My upcoming trip to Tokyo...tool store..

[UncleDave]

Im drawn to this place like a sailor to a siren, a moth to a flame...

A retail store packed to the gills with all the best stuff from Japan and a few other places.

I need to exercise extreme self control in a candy store like this....

You may want to use a browser with auto translation.

Their website is a mess stylistically but here some of the line they have on display

https://f-gear.co.jp/

 

[boom10ful]

I went there and came back with a duffel bag full of tools lol prepare your wallet!!!!

 

[JavierH19]

Could've sworn converse was a teenage shoe company. Are those work shoes over there?

 

[UncleDave]

Could've sworn converse was a teenage shoe company. Are those work shoes over there?

I was surprised when I saw that as well.
Guess I'll find out.

 

[dlundblad]

Are prices reasonable since they aren’t necessarily foreign where they are being sold?

 

[UncleDave]

Are prices reasonable since they aren’t necessarily foreign where they are being sold?

They seem to be when I look them up.

In that ultra high end tools like Koken and Nepros are "reasonable" to begin with.

 

[UncleDave]

I went there and came back with a duffel bag full of tools lol prepare your wallet!!!!

I'm already envisioning the customs declaration.

 

[FlyingTexan]

Im drawn to this place like a sailor to a siren, a moth to a flame...

A retail store packed to the gills with all the best stuff from Japan and a few other places.

I need to exercise extreme self control in a candy store like this....

You may want to use a browser with auto translation.

Their website is a mess stylistically but here some of the line they have on display

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https://f-gear.co.jp/

The best two brands out there, to me, is Metabo-HPT/Hikoki and Makita. They don’t even have them listed. Do yourself a favor and check HPT out. I have almost everything and the quality and usability are superb. No budget on my end when buying a tool and I couldn’t find anything I enjoyed using more.

 

[UncleDave]

The best two brands out there, to me, is Metabo-HPT/Hikoki and Makita. They don’t even have them listed. Do yourself a favor and check HPT out. I have almost everything and the quality and usability are superb. No budget on my end when buying a tool and I couldn’t find anything I enjoyed using more.

I'm on the Makita platform fairly big time. I agree HPT is great as well.

Im going to Royal Home Center for Makita specifically on this trip.

I dont think there are many Japanese Makita products I dont already know about though.

 

[boom10ful]

Are prices reasonable since they aren’t necessarily foreign where they are being sold?

They're significantly cheaper especially if you pay duty-free.

 

[FlyingTexan]

They're significantly cheaper especially if you pay duty-free.

You should be taxed when you bring them stateside.

 

[UncleDave]

You get 800 tax free dollars for anything.