Stanley 026301R 26-Inch Pro Toolbox

This toolbox is just what i needed.It is rugged and water (rain) proof.It spends it's life in the back of a pickup where it gets bumped, stepped on and rained on. The handle is good and stong and the latches are the best I've seen on a small toolbox. My only wish is that the top tray had more deviders and that the small stuff in the top could not fall through to the bottom under the lift handle. I would definately buy another one.

Its a good tool box - not overly large. The outside corners have rubber bumpers whih are a great. The full length handle is also great and the latches are easy to use even with cold hands. The only down side to this box is there are two small plastic knobs which stop the lid opening at just past 90 degrees which open enough to give access to everything and just past vertical so it didnt fall down on you. About a week ino having this box these both broke off which then allowed the lid to open to about 180 degrees - at first I was pissed. Now I like the full opening but Im not sure it is doing a lot of good to the hinge? all Ok up till now though. A word of waning as well the space in the inside lid for a level - if you buy the stanly fat max 24" it wont fit (even though it is supposed to)and yu may need to cut away a plastic rib at each end to allow it to fit.

The box itself is okay, and this would get 5 stars except for 2 things:
First is the top doesn't open past 90 degrees. Very annoying, eventually I guess I'll take a dremel to it.
Second is the top tray - It sucks. It is split up into three compartments, so if you have something LONG like special drill bits, saw blades, Hammer, Level, etc, you can not fit it in the top!

It's sad that you can't buy a tool box like they used to make a decade ago, it's obvious that whomever designed this tool box has NEVER USED A TOOL IN THEIR LIFE! It's pretty hard to mess up a tool box, but everyone these days seems to be managing. I bought this box because I could not find anything better. For carpentry it will have to do until I can find something better. I wish my old box hadn't died, but it lasted 20 years of some serious abuse.