The Mobile-Shop
When I saw the previously-untried Mobile-Shop, it was like a dream come true. I've always wondered how could I really organize my work van. With the Shop, I was able to house about four different messy boxes of tools, and make them extremely portable. Now I only carry the Shop and my two Dewalt 18V kits. The handling is great and it's well constructed. It is really something to see people's faces when I roll it up to a job site. I'm a kitchen manufacturer and use the Shop for all installations. Aside from the organization it's brought to my van and my life, it's cool for my customers to see that I'm a professional all the way to my tool box. If you own your own company, giving this to an employee works great, too, as the fully-loaded Shop comes with a form that's essentially a contract making the employee responsible for every single item listed (with pricing). Pretty smart. When I purchased mine, I got the cart with only the hardware for bottom organizers. The Shop was about $1100 empty, $1,300 with the bottom hardware, and it's $3,000 for a complete shop*. Even if you're not a pro, if you regularly travel with a shop's-worth of tools, this cart is worth it. Mine's only 75% full and I've got everything I need!
-- Noel Guillermo
[*UPDATE: the company has since changed its policy. Customers can no longer purchase the cart without buying all of the tools, which is rather unfortunate. If you discover they reverse that policy OR if you have found a similar solution available from another company, please let us know in the comments below or via the submit page. --sl]
The Mobile-Shop
$3,000
Available from Mobile-Shop
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Jacqueline Meyer
I contacted Mobile-shop and attempted to purchase their cart empty. I was told
that it was not possible to purchase the cart empty because they are selling
a system. I let them know what I thought about their company and the game
they are playing by refusing to sell the cart thereby forcing people into purchasing
their tools also. My husband already has his tools and many of them are made
in Germany. I doubt that their tools are better than what he already has. I think
you should put that information in your review. They told me that they had already
told you that the cart had to be purchased as part of a system. For the small guy
working on his own, they additional expense can be rough. It certainly leaves
leaves a negative impression of the organization.
Steven Leckart
Hi Jacqueline,
Thanks for letting us know. We've updated our post to clarify. And I'm sorry to hear you had a negative experience dealing with this company.
Best,
Steven Leckart