Review: ZooZen console access pro kit v2.0

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  1. Speed

    Speed Robust Member

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    The console access pro kit v2.0 comes with:

    1pc Easy grip screwdriver handle
    1pc Magnetic Tweezers
    1pc "OneSnap" tool for opening Xbox 360
    1pc Linehead nut setter (small size) [3.7mm Gamebit]
    1pc Linehead nut setter (large size) [4.5mm Gamebit]
    1pc Flathead bit, Long
    2pcs Torx Size 6, Tamper Resistant
    2pcs Torx Size 8, Tamper Resistant
    2pcs Torx Size 10, Tamper Resistant
    2pcs Torx Size 15, Tamper Resistant
    2pcs Torx Size 20, Tamper Resistant
    2pcs Hex Size .05
    2pcs Triwing Bit
    2pcs Phillips #000
    2pcs Phillips #0
    2pcs Phillips #1
    2pcs Slotted 7/64

    Product link

    It retails on average for $19.99.

    A couple months back I was in need of the 2 Gamebits to open up various
    Nintendo items. I found the Access Pro Kit v2 on Amazon.com for $14.95
    with free shipping. I figured it was a steal since it also came with the
    tri-wing bit. I also figured I would do a proper review on the item and post
    it here.

    There is just one problem...

    This kit has got to be the biggest pile of shit ever.:evil:

    Hell with doing a review on it, nothing works!
    The 3.7mm Gamebit (small linehead) is slightly misshapen but 3 of the teeth
    manage to grab the bits, sort of. The 4.5mm Gamebit (large linehead) looks
    like it's shaped properly but none of it's teeth grab the bits and just floats over them.

    To add insult to injury the driver that comes with it is even bad.
    The magnetic sleeve that is on the tip (which holds the bits) is loose and
    spins freely not allowing you to turn the bits. I took the sleeve off
    and noticed the shaft of the driver has splined teeth like a drive shaft
    on a car. The sleeve however was smooth on the inside with no where
    for the teeth to grab. I used some JB Weld to lock it in place.

    Bottom line:
    Stay far far away.:banghead:
     
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  2. babu

    babu Mamihlapinatapai

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    Got it like last year and it worked great for AGB.
    But I had to open up a NES cart some month back and first tried the one in the ZooZen kit but it was really crappy to my suprise - so I had to use my other NES bit. =/

    Really surprised me as it had gotten great reviews and the AGB bit worked great.
     
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  3. Yakumo

    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    Thanks for the heads up! I myself bought a cool set from a DIY store called Home Wide. It comes with drives (all great) for opening, SFC games and hardware, gameBoy triangular screws, PC Engine Due's odd looking screws and Mega Drive carts. There are also other drivers in there taht I've yet to use. It's basically called the Gamers Kit. Not that cheap at 2500 yen though.

    Yakumo
     
  4. karsten

    karsten Member of The Cult Of Kefka

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    i use the molten pen trick instead of gamebit screwdrivers, and so far i've always managed perfectly :)
     
  5. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    Zoozen sucks major balls. I got a 360 thing from them before and it was a waste of money.
     
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    I concur, while I love the completeness of the kit, the quality is just so very bad. One of the bits' tip even broke clean off after just a couple of uses.
     
  7. Jamtex

    Jamtex Adult Orientated Mahjong Connoisseur

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    Sounds reasonablely cheap to me, I bought a couple of high quality drivers for opening Nintendo Consoles and Gameboy consoles and it cost me well over £15 for those.
     
  8. Tomcat

    Tomcat Familiar Face

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    Go to a tool hardware store (or decent ironmonger). NEVER get cheap tools at best they just round off at worst the fuck the screw head up or cause injury.
     
  9. Speed

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    In the states no hardware store carrys japanese linehead bits/drivers.
    Tri-wing on occasion but never linehead/gamebit.


    Also, I just wanted to add this about the zoozen kit. While every other bit in the kit is your
    typical black iron or carbon steel bit that has been machined into shape -- The gamebits are
    a different type of steel and seem to be cast into shape which I believe is the problem.
     
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  10. youruglyclone

    youruglyclone Spirited Member

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    amen to that...used the gamebit to open a snes cart...thankfully I was able to open it...but the bit was stripped to the point it was virtually useless.
     
  11. Speed

    Speed Robust Member

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    Your gamebit come with the zoozen kit or did you get it elsewhere?
     
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