have no tools, no idea what you'll need in the future - these'll probably have you covered for $12. If you find you need another tool - buy it. If you find you use one of these a lot - buy a better one. However, I do agree that these were pretty well chosen - and selling them where you're probably going to be buying your first furniture, is a pretty good fit as you're probably needing your first everything.

My brother goes to a top university and can barely figure out a screwdriver. There are plenty of people like that who just need to do basic around the dorm tasks.

Millenial here. I bought this tool set years ago, and it has been super handy and worth the $11. I've only used it for basic around-the-house maintenance, but there is no denying the value of this set for a non-handy person.

I've got one of these, it lives in a kitchen drawer and it's perfectly adequate for what it's meant for. I use it about once or twice a week.

The best thing is to wander through the Ikea maze and find one of those little bedroom dioramas tucked away in a corner, cover up with one of the impulse purchase quilts that you find and take a nice quick nap while your better half shops for candles and nesting bowls

I bought that tool kit from IKEA in Seattle about 4 years ago for 7.99. I have used it on everything from bikes to little "around the house" fixes and for the price, you cant go wrong. I personally love the little case it comes in because it fits nice and neat in my kitchen drawer. I have managed to not lose a single bit. I would absolutely purchase another.

When it all comes down to it, it’s the difference between tools that get used a couple times a year, and tools that get used on a regular basis. $20+ pliers versus $2 pliers.

3 of those screwdrivers are pozidriv, not Phillips.

I love how you have started to be more open to cheaper tools realizing not everyone is using them every day all day. I remember the old wranglerstar would bash this tool kit. Very happy with how you are evolving with your channel. As a person who has started to become more handy around the house and on my truck a lot of the tools you used to show would be much out of my price range. Until I can afford better tools when I get out of high school harbor freight has been my best friend.

I believe the three "Phillips" bits in the middle are Pozidriv.

I bought an IKEA wardrobe back in 2002. That was 17 years ago, so you can imagine how excited I am that I have almost finished putting it together. Should be ready for Christmas ....2024

Any one tool in your "dream" kit costs 3 times what that kit costs.

this is basically an advertisment for german tools

Given the quality id rather have this over nothing in a pinch

The perfect “Complete waste of time” to watch with my morning coffee.

The screwdriver bit at 7:35 that you called a Nr.3 Phillips is actually a Nr.3 Pozidriv, it is ground differently to the Phillips tips. In Europe most of our screws are Pozidriv, so makes sense that a swedish company would include them.

Calling imperial “standard”

I do like that rubber hammer cap and the Awl bit!

The bits are 3 pcs of Phillps (Ph )and 3 pcs of pozidrive (Pz ). Pozidrive bits have 4 main wings and 4 secondary, giving improved torque capacity. Ph tools can be used for pz screws, but pz tools not so much for ph screws.

"Ikea millennials" Even some millennials have, cherish, and care for their high quality tools. I know some people in the older generations that wouldn't even know which end of that Ikea hammer to swing at the screw they are trying to use it with.

i got this one from my dad when i was 7. so many good memories of messing around making wooden stuff in de garage. made my day thank you of reminding me.😇🙏

I have seen that nut thing at the top of screwdrivers and never figured out why it was there, but now it makes so much sense. This has helped me so much.

Metric and standard lol, worldwide metric IS standard

HINT: METRIC is the standard except for 2 Countries in the World...

After being a Mechatronics tech for four years I can appreciate this little kit for someone who is just starting out with tools. I had a similar kit like that as a kid. Now I've spent around 5 grand in tools lol

The IKEA tool kit is mainly designed for IKEA furniture assembly and not household tasks. For example, the hammer is perfect size for 1 inch box nails which IKEA uses (and wooden plugs).

At 7:36 I think that's a set of Pozidrive #1, #2, and #3, and then a set of Phillips in the same sizes. Anyone care to confirm or deny?

Leave it to Wranglerstar to turn a review on a $12 tool set into a lecture on how we should all spend 500% more on a top of the line tool set.

Those Knipex screwdrivers are indeed some of the best out there. I got a set like that about 10 years ago from my grandfather and still use it today. Great video!

I did some wire work. One thing you could use the serrated jaw on the back side of lineman’s or needle nose pliers is for stripping solid core wire. It is a common use on Romex wire. What you do is jus put the wire in the jaws and the serrations crush and separate the insulation from the wire without damaging the copper. Not all have them but if they do it is their intended use. It does require a bit of practice but speeds up repairs when just replacing an old outlet or switch. I am also very safety conscious and recommend getting a non contact voltage tester at your local hardware store. They are not very expensive maybe $15-$20 but will save you a bunch of time and/or safety issues.

The nesting phase IKEA trip ...glad I am not alone. Cleaning walls I just cleaned last month....cupboard locks before the birth😂 And it was time well wasted

The short handles are perfect for us east coast guys too!

We got one and love it, we have a vacation/Airbnb VRBO condo and we keep a set up to have the basic tools if something were to break...then we wouldn't have to drive down Mt Baker about an hour to town and buy the right tool, this makes it so we can do almost all our projects, for example, the kit saved my life when I had to replace a toilet seat and take off a towel rack

I bought this set many years ago when I went to Ikea with my fiancé (now wife) and they have been my go to box since. ALMOST (yes, the occasional needle nose pliers or the proper wire cutter, etc. are needed) always. these tools are what I need.

I went to Ikea once. I bought a hotdog and a bottle of Swedish mustard.

“The Swedish people, so environmental aware. And yet everything in ikea is made in China” best quote I’ve ever heard.

Entertaining video! I can't find the video where you test them and now I'm curious. Question about the Knipex Cobra. In the video, I see you're using the 180, but the link shows the 250. Would you say that's a preferable size for general use?

The philips screwdriver tips are PH 1-3 and PZ 1-3. One is for wood screws, and the other set is for plasterboard (I think that's how it's called in english). The difference is the little slits inbetween the + pattern, gives you hell of a lot more grip for the corresponding screws.

I want it known that I do have a wonderful full toolbox that was passed down to me from my late father who was a tradesman and a passionate wood worker. It's a fantastic set but it's incredibly bulky and I have very little room for myself. Nevertheless I have that exact IKEA tool set, which I bought when I was buying some cheap 'throw away' type of furniture for my first apartment. The quality is questionable but as cheap tool sets go, it has had its clutch moments. As a student it has become quite useful for me as it's very compact and transportable since I move around a lot. I have made small additions to it like a decent tape measure and a utility knife. Though not everyone may need those. All in all if you're living in a rented small apartment that has the odd job that needs to be done, this is a decent tool set for the job. For anything bigger than that, I would not bother with the IKEA tool kit.

I bought this just because the hammer was cute. The screw driver and the hammer are really nice. I still have the pliers too but the rubber stuff on the handles came off, but it's still usable. For the price it's really not that bad.

Cody, thanks for the solid advice! I’m gonna find a home 501 miles from an ikea.

This kind of remindse of the tool kit my dad bought me when I moved out on my own. I'm not a very "handy" person, I'm definitely not building my own house or anything like that, but having this tool kit has been great to do small repairs or putting together some furniture. I don't need a $100 hammer or a wrench that can grab a 2 in. bolt. Just some basic tools to work on the house and cars. It's a pretty cheaply made kit, but when something breaks, that just means I've used it enough to warrant me buying a better quality version of that tool. Honestly the best gift my dad's ever gotten me.

Dudes showing his boomer status.

The screwdriver bits has 3x Phillips & 3x Pozi not 6x Phillips. Pozi bits have an extra "locking" Criss cross 45° rotated from the normal Phillips Criss cross & sit lower down on the bit.

For adjustable wrenches have a look at bahco wrenches. I carry one in conjunction with a knipex Cobra and a Benchmade 940 every day working as a merchant marine

Omg I was sure the small round thing would be a measuring tape! What a climax! 😂

“Your average millennial who wants to distinguish himself from his peers” Ok Boomer

Ken-i-pex?! It's pronounced Nip-ex gosh darn

I have this set in my caravan. The rubber cover for the hammer makes for a great mallet for awning pegs.

The plant I worked at blessed me with a lifetime supply of Wera, Knipex, and Rapidaptor tools just before they closed and laid us off. A sprinkling of Milwaukee and Kennedy, too. Very considerate of them...

I'd say a vise grip is a very handy tool. probably the most useful pliers ever

I know I’m late, but did he metric on one side and standard on the other? 😂 ah yes, the golden standard of the US, Myanmar, and Liberia😂

It's well worth the money. It's a handy set to have... We have one in our cabin, I got it when I took my toolbox home to have something. I already fixed the wiggly faucet in the bathroom with it.

my "ikea" dream team kit: the two Knipex pliers you listed, PB Swiss bit driver, PB Swiss dead-blow engineer's hammer (combination of steel and plastic mallet heads)

Would of gone with a needle nose pliers with cutters. Too often I find myself having to get at a pin or something that a fatter pair of pliers would not get. If I am turning a bolt then you already have a better tool for that job.

7:44 I want a number 9 large. A number 6 with extra dip

Cody the Wera Brand is incredible, I have always used them alongside Knipex. They do a Ratchet spanner called the “wera joker” they have a design that holds the nut for you so it never drops. Also the wera alum keys are second to none! They have a small sprung loaded ball retainer that holds the screw/ bot on the end without it falling making it super easy to get those screws that are hard to reach back in.

my mom gifted me the kit a few years ago and I thought it was great! I've used all the tools in there so yeah it's the kit for every house so none can say you don't have tools thank you for your honest opinion on this :)

This is the 3rd video i watch that he down talks the metric system but yet when I was in the army 90% of the time we use the metric system the metric system works because it's so simple it's a really good system that anybody can catch on in just a few minutes

You can actually feel the happiness in wranglerstar's chuckles

All good choices, except I’d get the Wera Kraftform kompact 25 pouch set...it has removable bits in a pop out handle ,that has a locking bit holder. ..simply the best

I had a kit like this once its a great starter tool kit to have around the home or apartment. I loved it

I love you dude... but “knip-ex” not “kunipe-ex”

I love the little note you added at the end of that christmas rant. "your best off just telling them the batteries dont work and it wont run"

I am from England and I am a plumber and I have been using wera tools now for a few years and all of their stuff is amazing there impact bits and bit holders are amazing I have the chisel drivers witch is the yellow handle one they r superb and I would also recommend that you go and look at there 3/8 drive ratchets as they have got one that got I special head design and in my opinion they blow snap on out the water

Should be selling Mora knives IKEA.

I made an awl out of a rounded off phillips screwdriver bit.

My mrs went to IKEA and came back with one of these kits. Kinda been handy when I couldnt be bothered to go get my tools for a small job around the house

Bits from ikea set are the most common philips (PH1, PH2, PH3 - but might be PH4 for the furniture style zinc anchors that have a really large philips), and the other 3 that have the north star shape from top (the little rays between the main cross) are the Pozidrive bits PZ1, PZ2 and PZ3. In Europe most wood screws are pozidrive (that has no angled faces, and does not cam out), and most metal machine screws are philips. (of course Torx, Inbus and hex are also very common). Also screws for plastics are PH and drywall screws are PH. Philips head has angled faces and is designed to cam out. Mixing them up is a recipe for rounded bits and screw heads. Never mix them up. If the bolt has a cross and a shalow 45 degrees cross like north star shape it is pozidrive! If it has only the cross is philips. Also choose the right size. the most common big mistake is powerdriving a PZ2 bit in a bigger PZ3 screw - it will cam out and round faces on the bit and screw. Then the proper PZ3 will not grab enough of the screw roundin it. The pz2 bit will be rounded enough to cam on even the correct PZ2.. so it's toast. This is the second rule to always thow away those abused bits that no longer work right. Same for screws. For this reason i only buy torx if possible.

No Allen wrenches? You got to have those

You've got philips and posidrive bits in there.... very slightly different

Lots of Ikea furniture is still produced locally, but yes, some parts come from China, but paterial from shelfes and so on are sometimes still Swedish or locally. I helped a friend pick up materials in truck many times, around small factories in Sweden.

I have a shed full of every tool imaginable but keep on of these IKEA kits in the kitchen drawer. Amazing how much I use it. Great for keeping on a boat as well.

Why you ragging on milinenials. I have this kit and is 100% just as good as my dads 1970s toolbox.

Don't be silly, millennials can't afford housing :( Love the vids, keep up the good work :D

i have a nice multi-tip screwdriver where the shaft comes out of the handle and flips around. made by lenox. thats my go to i always keep in my tool pouch on every job. it holds 4 different bits and if you remove the bit the shaft itself is 5/16 socket and 1/4 on the other side. i use the shaft more than the bits.

"You can use this cap to tap a cabinet that kinda fits into place" almost killed me because im imagining someone banging away at a cabinet 1/4 inch too wide and tearing up drywall 😂😂

I have Wera screwdrivers as well. I find them superior in most ways, however you cannot abuse them. The steel is harder allowing more bite, but causing them to be more brittle. Don't over torque them, don't pry with them...

Hey thinking about getting this for my son whose almost a teen and wants to try this but I don't want to break the bank also in my opinion shiny tools are either new or now very useful

I own this kit for 3 years now and for regular home repairs it works flawlessly, only grips on pliears spins so I glued them on

Discovered Wera on the job at a highly technical building and the staff there had a set. Recently purchased a ratcheting one with different bits on amazon for about $35-$40. They have all sorts of Wera tools on amazon, just so you know. Their combination wrenches are also particularly nice. Nothing is more satisfying than using quality tools to do a job.

"you're best off telling them it doesn't work or the batteries are dead" Liked!!

Not sure why you showed the "dream" set and compared it to a budget one. The hammer alone in the dream set would get you 9 if the IKEA sets

These are all very useful and in a good price. Not just furniture, you will definitely need in your lifetime these tools. Be it Ikea or whatever a set like this even a cheap one is a MUST in a house. The rubber hammer thingy was a very cool touch.

If I'm not mistaken this kit is sold to help assemble the things they sell.

"Well this was a complete waste of your time." 😂😂😂😂😂😂

7:40 this is not philips it's pozidriv

Having a hex bolster on a screwdriver is fancy, but many screwdrivers (including the IKEA one) simply have holes in the handle that fulfill the same function. Just put any rod/stick/second screwdriver through it and you have the leverage needed.

You remind me of my dad, extremely honest and you mean no harm when you dislike something.

A master can work with cheap tool's, a faliure will always blame his expensive tools.