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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
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