Customer Reviews

Plano Molding 858 21-Inch Tool Box with Drawers, Graphite Gray with Iron Yellow

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I am a finish carpenter and wanted this box, because it is a plastic version of similar type metal tool boxes that I was thinking of getting. The problem with the metal ones is that they are too heavy with nothing in them, put something in them and they are really heavy. This box is light to start out with and after having it for two weeks, seems like it will hold up for a while. it is a good size to hold most of what I need it for. It is also good to sit on, when needed, and to stand on for a little lift up, when needed. Only drawback is that I wish the compartments were laid out better. If two of the four drawers were just one compartment instead of being sectioned off it would have been better for me. I cut out all the section walls in one of the drawers and that helped. Overall it is a great finish box and I hope it lasts a while.

This box, while almost 21" on the outside has no compartment that will hold an 18" long item! The top compartment is permantly divided into a 12" and 6" space. The 6" space is formed for up to 4 dividers, but no dividers that size were included. (I have a call in to Noble on that issue.) The drawers have an inside dimension of 15". Only one drawer has a small compartment this big. All the others are divided along the 9-3/4" dimension. I intend to use this for my custom fishing rod building equipment and supplies, but I will need to find a way to store my 18" reamers. If I can get the larger dividers for the top, I can cut part of the 'permanent' divider out and make it work. It did come with 17 smaller dividers (in two sizes) to customize the spaces in the drawers. The "Solid Brass" for the latches actually consists of brass wire loops that hook over the plastic latches.
I hope this info helps. Good luck.

I am an audio engineer and purchased this tool box to house a combination of tools and small audio accessories (adaptors, connectors, etc.) I have been happy with it overall. It is large, with a good sized top compartment that houses larger items (rolls of gaff tape, cable tester, soldering iron, small cables, etc.) It also has a wide variety of smaller adjustable compartments in the drawers below.

This is where my only complaint resides--the drawers are composed of all varying sized narrow slots, with only one drawer having a single triple-wide storage area. The single slots are wide enough for many items, but I do wish you could adjust the width of a few of them to accommodate larger and odd shaped tools/items in the drawers. I may wind up cutting out a couple of the dividers to suit me better.

Otherwise, I am very happy with the purchase and think it will be useful for a long time to come. One note, the item I received was yellow/silver in color and NOT the red/gray/black as pictured--I think that version may be discontinued, so check with the seller if the color matters to you.

I paint miniatures and use this tool box to help me organize and store the tools, paints, and extra plastic and pewter model pieces. The drawers come with dividers so you can divvy up the space as you see fit. As another review stated, the top 6" portion has slots for dividers, but no dividers were provided for them.

I needed a tool box for small hobby tools. This fits the bill. My only complaint is all the drawers need to be adjustable. I found myself cutting the partitions, to make the drawer compartments larger. I would recommend this tool box to anybody.

I am very pleased with this tool box. I was looking for a tool box that is light weight and had 3 or 4 drawers in it, and appears to be well constructed, so this tool box fills the bill. The only thing that I would like to have seen, was for one or two of the drawers with adjustable dividers instead of the stationery ones that are in each drawer, but other that, it is exactly what I was looking for.

I asked for, and received this tool box and a Christmas present. I have been very pleased so far with just how much this box can hold. I was able to get all of my sockets (1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" from 6-24MM) into the drawers with a slot for each size socket as well as a full set of end-wrenches in the same size range. I also have room to store some basic chemicals like JB Weld, anti-seize and thread-locker in the drawers and I still have about 1/3 of the drawer slots unused. The top has more than enough room to hold the larger wrenches that don't fit in the drawers as well as standard-size hammers, tape measures, screw drivers, pliers, etc...

My only concern to this point is how well the plastic handle on top will hold up to the sheer weight of tools I have put in this box so far. To this point, I would say I have around 30-40lbs of tools in this box and the handle and lid do not distort at all when I carry the box around.

This is definitely a winner for anyone looking to organize their tool collection in a portable box.

Being a woodcarver by avocation I have many knives and small gouges. It's amazing how ones collection of tools grows. When I found I needed a larger tool box to house my most used woodcarving tool, I looked at many others, but kept coming back to this one. As soon as it was shipped and I unpackaged it, I was very pleased with my choice. It doesn't hold all of my tools, but it does hold all of my most used knives and palm tools. Plus it has a large area in the top for more several projects in progress and enough wood to keep me busy for quite a while. The topper is that it is light enough to carry to club meetings and/or carving sessions.

I highly recommend this tool box to anyone who has small to medium sized tools that they need to have with them in their trade or hobby. The quality that Plano is known for is very evident in the construction of this box.

I use this box to hold electrical connectors. I like it because it is weather proof, and made fairly sturdy. I can get two years of use out of each box, and i use it daily.

The Plano tool box I purchased was to use for my gunsmith tools. It excelled my expectations for its components, large capacity and versatility. Great purchase; great value; good service and quick delivery.