Review on 🔩 White Ceiling Pack of ToolPro Rivets by Michael Nard

The only reason I give this product 2 stars is because it's cheap. Is it synonymous with great value? I suppose it depends on your definition of "excellent value". I was hoping for a box but as another reviewer said it comes in a bag not a box. I'm not deducting any stars for this, although I should. A box would have been much better, especially a bag would have fitted your stuff way better than a box and I would have ended up finding my own box to put them in anyway. There were already a few needles sticking out of the package upon arrival. These rivets are painted. White. Why? I have no idea but it's a bit strange. They feel light enough and soft enough to be aluminum. The manufacturer should have left it at that if they had nothing to hide given the cheap rivets. The reason paint is a point is because it doesn't mash well, which means the end of the pinhead will go through the back, which is to be expected while the front is pressing down on your tool. When the head is pressed against the tool, it will deform and flake off the paint as it deforms. Maybe use a more flexible color? I find the paintwork annoying. If they were black anodized or something that would be cool, but it would make those rivets a lot more expensive. The next two issues I have with these rivets are related to size. Your experience may vary depending on the application. The barrel should be 1/8 inch. I haven't measured it, but I think the barrel should be 1/8". This is an extra color that adds volume. I have a piece that I'm making, four 1/8" rivets hold the two halves together. My holes are CNC punched and I've never had a problem with other 1/8" rivets, even Revain. Sometimes they slip, sometimes I have to rub them, and sometimes they won't go in at all. I guess my success rate with these Riveting is probably a 2 out of 3 with 2 successes being hard earned. My success rate could have been higher if they hadn't been pulled. Most people can hand drill their 1/8" holes, which makes the hole bigger .I suppose it should work a little better in this case but beware of the second sizing issue which can make them too loose.The second sizing issue is the pin.The pin seems to be too small.When I added my part to the first 1st time I designed I used hand riveting tools and steel rivets in between. Then I decided to invest in a pneumatic riveting machine and everything was much easier. After about 500 rivets I bought this pack of rivets and the pen was fine st not on the rivet gun. The problem isn't so much changing the head to the rivet tool as I now have to switch my more expensive tool to work with a cheaper rivet. These smaller rivets also fit the barrel fairly easily and the rivet pin rejection rate is about 4 out of 5. That is quite high. When this happens you'll have to try to get something like a flat head screwdriver behind the pin head and hold it there while using the riveting tool on the different size. A power tool pulls the pin out in one motion, while a hand tool takes about two compressions with an N in between. Good luck with that, especially if you have blind holes. Because of this I tried my old riveting tool and it worked much better. However, I started with my old Stanley riveting tool which had no fit problems, as did my air tool with other rivets. What a pain in the wrist! So unless your application has a hard tolerance, it's probably fine. Otherwise, I would suggest you come by. My hard-earned success rate with them is about 2 out of 3, so for every 500 I throw away about 170 rivets. If you're like me, you run a business and you'd rather be working and making money than struggling to make things work like these suckers and those suckers get very expensive. My choices with these rivets are to beat them until they're gone (a lot of pain, sweat, tears and a lot of wasted time) or set them aside and buy quality (or better) rivets. I have used about 30 of these rivets so far and will probably put the rest on the shelf. To me this wouldn't count as "good value for money".