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Every home and office should have a tool kit in it. You never know when you’ll need to tighten a screw or hang a picture frame. This Cartman 39-piece tool set (available at Amazon) is a #1 bestselling tool kit on Amazon and boasts well over 23,000 customer reviews, and it’s easy to see why. This Cartmen tool kit contains the tools that most people will need for light projects at an affordable price. But, just because something sells well and is affordable doesn’t mean it’s worth buying. Naturally, we did buy one to find out if it’s worth the hype. The verdict? It's an inexpensive no-brainer if you need a few tools around the house. Most people will be hard pressed to find a more versatile kit for a better value.

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About the Cartman 39-piece tool set

This tool kit includes:

• 10-foot tape measure

• 8-ounce claw hammer

• 6-inch slip joint pliers

• 8-inch scissors

• Utility box cutter/snap-off knife

• Magnetic screwdriver with 20 bits

• 4 precision screwdrivers

• 8 Allen wrenches

What we like

The magnetic screwdriver supports multiple bits

The gem of this kit is the magnetic screwdriver with 20 interchangeable tips. It includes everything from Phillips heads to flatheads to star drives to square drives to hex drives.

I was able to drive quite a few screws of different sizes with this screwdriver, and there is no sign of the bits stripping—in fact, they are hard enough that they stripped the heads of some cheap screws I had.

Most of the tools are decent quality

The kit also includes a serviceable pair of pliers, an 8-piece Allen wrench set, a decent 10-foot tape measure, and four precision screwdrivers, perfect for the screws on glasses or toys.

The 8-ounce claw hammer feels solid in the hand, and while you wouldn’t want to hammer 3-inch framing nails or install a new roof with it, it’s got more than enough weight and control to hang picture frames.