Tools

The list is a work in progress. Please add your suggestions

Essential: no more than £70

• A laptop, netbook or tablet plus 3G dongle (for when no Wifi is available)
• Spudgers or guitar plectrums or old credit/debit/hotel cards
• Screwdriver set for electronics
• Conventional sized Philips and flat screwdrivers
• Compressed air
• Isopropyl Alcohol
• Rags or paper towels for cleaning
• Electrical insulation tape
• Super glue
• Masking tape for extension leads
• Extension leads and multiplugs
• Multimeter
• Soldering kit (ask a Restarter to bring this)
• Bootable and installable OS's on USB and CD (ask a Restarter to bring this)*
• Egg cartons or pill boxes for storing screws
• Tweezers
• Pliers
• Knife, razor or cutting tool
• First aid kit

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Troubleshooting and opening

• A laptop, netbook or tablet plus 3G dongle (for when no Wifi is available)
• Headlamps, handheld torches or strobes
• Magnifying glasses
• Spudgers
• Guitar plectrums or old credit/debit/hotel cards (cut up in strips and plectrum shapes)
• Wire cutters and Wire Strippers
• Heatgun

Screwdrivers

• Set for electronics – the iFixit set is best, but others will work
• Robust Philips and flat screwdrivers
• A "safety" set with all shapes like torx etc.
• Extenders

Stuff in cans

• Compressed air
• Isopropyl Alcohol
• WD-40

Soldering

• Soldering Iron
• Solder
• Braid
• Flux

Adhesives and hacking materials

• Insulation tape
• Sugru and/or bluetac
• Super glue
• Gluegun

Safety

• Tape for extension leads
• Gloves
• PAT tester and stickers for PAT tested devices
• Anti-static wrist band

Software

• Bootable and Installable OS's on USB (OS X, *PartedMagic*, etc.) and CD
• Latest updates and offline installers (esp. virus checkers, anti-malware, fan utilities)

Power-related

• Spare Fuses
• Variable Power supply (or Universal laptop power supply with ends)
• Multimeter (ideally with audible continuity tester)
• Extension leads and multiplugs (ideally with power indication light)

Data preservation

• Hard drive dock(s) to get data off failing machines
• Thumb drive for carrying data

Miscellaneous

• Egg cartons, pill boxes or magnetic mats for storing screws
• Pokey things for poking (e.g.Needle to eject SIMs)
• Tweezers
• Pliers
• Knife, razor or other cutting tool
• Cleaning CD
• Rags or paper towels for cleaning
• First aid kit