The Garage Toolbox

Eight pieces of winter-ready mechanic workwear — insulated jackets, stretch work trousers, padded overalls, S3 boots, a base layer and gloves, from £6 to £132.

Seven premium gifts for mechanics from £100 to £170 — a digital torque wrench, compressor kit, tool chest, quick-lift jack, diagnostic scanner and more.

Eight complete cordless tool kits for mechanics, batteries and charger included — from a compact Makita 12V pair to a six-tool DeWalt workshop bundle.

25 genuinely useful gifts under £50 for mechanics, DIYers and petrolheads — from Knipex and Wera tools to hand warmers, head torches and winter car kit.

We tested six garage heaters spanning a £35 portable fan heater to a £288 high-output commercial gas heater — electric, propane and quartz infrared — so your workshop stays warm all winter.

We tested 6 bidirectional and ECU-coding scan tools from £128 to £592 to find the best advanced engine code readers UK garages and serious DIYers can buy.

We tested 6 oil change kits and tools from £1.99 to £139.99 — filter wrenches, drain pans, oil drainers and extractor pumps — to find the best oil change kits and equipment UK garages need.

Getting a car safely off the ground is where a lot of home mechanic jobs either go smoothly or go wrong. The best car...

We tested four brake bleeding kits, from a budget tyre-pressure setup to a trade-grade twin-reservoir system, to find the best one-person method for UK home mechanics.

We tested cordless drill and driver sets from DEWALT, Makita, RYOBI, Einhell and Clarke to find the best cordless drill and driver sets UK garages and DIYers can rely on.