Just wow!! Revised
I still agree with my first review (below) just not as strongly. I've been using the bags now for several days and I have new data. Also, a lot of the "wow" has just worn off with time. The bags are still made of what appears to be incredibly tough material. I haven't had them long enough to say for certain that they will outlast other bags, but if they don't, they do a good impression when new. Where I change my opinion some (or it's the same opinion with more emphasis) is with the lack of a flat bottom. Now that I have transferred wrenches from a Milwaukee bag to one of these Welkinland bags, I can say that the lack of the expandible flat bottom (like with the Milwaukee bags) definitely reduces the volume of the bags. Even though these Welkinland bags measure slightly larger than the Milwaukee bags when measured in the flat, the Welkinland has noticeably less volume when in use. I transferred the contents of a Milwaukee bag over to the Welkinland bag and ended up having to throw some stuff back into the Milwaukee bag because it all would not fit in the Welkinland bag. It was stuff that probably shouldn't have been in the bag (roll of tape, red shop rag, etc.), but it had all fit in the Milwaukee bag and would not fit in the Welkinland bag. Also, the lack of a flat bottom does definitely change how the bag stands when open. Because of the weight of the wrenches, I was able to stand the bag up when it was open, but with no flat bottom, it was like standing up in a canoe in the middle of a lake and having the supports break in the middle and closing up on you like a giant clam shell. It's not a huge deal. It really depends upon what you use the bag for and I'm still able to get to my tools/wrenches. As much as I like these Welkinland bags for what they do well, I doubt that they will ever totally replace the Milwaukee bags for me. The Welkinland bags are less expensive than the Milwaukee bags, if that is a deal for you. If you want to save some cost and don't mind the bags not having a flat bottom, the I think you might still really like these Welkinland bags. ----------------------- I have used small tool bags for years. A long time ago I went to a Harbor Freight and Tools store when they were having a super sale. I bought two sets of standard and two sets of metric box-end & open-end wrenches. Well, I eventually bought 3 sets of each of those, so I guess that was 12 sets. Usually when I have needed a wrench somewhere, I needed two of the same size. I have loved the little red Milwaukee tool bags. I have purchased dozens in my life. I put the three sets of metric and standard wrenches in three of the Milwaukee bags. I put one under the back seat of my pickup. I put another on our sailboat. The third has floated around between my house, garage, and wherever needed. I ordered a set of four of these Welkinland bags a couple of day ago. They came today and I just opened them. They came in a nice set of colors. That will help when having multiple bags out to keep them straight. Wow!! Just wow!! I thought that the Milwaukee bags were of good quality. They are. Compared to these Welkinland bags, the Milwaukee bags are like the free grocery store plastic bags. Honestly, I have not carried anything in these new bags for any amount of time. I haven't carried anything in them at all. They JUST arrived. But, I will (immediately after writing this) go find my other tool bags and will be swapping the tools over to these. The size is pretty close to the Milwaukee bags (I haven't actually compared them yet). The material is another level of quality above any other bags I've seen. At least they look and feel that way. They appear to have two layers of material. I'm guessing that that way a wrench can work its way through one layer and it still won't fall out. The stitching also appears to be quality. It looks to be single stitch but a quality single stitch. One thing that I really, REALLY, don't like about cheap tool bags, daypacks, backpacks, any cloth/nylon bag, is when the inner seams are pulled together and sewn but left with raw edges that just keep fraying and fraying. These bags went that extra yard (meter?) and have that strip (I don't know what it's called) sewn over the seams so that no raw edges are visible anywhere. The hook/clasp in the upper corner of the bag may work, may last, but I am not going to get my hopes up too high just yet. It isn't super cheap, but it isn't wowing me either. I have never needed a hook in the upper corner of one of my bags, but that might just be because none of them ever had a hook in the upper corner. I doubt I'll use these but sometimes one never knows what one is missing until said one has had it. I decided I should go and compare the Welkinland to the Milwaukee (I still love the Milwaukee for what it has done for me for years). The two appear to be almost identical in height. The Welkinland appears to be about 1/2 to 3/4 longer. The Milwaukee has a flat bottom which is nice when using the bag and needing to have it open to go back for more tools. The Welkinland has a bottom identical to its sides. No flat. With all my wrenches in the Welkinland, it sort of stands up, but nowhere near as well as the Milwaukee. They both seem like they hold about the same amount, but they can't. The flat bottom on the Milwaukee expands to give it a larger volume. If it is critical that you have the total Milwaukee volume, you aren't going to get it with these bags. No. I did not get the bags free. No, Welkinland is not paying for this review. My review is my honest impression with almost no actual use of the bags. That said, if Welkinland would like to send me a bunch of these bags for free, I definitely would NOT send them back!! :-D. If they let me down in the future, I'll come back and try to update this. I would buy these again!! I would highly recommend these to people I liked!! Read more
