Germany
A workshop catalog with a part number for everything
BGS supplies workshops rather than shelves, and it shows in the way the products are described. Where a marketplace listing says “heavy duty”, a BGS entry gives the jaw opening, the clamping range, the ram diameter and the footprint of the base.
Half the buying decisions in a garage are compatibility questions: will this jack fit under the car, will this separator fit that joint, will this cup fit that filter housing. Published dimensions answer them before ordering rather than after.
Every product carries one, and it stays orderable for years. On sets where a single adapter goes missing, that is the difference between replacing a plate and replacing the set.
Above the marketplace brands, below the premium trade names. The consistent argument for paying it is that the specification is stated and the part remains available.
Ratchet function · centered reset without tilting · stated to avoid damage to boots, pistons and cylinders
A single ratcheting tool rather than a kit: it pushes the piston back squarely, which is what prevents the damage a screwdriver causes.
Best for: Front calipers, where the piston presses straight back and squareness is everything.
≈ $53
20–22 mm (0.79 to 0.87 in) jaw opening · clamping range lockable at 30 and 55 mm (2.17 in) · forged · 1210 g (42.7 oz) stated
A single forged separator with its jaw opening, clamping positions and weight all published — the sort of specification a trade catalog provides and a marketplace listing does not.
Best for: A known job on a known car, where the size has already been measured.
≈ $85
18 l · 565 × 420 mm (22.2 × 16.5 in) · stated for oil and coolant
The big one: 18 liters in a 565 by 420 mm (16.5 in) tray, for jobs where a car-sized pan would overflow.
Best for: Coolant changes and larger vehicles, where capacity beats refinement.
≈ $98
Petrol · analog dial 0–20 bar / 0–300 psi / 0–2000 kPa · adapter hose or rubber cone tube · M10–M18
The workshop-brand version: an analog dial with three scales, an adapter hose and a rubber cone tube, from a maker whose catalog numbers mean something.
Best for: Someone who expects to still own this in fifteen years.
≈ $105
Rated 20 t · 150 mm (5.91 in) lift · 235–445 mm (9.25 to 17.5 in) · ram Ø 53 mm (2.09 in) · foot 154 × 124 mm (6.06 × 4.88 in) · welded steel
The one that publishes everything: capacity, lift, minimum and maximum height, ram diameter, spindle adjustment and the size of its foot.
Best for: Motorhomes, trailers, machinery — and anyone who wants the numbers published before buying.
≈ $205
Sixteen spiral sockets from a workshop brand: the profile bites deeper the harder you turn, which is what removes a head nothing else will grip.
Best for: A garage that meets rounded fasteners often enough to want every size.
A calibrated inflator gun: one of the few pressure tools here whose listing uses the word, and the reason a workshop can quote a figure.
Best for: A workshop, or anyone who wants the reading to be defensible.
A workshop tester covering 3 to 48 V with a piercing function — the tool for finding a break in a loom rather than a fuse.
Best for: Tracing a fault along a loom, where the wire cannot be reached at a connector.
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
