{"id":3300,"date":"2012-10-31T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2012-11-12T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T16:49:05","slug":"tool-kits-for-the-well-organized-and-well-heeled-technician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/2012\/10\/31\/tool-kits-for-the-well-organized-and-well-heeled-technician\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool Kits for the Well-Organized (and Well-Heeled) Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"

After you get past pencil and paper, what sort of tool kit is necessary to be effective as a technology tech? That depends, of course, on the job at hand. But for carrying your wires, crimps and caps, along with the tools to install them, there are a host of carriers. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One of the newer ones caught our eye for its handy-dandy convenience, and then it raised our brow for its high price tag. There’s also its tongue-twisting name: the Festool Sortainer. <\/p>\n

“In just a couple of days,” writes Stuart Deutsch on Make<\/a>, they (Sortainers) have “have proved to be among the most versatile and effective small tool and parts organizers I have ever used.” With drawers of different sizes, Sortainers are, indeed, a means of keeping small-to-tiny parts well-organized. And, if you need more than one, they’re readily stackable as well as handy to carry. They’ve got big, sturdy, fold-away handles. <\/p>\n

Yet they sell for $140 a unit, a bit pricey, as Deutsch notes. But he adds that “their quality, utility, and elegance justify the one-time investment.” That depends, we suspect, upon how serious a technician one is.
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Still, in design terms, Sortainers have our old catch-all, mingle-together tool kit clearly beat. When it comes to their evident utility, it’s not even close. \u2013 Doug Bedell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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