A trolley jack in my humble is the most important tool you will ever buy.

I spent considerably more last year and replaced my old faithful British made trolley jack with a Weber EU made professional quality jack, as used by tyre bays and garages.

My old one cost well over £100 some 30 years ago and is still in service with my son who uses it rarely, the new one i managed to get for around £260...over that timespan is it worth buying cheap with the risks involved, even for the few seconds whilst you place axle stands?

What they have in common is proper infinitely controllable lowering valves, all but one (and thats £150) of the budget jacks do not have such good control as well as other build quality issues, they are all Chinese made in the budget ranges.

Fair enough Chris, in that case i understand Costco are or were selling aluminium chassised jacks for a fair price, somewhat lighter than the cast iron jobbies making then ideal for shelf storage despite being a decent mid size.

I did see identical ones at other sites during the extensive search before spending some more of my kids inheritance..;)

This may sound like a silly question but where underneath the car do you place a trolly jack? I am always worried that I may be lifting the car that might buckle.