Kent Tooling

[tiggerbiker]

after much deliberation i decided to do it right this time and buy a proper reel.

a quick call to John Perrin at kent tooling late saturday afternoon and he talked me through what i needed - fantastic advice and very helpfull.

then today i received my shiny new reel - WOW, what a piece of kit!!

so to sum up,
cracking advice, no pressure sales, fully upgradeable and indestructable reel built to unbelievable standards, spares kit included and all for a very reasonable price.


i cant wait to get it wet!
mind you, it's almost a shame to risk getting it dirty - it looks like it should belong in a display case on my mantlepiece!

[gwilson]

Ditto to the above, I spoke to john and told him what i was intending to do and he sent me a lovely reel and a spool and another spool to try if the first one wasnt what i needed.

Well he didnt just send it to me i did have to give him money first, but it was no where near as much as i thought he would want. Just need to get it wet now.

[Juz]

I have quite a few Kent Tooling items, ranging from a spool to a ratchet reel. The kit is superb and the service is even better!

If your in the market for anything stainless steel, John is 'Da-Man'. Don't forget it's not just reels, it's all the harness hardware, SMB's, Rebreather Chassis etc as well.

Juz

[StuP]

Originally Posted by tiggerbiker

after much deliberation i decided to do it right this time and buy a proper reel.

a quick call to John Perrin at kent tooling late saturday afternoon and he talked me through what i needed - fantastic advice and very helpfull.

then today i received my shiny new reel - WOW, what a piece of kit!!

so to sum up,
cracking advice, no pressure sales, fully upgradeable and indestructable reel built to unbelievable standards, spares kit included and all for a very reasonable price.


i cant wait to get it wet!
mind you, it's almost a shame to risk getting it dirty - it looks like it should belong in a display case on my mantlepiece!

You won't regret it.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Kent tooling reels. They are a substantial piece of kit built to last.

Great customer service from John even when he needs an interpreteur for my posh NE accent.

Stu

[Buoyant Babe]

Another thumbs up for both the reel and the service. When I first rang John we had a long discussion (the man can talk more than me! ) about what kind of diving I do and want to do in future, and he came up with a superb bit of kit made left-handed for me.

I then decided I'd like a second winding knob on mine, so another call to John and FREE OF CHARGE a replacement part came within a couple of days - I just had to swap the spool over and send the old one back.

In doing this I somehow managed to omit an o-ring when I reassembeld it - my reel wasn't running smoothly so John offered to take it back and look at it, but first talked me through disassembling it again - we identified the errant o-ring and it's worknig a dream now.

Top class service.

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by tiggerbiker

i cant wait to get it wet!
!

Dont do that it will go all rusty
cheers
Mark

[Gary K]

I hate spools end of story

But I bought one of John's just because it was shiney, its never and will never get wet

[Okeanos]

I think I'm a walking advert for Kent Tooling, 2 reels, Inspo box, backplate, pony brackets, torch brackets and a dsmb. All cracking kit, never had any problems with any of it.

John is a top guy who knows what he is doing.

[colinicky]

Originally Posted by Okeanos

I think I'm a walking advert for Kent Tooling, 2 reels, Inspo box, backplate, pony brackets, torch brackets and a dsmb. All cracking kit, never had any problems with any of it.

John is a top guy who knows what he is doing.

1 vision frame (new 2mm version on way ) 2 backplates 150m ratchet reel 50m ratchet reel on way 5 cylinders quick release brackets lift bag with crack bottle on way now I want a yellow CO2 smb with pocket on top for slate ( need some way to tell skippers to put the kettle on !) & a bracket to hold smb to reel .
Hmmm this is getting silly

[big_si]

Can I propose that John gets a knighthood for services to shiney things for diving in next years honours list?

I've a lovely 150m ratchet reel, and a 40m spool (which is nice and easy to use whilst being shiney too ) and a goodmans handle for the torch.

Nothing but the best of service. I lost the clip and attachment off my goodmans handle and asked John how much for a replacement.... In a couple of days I had 2 in my hand, free of charge!