so today we're going to look at the
latest edition of the wee house slim
vario range it's this it's the pocket
max now we teased this out on social
media channels a few weeks ago if you're
following us on tick tock or instagram
we picked it up at a local trade show
and there's been a lot of interest in it
and when there's a lot of interest gary
what does that normally lead to comments
saying where can i get it from so what
we're going to do we're going to leave a
link in the description below so you can
check it out now depending on when you
watch this video it might be you're so
early that actually you can pre-order it
or be available to buy straight away
yeah i've heard a whiff of special
offers going along with that depending
on exactly what time you're watching
this video whether you're in the future
or whether you're in the past so check
out that but this little pocket max i
mean best way i'd describe it is it's
for the traveling electrician and we've
all been there haven't we we've been on
a holiday and we want to check out the
local electrics don't you apparently so
yes you want to be
possibly look in the local fuse box or
consumer unit behind the socket just to
see what the wiring is like and see how
things are done in that part of the
world and this this little screwdriver
you can sneak inside your wash bag you
know a bit of contraband from the family
that don't know you're working when
you're on holiday and yeah that's what i
think it's for really good yeah i'm sure
it is and mrs armus love those trips you
take her away as you're whiffing off to
obviously have a look inside of
consuming it or a socket out there but
let's not delay any longer let's look at
the weha pocket max okay so the pocket
max is a development of a product that
we've seen on the channel before and
it's the weha pop-up that has this
mechanical mechanism so if i push these
tabs in here you'll see that six slim
variable bits appear from the top
and then close down held in place with
those latches at the side this i think
is a step forward because this mechanism
here is magnetic
everyone likes a resounding click
and you'll see inside uh there's the
magnet and again just smoothly goes in
and you can't get that you can shake
that around it's firmly in place but
when you do open it up you'll see
there's four slim varial bits or common
ones you might use in electrical
installation there's a 3.5 millimeter
flat head there's a philips ii a slotted
posi two and a phillips one inside there
another little useful feature we'll just
take one of these bits out
again pop our magnetic cover back on
click that into place
is you can actually rotate it with the
uh in the palm of your hand all right
okay nice yeah making it a little bit
more comfortable to do the undoing and
tightening up of screws yeah if you're
doing repetitive work that can be a
great feature and then when you're done
again just put the
put the bits back inside
and then snapshot with the with the
magnet now the great thing about these
slim burial bits it is common across a
vast range of screwdrivers now here on
the bench we've got the uh
the uh the biggest set in that range
that has almost every screwdriver bit
you could ever need and some and some
obviously nut runners as well and we put
our torx screwdriver in that box as well
gary don't we yeah and the talk
screwdriver brings us back to that whole
series we've done on talk the talk
including a cpd and if you haven't
already checked those out we'll also
leave a link for those in the
description below as well so i think
it's time to do an install with this but
we don't do any installs anymore do we
now we've got a rig and he's over in
unit two so we're gonna see what he's up
to so you will notice the vacuum cleaner
is poised for action as soon as this job
is finished and we're ready to clean up
he's more of a broom man i've seen him
that many times in the workshop with a
broom i thought it was auditioning for
the british curling team well first out
of the blocks on the weha pocket max is
the three and a half millimeter flat
head screwdriver bit that we're going to
use on these dolly switches that we've
sneaked into an adaptable box as part of
our led strip installation in our
industrial inspired kitchen and if
you're really careful you just see a
little bit of mineral insulated cable
there poking out the top as we're making
those final connections but we're
changing it over now because we're going
to go over to the philips one in order
to make the connections to the led
driver yeah and this uh the driver
itself has got the phillips head in the
terminal blocks and also for the cord
grip we're not actually going to use the
cord grip as a cord grip in this
scenario here because it's inside the
adaptable box but it just shows the
adaptability of the screwdriver and
throughout this little bit of the video
we're going to see three of the four
different slim vario heads that are held
within the handle of this screwdriver as
well so now we go for the third one so
as we pop it out there's something
really satisfying about separating the
two and obviously changing over now to
the philips two before returning it back
into the handle so find that phillips
two pop it out and then just push it
back into position but this is the bit
we all like
this is a really tactile tool i mean
i've been messing around with this ever
since we've had it you just saw yeah you
keep clicking it together it's like
clicking a wag or terminal together it's
just like a fidget spinner really okay
the fidget spinner of screwdrivers so
we're packing it away now so of course
it's the pocket max so it's going to
return back into that pocket before we
turn on the led strip and see our handy
work is being completed so on it goes
great install
look at that mineral insulated cable
beautiful yeah i think rick likes that
screwdriver had to pry it back out of
his hands to finish uh this review uh
well on the top of the screwdriver as
well there is a mechanical version here
as well it looks pretty similar
and it's you know the handle size is
exactly the same
but inside again same magnetic mechanism
you'll see there's eight standard
screwdriver bits there okay yeah and
again it's got that magnetic latching
now people ask us a lot can you use the
um the insulated slim varial bits in
these sort of standard screwdriver heads
and you can't so these are made smaller
deliberately so you can't put a
mechanical bit uninsulated into an
insulated screwdriver that makes sense
so you'll notice that yes they do fit in
but obviously they're just a little bit
smaller and and that's the thing about
this
the
slim burial bits but i think whether
you're new to the range and you don't
have this extensive selection we have i
still think there's some great
advantages of buying this and some
additional bits and when it comes to ev
charges as you're opening up our zaptech
ev charge i always think these have got
loads of different heads in here aren't
they yeah there's and we've found this a
lot with ev charges particularly ones
that come from norway they tend to use a
lot of torques head screwdrivers and out
here we've got the t10 bit fitted uh to
the screwdriver uh obviously to get this
cover off so we can get inside of the
terminals which are using a four
millimeter hex
head and so in the past when we first
started dealing with these we had to buy
some additional bits and i think if you
if you're not using them all the time
it's a good idea of somewhere safe to
keep them which i think inside this
pocket max is a great uh great place to
keep them you know if you don't have the
full weha kit just for a occasional use
so you're thinking there is to perhaps
swap out a couple of the bits that come
as standard within the handle and put
these ones in that you're going to be
using for that ev charger yeah exactly
well that's what's covered with the eva
let's do some of those technical bits
overall length with the slim vario bit
in is 17 centimeters and you can tell by
picking up it doesn't weigh much it's
only 127 grams and it's rated up to a
thousand volts ac yeah tested to 10 000
volts they say not that we're suggesting
you should use it on a medium voltage
network and the interesting thing is
about that length carry as well i'm just
about to do this with the mechanical
version uninsulated is the same
length a little bit depends on the on
the bit you're using
it's the same across the right okay
exactly the same length yeah and that's
yeah nice little nice little addition
and that lightweight gary yeah as i said
earlier ideal for your travel baggage
however putting a screwdriver on the
carry-on baggage probably not the best
advice in the world so if you want to
get your hands on this weha pocket max
remember we've left a link for it in the
description so that's one of the
questions i won't have to answer however
have you got any feedback because you
already own one please leave that
comment below are you now thinking of
getting one you've got some applications
where you think it's going to save you
some time not suggesting that you're
going to be taking yours on holiday like
gordon please leave them below and we'll
get back to as many as we can and i'll
let you know how we get on with this
when i'm on holiday