so we've opened up an aladdin's cave of quality electrical tools
and we're going to look at the 31-piece slim vario set from Wiha I absolutely love a pouch
oh no you'll have a pouch gary you keep telling us that but i think Mrs R would refer this more
as a clutch bag just uh just just lift your arm up oh look at that slots in there gary is now
modeling the latest in screwdriver technology so i could be waltzing through an airport maybe going
poolside with a few a few creams in there to keep me moist throughout the day yeah so there we go i
mean that's a yeah this is a great set it takes the pouches you're so fond of gary to another
level well the only way to see that is to open it let me bring in hand cam on drawling before
just tease you a little bit longing are you ready for this i'm ready
and there we have it so a vast array of SlimVario bits if people aren't familiar with
a slimvario range from wiha they're all insulated to a thousand volts VDE approved
and the whole system is interchangeable but in this pouch we go a little bit further
we've added in these nut runner accessories as well i think i'm in love that is fantastic i
think the only way to do now is actually cut to us using them so here's a common
application for a nut runner we're going to tighten this terminal that has a crimped
lug on it so we're going to take the standard handle add the extension piece in our quarter
inch adapter so we can put our nut runner on there so then we can tighten up that crimp terminal
the other end of the scale delicate electronic equipment very small screws yeah and it's so
easy to change these bits so we're in at the a moment with a Phillips head need to pop that
one out obviously to go to a slotted when we get inside and that's what's so brilliant isn't it
it's just the one screwdriver swap the bit out and there we go so we've changed over to a different
version on the wiha pico yeah and we've reviewed the picotif you haven't seen that on the channel
you can obviously buy a dedicated pico set if you're doing a lot of a small electronic work
but it's the flexibility of this system that we really love so dive back into the pouch this time
i'm in with a stubby and we've all been faced with this haven't we someone's put an electrical
accessory in a very confined space might be in a kitchen obviously we've got a light switch here
that's been blocked off that we may be taking out replacing or removing and that stubby screwdriver
comes in so handy and the variance of the actual bits that you could change it to obviously we're
in a flat head at the minute again yeah very handy bit of kit and then we can take that one off
so again back to that hex bit so we've started seeing these in certain ev charges so this is
an easy ev charger that we've featured before and that needs the hex bit to do with the main
terminals and of course if we were doing them up we'd have to do them to the required torque
setting in this case we're taking this one out the cables being removed from this easy ev
charging unit so that hex bit comes in handy for that obviously then we can just remove the cable
into our consumer unit so we're looking at now slotted deposits sometimes called plus
minus heads but slotted positive one now as we into our surge protection
device in order to disconnect the conductor so we see a range of different size terminals
and a lot of consumers a lot of people try to standardize on one size screws but with devices
getting smaller arc fault detection and surge becoming more common you do find you need a few
different screwdriver types so we started with the nut runner we might as well finish with it
another little application here as we're trying to get a metal clad socket bolted to a metal surface
i think we've just shown there the flexibility of the system and yeah you're still it's still lost
for words um but let's take a little closer look at how you build them up okay so again i'll take
that standard handle that we saw at the start of there um so here's the standard handle again
just select one of your bits there's a lot of them um so interestingly you'll notice on
the we have slimvario bits it also gives you the obviously the size of the bit itself but the
maximum torque you can use it to as well which is handy take the handle again just clips straight in
yeah there's something quite beautiful they go in isn't that but you can extend it can you so
you've got the extended arm so you can make it feel like a more of a normal length screwdriver
take that out bring in our extension piece so again that just clips into place
and then select a different screwdriver so we'll go for a larger flat head you'll
see higher torque rating on there 5.5 newton meters and then we're ready to use that as a
sort of conventional screwdriver that we used to you also showed us that stubby gary for when the
someone's caused you a challenging situation so again same thing just clip the bit straight
in i love the fact you've got all the variety of heads that you can put in it so it's not just that
one screwdriver so we've often bought a stubby screwdriver with a flathead or a posie head in it
but we've actually got every choice of these slimline bits in order to put them in yeah and
some of these you know when you start looking at things like torx and hex heads they're
not often available with insulated versions as a sort of standalone bit it just allows you to
to cope with all those situations i mean i'd say this is brilliant for anyone who works in possibly
a maintenance or a service environment or you know perhaps you do an eicrs on a
wide variety of equipment and again it follows on with the the pico head that we have looked at
on the channel before we've looked at this as a standalone screwdriver range itself
but having that in here means you can just get those delicate tips so here's a a 0.4 by 2
millimeter flat head again torque setting on there for the maximum torque you can use it to again
just click straight in yeah fantastic wonderful experience i was watching that thank you very much
it just yeah just it is just great it looks great it is great and you can therefore take
your torx screwdriver can you that you've already got you can drop it out along with
your adjusting bar and pop it straight into the set so there we go yes that means i can
have this pouch this one's now mine yeah that's good and you can have this one and this one
as i've just levelled up my pouch into what you call a clutch pad that's the thing with
the with we harder seduce you in once you've latched into the slimvario range
you obviously can keep expanding it and adding to it and this is a great whether you call it
a start set or an advanced user set but if you're new to it that is a great place to
start and you can even marry it up with one of my favorites it's the speedy 2 so again i can just
take that give us an extension bit as well okay i'll give you the extension bit as well yeah
clean that into there tell you what now i'll have a nut runner actually okay for that i'm
going to trade you 13 mil 13 mil so there we go i can now do some speedy not running
it's great are they all interconnect on it it is now there's one thing you may not want to do
because sometimes someone gets a little impatient if you can't find the correct tools so we may just
try and cut corners and uh who is this person let's name them come on let's pull them out
back in my set it was you Gary will they just bring the camera in so don't uh yeah people
say these are obviously only compatible with the wiha range you wouldn't want to put it straight
directly into the chuck of our uh drill would you gary probably not no that's one of yours as well
that was a shame yeah but but i worked out what you can't do with them so that's a good thing
so i'm just going to put these back i've just got to make sure i get all my bits that's yours okay
yeah he's off he's off modelling already heading down the high street with his
screwdriver set and i'll pick over the bones of the pouches that he's left me
um but yeah a fantastic range uh i say variety yeah for me i'd say that's one of the best weha
rangers we've actually looked at yeah and we're always interested in your comments you know it's
beautiful it's got 31 pieces in it i've fallen in love with it but it's your opinion that counts
leave those comments below have you got one of these yourself gordon hasn't i've got one
and gordon hasn't have you got one do you love it as much as i do please leave those did you
not know it existed you're gonna rush out and get one like gordon's gonna have to now that
i own this one leave those comments below and i will lovingly get back to all of them