Tool Vault Elite XL 84” 23-Drawer Roller Cabinet with Hutch and 2 Side Lockers Reviews
Best on the market
These boxes are by far the strongest I’ve owned. I had to move by 84 inch with 2 lockers on it with a tow truck. Loading and unloading the box was riding on 4 casters with the box full of tools. It didn’t buckle or bend at all.
AWESOME BOX!
Well worth the money. Packaged well, customer service is awesome, and the quality of the tool box is outstanding. Matco has the ONLY built in USA box, so it’s no surprise this is just as nice as my Snap-on, just less 1/4 of the price. And the Snap-on emblems are cheap!
Awesome tool box at an unbelievable price
I don’t like buying big purchases online without seeing and or putting my hands on it first, but I took the leap and bought the 84″ Elite with both side lockers and I am so glad I did. They did show up 3 days late, but Fed EX short handed, nothing to do with Strictly, anyways, get plenty of people when the toolbox shows up because heavy is an understatement. The tool box, top and cabinets were all really well packaged and delivered, no issues so far as damage. The quality of paint, materials used and finishes are incredible. I’ve never seen a stainless top like this, and I’ve owned Snap on and Matco, the drawers are solid, smooth and close really nice, liners are top notch, cabinets are huge and the hutch is massive. After 30 years of wrenching, all my stuff fits perfectly. Had to modify (lower) hutch shelf to accommodate 27″ monitor but works like a dream. Thank you so much for making the Snap On dealer speechless when he saw my new box that he couldn’t even compete with.
Excellent Toolbox
Packaging The packaging top notch. They package these toolboxes well. The chest came packaged in a wooden crate on a pallet. Open the crate and then you have chest in a cardboard box wrapped in plastic. There are supports under the chest that prevent any sagging during shipping and around all the casters there are strips that would prevent rolling. The hutch is shipped on top of the chest and it too is packaged well. Plan to have help or some lifting equipment getting it off the chest because it is heavy. The lockers are also packaged well. I ordered two and they each came on a small pallet. Both of my lockers came sitting on the smaller pallets on one larger pallet. This made the unboxing a little challenging so you will need help getting the off the pallets. All in all, the unboxing took some time and wasn’t too bad just have help. Delivery I called the freight company as soon as I received the tracking information as instructed and they made my appointment and talked to me about any special situations they might encounter during the delivery. On the day of the delivery the driver called me about 30 minutes before arrival. My toolbox went into a detached shop and the driver backed down my driveway and right up to the roll up door. My toolbox came on two pallets and the driver unloaded them and put them in my shop. The delivery went smooth except for the inspection of the toolbox. Strictly Toolboxes tell you not sign to for the delivery until you have inspected the toolbox. The driver unloaded and was gone before I realized it. I didn’t sign anything. Lucky for me my toolbox wasn’t damaged at all. The Toolbox The quality of this toolbox is as good if not better than the Mac Tools toolbox that it’s replacing as my main toolbox. The assembly of all of it will require help lifting the hutch. The hutch is attached to the chest, so you have to drill through the stainless-steel top. To do this remove two screws found on the underside of the top. Reaching in the top drawer and feel a little left and right of center. The top was marked so drilling wasn’t difficult. The lockers come with a set of casters installed that help you get them into place before you lift and hang them. After you’ve completed the installation of the lockers the casters get removed. The handles and casters are strong, and liners are in every drawer of the chest and lockers. I did have to request two locks and they were sent out quickly.
GREAT BOX
Love my new box! Just like others have said “what a beast”. Wasn’t sure I would like the latch handles (kind a old school detent kinda of guy) but they work great. Better than my coworkers S***On plastic slide latch which come apart all the time. So much room! I just moved from a 56″ w/2 small side cabs and a hutch which was over flowing. Now my new setup looks kinda empty. Guess i will have to by more tools! I love the space behind the hutch just enough room for long power strip and hides all the cords. Everyone loves the ss top. The side cabs came with heavy duty shipping castors and spacers still took 2 guys and a jack to get them hug on the box.Oh and i lucked out w/side cabs being on back order they came left and right no flipping wheels and door as stated in instructions. All the keys matched except the hutch. A quick email will fix that. If i had one complaint it would be either some kind of door stay or bump guard on side doors as they tend to want to close themselves,not good when drawers are open. Don’t want to scratch inside of door. Again great box and great service.
One of the best purchases I’ve ever made in the tool world
I don’t do reviews at all and I’m not about to do some extended YouTube thing (even though there isn’t anything really out there about the newest and biggest Elite Series). So here it goes… Purchase: First, the purchase and process there in, was simple and easy through StrictlyToolBoxes. Now I don’t know if anybody else sells ToolVault but Strictly did a good job on the purchase… Not much to do besides take the order I guess. Could of done it on-line, but I like talking to a human. But after you make the purchase, that’s where the experience takes a leap. The communication via email and phone was nothing less than spectacular. They make things super simple and it’s all well laid out with great follow up. It all takes place pretty quick even… I like that part. There is no guessing. Shipping: Well, shipping sucked! But it had nothing to do with Strictly. It was all on FedEx. My TV 84″ Elite cab with hutch and side lockers went out the very next day after it was ordered. It had to go from Florida to Vegas. For some reason it got stuck in Albuquerque NM. In fact it was stuck there for a total of 4 days with nothing but excuses. They first told me a train broke down, the next guy on the next day said he doesn’t know what they were talking about with a train but that they were short on drivers, then the next guy blamed Covid (which is becoming the excuse for everything), and then I was told that somebody just didn’t get it on the truck. Anyway, I got the freight dropped at the house and it was in perfect condition. Strictly felt bad and refunded me $100 for my troubles which was unnecessary but very welcomed. The driver was helpful on delivery but I tipped him well. Packaging was crazy…. the tool box could have withstood a nuclear blast… Just know that you will be making a big trip to the dump if you go with their biggest and best as I did. It’s a lot…. have plenty of room to unbox and inspect. Now to the toolbox quality: I am going from a triple bank SnapOn Master Series to the ToolVault. They are literally side x side as I am still switching tools over. The slide mechanicals are probably better on the TV than on the Snap. I emptied out the top dual hinge drawer of the Snap and the TV was already empty. The Snap was loud and clunky compared to the TV. I was actually shocked at the difference. The new line of TV has the drawer long handles that hinges and unlocks the drawers to open. I REALLY like that compared to my Snap Master series. slide under the grab point of the drawer. The TV is quite nice. The sides of the both cabinets are pretty much the same. I do like the wheels on the Snap better, they seem to roll and work a little better. They are a different mechanism though. The TV is spring loaded and the Snap is a torsion type mechanism. The liners in every single drawer are outstanding and they even include liners for each shelf and drawer in the side cabinets. Over all, having the Snap right next to it… There is no way on this planet that I would switch back to Snap. The TV is better, in my opinion, than the Snap Master series. It may be more comparable to the Epiq line but I’m not sure. I will say that Snap has better bells and whistles. I have a Charge cabinet on my Snap that holds all my Milwaukee Fuel stuff. Nothing on the TV that will do that. Some stuff that I don’t like: The weight of this thing is insane. Just the weight of the Hutch is flat out crazy. Don’t get me wrong, I like that…. Love that. But They should let you know that a fork lift, a gantry crane or a shit-ton of friends are needed. Also, mounting the hutch after drilling holes is a stupid. The tops and roller cabinet should come pre-drilled and ready for install. I do wish the tool box, hutch and cabs had more bells and whistles, but then again this box from Snap, Cornwell or Matco is 20-24k. I guess I can put in my own bells and whistles with 14k i saved. Now as far as keys go… the literature says that if you want matching keys for everything, it’s a quick request after you get the tool box. Maybe it’s because I got their top box, but mine all came matched and ready to go. Nice little touch. Lastly, and sorry for the long review… I’m very tall 6’10” to be exact and I can put my chin on top of the hutch. Not really usable for me. I spent a day laying out and building a riser to put the hutch on. It’s now 11.5 inches taller off the box itself and actually usable for me. It’s not an easy project and without my gantry crane, I’m not sure how I would have gotten the Hutch on the riser… But it’s on and completely locked down. For those that are interested, I made the riser out of 1.25″ square tube. I’ll try and put a photo up. Understand that the inside of the riser will be lined with stainless to tie in to the toolbox’s top. It’s getting sheered, bent and installed in the next week. The entire set-up now has LED’s under the stainless hutch shelf, a 6′ outlet strip installed into the hutch’s back wall and power bars in each of the side cabinets. Still have to come up with a slick way to store my Fuel stuff (there is a lot) but for now I’m running them on the back of the hutch’s peg wall. In the pic, you can see an old HF box that stores odds and ends. You can’t see the Snap (its behind me). You can also see a big ugly led light hanging… that’s just temp until I mount something tricked out. The LED’s under the shelf can’t be seen as it’s two LED tape strips that are 6.5ft long each. They change colors… Woooowww! I hope this helps some of you.