Customer Reviews

Stanley 059000R FatMax Lock and Stock Organizer

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

First and foremost this is a GREAT design for a mobile work center and it uses much stronger materials than a lot of the others out there (Stanley products included). The only week point in material quality that I can tell is the bottom drawer is made of much thinner plastic and has a pretty cheap plastic handle compared to the heavy duty metal latches at the top. I do not expect the handle to last long at all.

This is, for me at least, the closest thing to tool chest design perfection that I have found. It is very easy to store and more importantly FIND your tools when you need them. I like to set up my tools as "kits" one set of tools for one type of job and I like to keep my kits separate. In my case it would be networking tools "kit", soldering tools "kit", PC Disassembly "kit", etc. This modular set up is great for that kind of work organization. This is also a great looking tool box that will be sure to instill equipment envy in all your buddies....

Now before you read below, understand that I DO like this chest. If I find that I can get more of them that are put together correctly and have all there parts I am probably going to order at least 5 more.

The problem that I had with mine was not damage during shipment but really shoddy construction at the factory. They just plain left parts off the chest. 1st and foremost the drawer on the bottom only has one side of ball bearing sliders hardware. It is SUPPOSED to have it on both sides as I can see that from the images, the mounting points in the box and the fact that the drawer is very difficult to open and close without it. 2nd the hand dandy labels and label shields are missing from the fronts of some of the "lock" boxes (little thing, but irritating on top of everything else) . Thirdly, the box comes with mounting rails for the lock boxes so you can wall mount them while not in the tool chest. Very handy except they only gave enough to mount 3 of the 6 boxes.

I hope I have a lemon here and I will be able to get these annoyances fixed but for now I am waiting 3-4 business days while they (the company I got this from NOT Amazon) "look" into my issue and the parts department will call me. Otherwise I will have to contact Stanley themselves to try and fix this (I've called them already about it, but since it is made by ZAG in Israel they don't carry the parts for their own branded product).

Now assuming they can get there construction woes worked out, I would love to see this case on wider market with a few "version" two suggestions. Like I said before this case is ALMOST perfect for me. Make the changes below and it would be the one toolbox to rule them all.......

1. Make it a bit taller with three rows of boxes not two. Not only will the storage space increase significantly, but will make the top work area easier to access and use.
2. Make the bins slightly longer to better accommodate hand tools. (most fit, but enough don't to make it irritating to be SO close)
3. Make better use of the outside of the case. Seems to me they could have built into the mold mounts for the boxes so you could hang a few outside the case too. If not for traveling than while you are working from them.
4. Better stronger bottom drawer with a heavier duty, preferably metal handle. The floor and walls of the bin are going to warp easily with even a little amount of weight. Needs thicker plastic or reinforcement. What is there is just far too weak on both handle and bin. Slightly deeper wouldn't hurt either.
5. The lid is about 2 inches thick and except for reinforcement for strength mainly hollow. Seems like a great place for additional small parts bins.

You listening out there Stanley or ZAG or whoever you are that built this??

Anyways if you made this far in my rant I will just close with this....Yes, I would recommend it (just look over it very closely when you get it to make sure it is all there and also that it wasn't damaged during shipment).

It's true that the packaging for this item is minimal. Mine arrived fine. I believe it is actually made by a company in Israel that was called ZAG, and had made good quality items in the past. My only beef would be the price difference, I found mine at Walmart online for 98.00 and free shipping to my closest store, it's the exact same item. I do residential remodeling and I believe this will be a specialty tool box for either electrical or drilling items once I get it outfitted. A few days later it arrived at the store, I received email from them to pick it up, did so and upon getting home, looked at the website again, price had dropped to $84.00, I emailed customer service for them, told them what happened, next day I was notified $15.00 was credited to my paypal account, unbelieveable...great deal!

Great product especially when trimmed out with extra containers; then you can set-up for different applications. One downside is that when fully loaded, it can be too heavy for one person to lift from tailgate!

Even after reading the reviews, took a chance and ordered one trying to get organized. As the other review states, arrived broken in a very lightweight cardboard box.
Very disappointed at the total lack of decent packaging. I like the bins with the lids keeping dust etc. off of the items. Will try one exchange to see if I can get one to arrive intact. How much would it cost to use a decent thickness of cardboard??

Arrived broken: not once, but twice. There was not really any padding in the box, but if it can't make it to my house unbroken, how well is it going to last in the field. Not long. The handle was broken on the second one, seems really fragile.

I love the concept of this container but the material is lacking just a little bit. I didn't think it would be as flimsy as it was but it still does a pretty good job for what it is. Also didn't like the fact the lower drawer is limited to the distance it opens up to get tools in. Over-priced.

Well, I read the reviews and my FatMax arrived just the same. The box was all but destroyed, but fortunately the product was in good shape. It is holding up well and all of the stuff I needed to put in fit very well.

Love this Product makes it easy for me to work with and get my job done easer and faster it keeps me more organize taking the Stanley FatMax to my location and having access to all of my tools at once is what I've been looking for great job with this product Stanley will recommend to any Installer or self employer that's out on the road doing home repairs and so on highly recommend this tool box on wheel.

This toolbox allowed me to consolidate all my tools and working stuff in one place, instead of carrying several tool boxes. The boxes systems permits to classify everything according to its purpose. I do have to buy more boxes to have everything included and prepare the toolbox according to specific needs. But with wheels, who cares?