Professional Motor Mechanic

Matt Cleevely reviews the Pico MT03A tester

|Date: November 15, 2024

Matt Cleevely reviews the Pico MT03A tester

PMM ’s columnist and EV supremo Matt Cleevely has spent the past couple of months getting to grips with P ...

PMM ’s columnist and EV supremo Matt Cleevely has spent the past couple of months getting to grips with Pico’s latest EV tool – the MT03A Milliohm tester. As regular readers will know, I write a colum ...

November 15, 2024
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The tools needed for EV work

|Date: May 22, 2024

The tools needed for EV work

I was asked to look at this new product from the Knipex stable recently by Professional Motor Mechanic. I ...

I was asked to look at this new product from the Knipex stable recently by Professional Motor Mechanic. I was excited to see what the Knipex EV Kit may contain as having used this company’s products b ...

May 22, 2024
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Are borescopes a must-have tool?

|Date: May 21, 2024

Are borescopes a must-have tool?

I was asked by PMM magazine to choose and review a tool from Sealey’s catalogue: the VS8230 borescope. A ...

I was asked by PMM magazine to choose and review a tool from Sealey’s catalogue: the VS8230 borescope. A borescope is becoming more and more of a must-have tool in today’s modern workshops. Often only ...

May 21, 2024
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Product Test: Sealey’s digital torque wrench

|Date: April 10, 2024

Product Test: Sealey’s digital torque wrench

This month PMM reviewer Tony Powell gets to grips with Sealey’s 3/8 in. SQ drive digital torque wrench, m ...

This month PMM reviewer Tony Powell gets to grips with Sealey’s 3/8 in. SQ drive digital torque wrench, model no. STW 308. The wrench arrived in a glossy cardboard sleeve which waxed lyrical about the ...

April 10, 2024
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Product Test: Rozone’s Rowasher

|Date: December 15, 2023

Product Test: Rozone’s Rowasher

John Rayment from Rayments Garage, situated just outside of Cambridge, sees what washes with the Rowasher ...

John Rayment from Rayments Garage, situated just outside of Cambridge, sees what washes with the Rowasher. We are a small family run garage and recently PMM gave us the chance to test the static Rowas ...

December 15, 2023
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Energizer’s range of work lamps

|Date: April 27, 2023

Energizer’s range of work lamps

Tony Powell sees the light with the help of Energizer’s work lamps. I was provided with an impressive col ...

Tony Powell sees the light with the help of Energizer’s work lamps. I was provided with an impressive collection of torches and working lamps by PMM on behalf of Energizer, the well-known and trusted ...

April 27, 2023
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Product test: Kärcher High Pressure Cleaner

|Date: February 13, 2023

Product test: Kärcher High Pressure Cleaner

PMM reviewer, John Hall, discovers what regular high pressure cleaning can do for his business. I was giv ...

PMM reviewer, John Hall, discovers what regular high pressure cleaning can do for his business. I was given the task of using this pressure washer for some weeks and I must admit, I went in rather sce ...

February 13, 2023
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Product Test: Traction Charger MPL50-Li

|Date: November 10, 2022

Product Test: Traction Charger MPL50-Li

Tony Powell AEE MIMI, owner of A P Autodiagnostics has spent a month with Traction Charger’s MPL50-Li. He ...

Tony Powell AEE MIMI, owner of A P Autodiagnostics has spent a month with Traction Charger’s MPL50-Li. Here’s how he got on. On first opening the box and on first sight of this charger my expectations ...

November 10, 2022
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Product test: Midtronics battery analyser

|Date: October 24, 2022

Product test: Midtronics battery analyser

Dixons of Pudsey’s Helen Dixon writes on the workshop’s observations of Midtronics’ CPX-900 battery analy ...

Dixons of Pudsey’s Helen Dixon writes on the workshop’s observations of Midtronics’ CPX-900 battery analyser. The opportunity arose to test the Midtronics CPX-900 battery analyser earlier this year an ...

October 24, 2022
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Product Test: Traction Charger CSU2-50B

|Date: August 05, 2022

Product Test: Traction Charger CSU2-50B

Des Davies puts Traction Charger’s CSU2-50B battery support unit through its paces. Specifications of the ...

Des Davies puts Traction Charger’s CSU2-50B battery support unit through its paces. Specifications of the unit supplied Input: 100-240 V AC Frequency: 50/60Hz Weight: 6Kg Size: 280x190x90mm Output: 13 ...

August 05, 2022
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Product Test: WD-40 Specialist Penetrant

|Date: January 31, 2022

Product Test: WD-40 Specialist Penetrant

Dixons of Pudsey gets to work on some particularly hard-to-budge parts and finds that a few sprays of WD- ...

Dixons of Pudsey gets to work on some particularly hard-to-budge parts and finds that a few sprays of WD-40’s Specialist Penetrant were enough to save a lot of hassle and money. After being lucky enou ...

January 31, 2022
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WD-40 Flexible gets put through its paces

|Date: July 28, 2021

WD-40 Flexible gets put through its paces

With help from our trusty product testers, PMM put WD-40’s Specialist Fast Release Penetrant and Flexible ...

With help from our trusty product testers, PMM put WD-40’s Specialist Fast Release Penetrant and Flexible through their paces. To get the full picture, the products were used in a wide variety of appl ...

July 28, 2021
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Product Test: Pull-Back Rapid-Action Ratchet

|Date: July 11, 2019

Product Test: Pull-Back Rapid-Action Ratchet

One of PMM ’s most trusted product testers, Des Davies, gives his opinion on Laser Tools’ pull-back rapid ...

One of PMM ’s most trusted product testers, Des Davies, gives his opinion on Laser Tools’ pull-back rapid-action ratchet. ...

July 11, 2019
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Product Test: MAGflex Pivot Inspection Lamp

|Date: April 15, 2019

Product Test: MAGflex Pivot Inspection Lamp

Three of PMM ’s trusted product testers, Des Davies, Stephen Wright and John Hall, give their verdicts on ...

Three of PMM ’s trusted product testers, Des Davies, Stephen Wright and John Hall, give their verdicts on Ring’s RIL3900HP MAGflex Pivot inspection lamp. ...

April 15, 2019
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DS-Flash: A Pass-Through Case Study

|Date: November 09, 2018

DS-Flash: A Pass-Through Case Study

Burton Motor Workshop invested in Delphi’s DS-FLASH tool in 2017 and they are now enjoying the full benef ...

Burton Motor Workshop invested in Delphi’s DS-FLASH tool in 2017 and they are now enjoying the full benefits that pass-through diagnostic capability can offer. ...

November 09, 2018
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