Gearwrench launched a new MegaMod mechanics tool set, MEGAMOD1858, and it’s priced at only $29,999.99.
It’s a Gearwrench 1858pc tool set, tool box, and accessory bundle for $30K.
Here is everything you get:
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1858pc set of mechanics hand tools, including ratchets (1/4″, 3/8″, and 1/2″ drive sizes), sockets, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, hammers, punches, extraction tools, and more.
9 storage units – 72″ rolling cabinet with stainless steel work surface, top hutch, large top locker, 2 small top lockers, 2 side lockers, utility cart, and 11″ mini tool box (see also: Gearwrench Launched a Mini Tool Box).
Essential shop equipment – creeper, mechanics seat. 2x 6T ratcheting jack stands, 24″ fan, mobile work table, 4 rechargeable worklights, kneeling pad, magnetic tool mat, and 1/2″ drive torque wrench..
It looks like all of the hand tools come in foam trays.
I could not find a full list of tools, but here’s a rough breakdown:
- 1835 tools
- 9 storage units
- 323 drive tools
- 1025 sockets
- 256 wrenches
- 86 screwdrivers, pliers, hammers
- 135 pieces of shop equipment hand tools
- 6 pieces of lighting and testing gear
- 17 pieces of shop equipment
- 37 modular tool set trays
You get a tap and die set and single torque wrench, but no multimeter (from what I can see)?
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I found this to be an interesting collection of Gearwrench tools and storage products, although I personally wouldn’t go with a mega bundle approach.
Price: $29,999.99
In this case, I’m guessing that the tool boxes are half the price – the 72″ rolling tool cabinet is nearly $6K by itself.
$30K is a lot of money. If I was spending this much on a complete automotive tool and storage package, I’d break it down and choose separate tool and storage bundles.
Just looking at the prices for the separate Gearwrench tool cabinet and storage add-on products, you can save thousands by instead going with Harbor Freight Icon.
Gearwrench’s parent company is now under new ownership (see Apex Tool Group (Crescent, Gearwrench) has Been Sold), and there are reports their debt situation is a little less terrible than it was in late 2025. Frankly speaking, I’m not sure I would invest $30K on Gearwrench products right now.
I’d like to see more innovation from Gearwrench, rather than new packages of existing tools, but it’s still good to see more options.
Robert
Stuart, I think you missed a word in:
“ Frankly speaking, I’m not sure I would ________ $30K on Gearwrench products right now.”
I think you meant to put “spend, sink, or commit” in there.
I have the same reaction that most likely customers for a shop set of equipment would want to tailor the set. This is not a case of buying a Snap-On tool chest filled with a starters set of tools for a (very) beloved relative starting as a mechanic. Instead, someone setting up a shop needing 30K of equipment probably has experience and would want to tailor the equipment based on that, perhaps preferring some of the gear from another brand.
Stuart
Oops, thanks! Invest?
Peter
Of course once you change spending to investing it is all good! 😇😀
Stuart
Am I wrong? $30K in tools is most likely an investment where you expect to use them for profit or returns. If you’re spending this much on a personal kit, there are so many more enjoyable ways to spend the same money.
fred
Years ago, a local car dealership used advertising that talked about investing in a new Buick. That’s probably one of the few investments that immediately drops 20% in value the minute you take possession of it. Vacation time shares are another one of those things – where current owners are sometimes willing to sell their “investment” for $1 just to get out of annual maintenance fees. There are many things that we buy based on needs (actual or prospective), desire for enjoyment/entertainment, educational value etc. that we sometimes confuse with investments. You might need or want to buy a new car – but only in rare occasions will it prove to be financially more than just an expense. Similarly, I’ve never understood the appeal of shelling out big bucks for “limited edition” tools with the hope that they will appreciate in value. I have a collection of old planes on display at one end of my shop – that give me some pleasure = but some artwork hanging on the wall upstairs and some of my other real investments (like index funds and coins) are likely to appreciate more in value over the long haul.
Pat
I’m definitely being a pedantic you know what but invest can mean other than a monetary return. Dad spent thousands on 10 year storage food in the early 80s in case the Russians attacked. None of it got eaten but was the peace of mind worth the cost? Maybe. I tend to think of invest as buying capabilities as much as retaining value. Having said that I’m 100% with you on the Buick.
Kilroy
Super big & pricey bundles like these always remind me of the story of the $500 bottle of wine on prominent display at the wine shop.
A customer sees the expensive bottle and asks the clerk, “How many of those $500 bottles do you sell?”. The clerk replies, “Very few, but we sell a ton of the $70 bottles next to it, so the expensive bottle serves its purpose well.”
Stuart
Back during the pandemic, I spoke to a product manager about mechanics tool sets, and they said they were selling a ton of the the biggest master sets.
When I had a call with SawStop years ago, I asked about the customer base for the industrial cabinet saws, and they said those are mostly sold to DIYer and woodworkers who wanted the biggest and best they could get.
A lot of brands have gotten into the mechanics tool “bundle” business, and this seems like a low-effort (I don’t say that in a bad way) way to give someone most of what they need to get started.
But at $30K, I’m not sure I’d be one-stop-shopping, and if I were it wouldn’t be with Gearwrench and certainly not now with their future direction so uncertain.
Jared
It’s got to be intended primarily for businesses. I cannot fathom dropping $30K on tools all at once for personal use, nor even for a budding auto mechanic.
Someone who needs a comprehensive kit like this probably already has some tools – who in their right mind just starts over from scratch and duplicates thousands of dollars in what they already own? It also seems obvious that no one without tools already would be willing to invest this much just to try it out. If you’re new to a trade an legitimately want to start out with a “kit”, $30K in one shot still seems like an exorbitant way to do it.
You know what? In writing that out, I actually thought of a person who could theoretically do something like this: me. Well not me – because I’m not even a little bit tempted, but someone in my position.
When my garage burned down I lost more than half of my tool collection. The insurance company covered those tools at about $45k. So in theory, instead of buying what I wanted as my needs arose, I could have bought an all-in-one kit and actually used it. What a weird thought.
S
I’m really struggling to see the advantage to this kit.
There’s parts like the jack stands that benefit a home shop, but have little place in a pro environment–that’s a shop tool the mechanic shouldn’t be providing.
And then going through the tools included, there’s an entire foam each of metric and standard crows feet, and ratcheting ‘s’ and ‘moon’ wrenches, which are highly job specific. That’s a waste of 2 trays for the majority of even many pro applications. Personally, I have a use for a couple ‘s’ and ‘moon’ wrenches, but the ratcheting version is too large to fit.
There’s also 7 different trays of wrenches. it seems to me, there’s at least 4 that are fully kitted double sets. Also interesting that they’re showing the TAA sets that are government acquisition approved. But those are in addition to the GSXMTS sets that have standard consumer availability.
I just see a lot of waste in some oddly specific tooling that the majority of users will end up tossing in the extras bin in the first year of real use.
The lack of any electrical diagnosis tools, even just a test light, is a big mistake, not to mention, there’s zero pipe wrenches or adjustable hammer/wrenches in the entire kit.
JoeM
I’m gonna be honest here. If I had the room, and the money, I would, very happily, pay $30 Grand (Canadian) for just the 72″ cabinet, the Tap & Die Set, the Torque Bar, and all the Drawer Sets. No crawler, stool, or other furniture or carts. Not even the small tool box.
Yes, I know they’re under new management. But it’s International, and I’m okay with that. Gearwrench is one of those companies, like Wera and Wiha, that I would happily upgrade my hand tools to. It’s literally only price and space that holds me back from this. Okay, and I don’t need all the extra furniture and carts. Just the tools and the big cabinet, I’d be fine with that. And yes, I am aware that price is ludicrously expensive for what I’ve just said I’d settle for. Look again. I said Canadian. Convert that select few items out of the big set, from USD to CAD, and you’d end up with something close to the same price. And, honestly? I’d do it if I could.
And to confuse everyone else? I’d do the same if it were Wera, Wiha, Stanley Proto, or the tools were from them, but the Cabinet was replaced with DeWALT TSTAK or ToughBuilt StackTech boxes. I am very fond of all of these companies. If the Cabinet was from Rousseu, here in Canada? Sold. That is a brand that isn’t just from my country, it’s a trusted manufacturer to nearly every one of these companies, when they’re releasing these big cabinets. We know they’re quality.
Just imagine the Dollar Value is about… $0.70 on the dollar, or less. You’ll see why my valuation seems so high, for so much less product.
zchris87v
I can’t fathom paying this much for one set when I’ve pieced together one for far less. Yes, my 7-drawer 70kg capacity garant cabinets with a 3m x 0.5m x 50mm bamboo top were hard to swallow at $2200 (USD). No, I don’t have 1800 wrenches. But I feel like I’m closer to the $10k mark when it comes to all the power tools, pneumatic tools, and hand tools I’ve amassed over the years.
JoeM
I’m at closer to around $8 Grand Canadian total. I’ve inherited a lot for my precision work, I’ve used AliExpress and TEMU to get plentiful backups of bits and such. The major investments have been in DeWALT Power Tools and the accompanying Accessories.
There’s a very wide range of things I use my tools for. For some of it, I can’t use power tools, or they wouldn’t really be as useful as the hand tools. In these cases, I do have hand tools. Do I have 1800 wrenches? Well, no. But I would certainly be willing to have 1800 wrenches, if that meant it would cover every circumstance. If I were to totally upgrade everything I have to a singular brand that had it all? The price would be worth it in that range in the deal. In Canadian dollars anyways. And the cabinet would really only be the case it gets stored in. I could go with a lot of options other than the one shown, as long as it all fit. The tools matter to me. Gearwrench, Wera, and Wiha are brands I would feel comfortable doing this with. I’m not set on Gearwrench specifically.
S
Check out Styrke tool boxes. They’re Canadian, and a better deal than gear wrench.
JoeM
It’s about the Hand Tools for me. Not the cabinetry. That’s basically the complete set of hand tools from Gearwrench, and since they’re not in any container together, the big cabinet (though whatever cabinet would fit all those tools would be fine with me) would be something I’d accept in the price. In Canadian Funds, we’re looking at ~$30 grand for that. ~$19-20 Grand USD.
If I was so concerned about the Cabinet, there’s Rousseu, Mastercraft, Styrke (As you mentioned) and also whatever no-name brand Princess Auto carries. But, at the same time, for the price range, I could also do DeWALT TSTAK or ToughBuilt StackTech for the same tools. It’s ultimately not about the containers for me, it’s the tools. I’m currently using Stanley Black Chrome and Mastercraft for my main-sized hand tools. I barely use them, mostly replaced with my DeWALT power tools. But if I were to upgrade, dropping that much on Gearwrench wouldn’t bother me. That was my point. For the actual tools, in this economy, at the exchange rate? The Math works.
Clifford Thomas
Air tools?
Cordless tools?
Electrical testing tools?
I could go on. But this needs about another $15k worth of stuff to be complete.
ElectroAtletico
Frankly speaking, not a a penny above $16k for that whole set and they have to throw in at least 3 more lights.
KMR
So out of $30,000 you only get ~$5000 in actual hand tools (the tools in the foam inserts, tap & die set, torque wrench)… and a monstrous tool box that will be 60% filled by air.
I don’t get it. I have no idea who Gearwrench’s target customer is with this.
Also, just two jack stands?
Really weird.
Also I’ve really come to dislike foam inserts in a pro auto shop environment. They’re impossible to clean. Those light gray with orange accented foam trays will look horrendous in less than a year’s time in a professional shop, at least for the foam trays that hold the tools that will see daily use.
John Sullivan
Does Snap-On sell a similar mega-kit? And if so, (just for laughs) what is their price? I understand that we’re talking apples & oranges in terms of perceived quality, but if someone was in the market for a shop-in-a-box like this, I’m guessing this could be one end of the price spectrum.
Joel
It’s for industrial buyers. Some companies don’t allow technicians to use any personal tools. The company supplies all tools, storage, and supplies and they want uniformity because tools are shared/used by multiple techs throughout the facility. So, rather than have someone from MRO/purchasing spend weeks polling techs about what they need, brands, styles, etc, and sending and processing requests for bids for each and every piece they buy this complete set.
In my experience they are not a bit concerned with utilizing every square inch of drawer space. The foam holders serve to let a tech know what tool is missing.
For the average toolguyd afficianado this is extremely overpriced and space-wasting. To a company outfitting dozens of techs this is a quick and efficient solution.