[PanelDeland]

Becca,congrats on the choice of carreers and furthering your education.What you're doing for tools right now is what I would suggest.Once you're working in the field,you will find most techs have an account and a balance with Snap_on and/or Matco or one of the others.Watch for deals with them.Buy what you need for now to get thru school but stay with lower cost but serviceable stuff.You'll have more to work with and maybe still be able to eat.As you get further into the field,you may choose to "specialize" a bit such as doing Heavy Line work(valve jobs and more involved repairs) or maybe the A/C stuff and you can buy specialty tools according to what will give you the best return on your investment.Once you're to a certain point with tools,you will be buying to speed things up.Since you're just getting started on tools,you need to start researching toolboxes.What works for one doen't work for someone else.Start figuring that out now since when you start buying Journeymans tools,you will want a secure quality place to store/organize them.Some like a taller cab,while others like a bench high one.