The EIO Blog

We all know the saying “buy nice or buy twice” applies to tools as much as it does to anything else, so it’s kind of surprising that a lot of...

One line of tools we’ve recently added to our catalog of high quality German tools is Gedore. Gedore has been a name in high quality tools for nearly 100 years...

Looking for a great stocking stuffer for the techie in the family? Check out the Gedore 165-171-06, it’s an excellent, high quality set of screwdrivers for working on electronics. The...

Looking for some gift ideas for Black Friday 2018? Well, “a winner is you” we’ve got just the right thing for someone in your family, especially if they like tools!...

Like everyone else, I have a toolbox in my garage. Strangely, I have no idea how I got the nice, metal toolbox nor do I recall where most of the...

Everyone wants the best possible tool for the lowest possible price. With tools, this can be a double edged sword, you can buy cheap tools, but they just won’t last....

Klein Tools are universally recognized as one of the best quality brands in the business. With that though, sometimes it’s a little spendy to get all the tools you might...

Archimedes is credited with saying “give me a lever long enough and I shall move the world” and while that may be a slight exaggeration, it gives credit to how...

To most people, there’s two types of screws and screwdrivers:  flat heads (slotted) or a Phillips. In reality, there are many different types of screws and screwdrivers, all meant for...

Like many other tools, the origin of pliers is shrouded and lost in the mists of the past. It’s literally a tool so old and commonly used that no one...

The hammer is probably one of the oldest tools known to man and most everybody has a hammer of some sort at home. Your typical hammer is probably used for...

The origin of the screw and the screwdriver is lost to the pages of history, though some believe the first screw-like tool originated around the first century. The first recorded...