About this site

Starting a trade and not sure what to buy? Pick your trade and get the tools people actually use, with one solid product picked for each item instead of fifty options to compare the night before you need it.

It started as a welding school checklist, and that list is still here, but the same approach works for any trade: electricians, HVAC techs, automotive techs, maintenance techs, and more are being added over time. Same standard for every one of them.

Every item is marked by how essential it is, so you can tell at a glance what to buy first if you’re working with a tight budget. Every program or shop is a little different: treat each list as a starting point and check your own requirements before you buy anything required.

Nothing here is guesswork. Every product is a real, currently purchasable Amazon listing, checked directly against Amazon before it’s added; prices and links are never invented, and if something goes out of stock it gets swapped rather than left to rot.