What toolkits do you recommend?

If you just need the tools for basic phone and laptop repairs, we recommend our Essential Electronics Toolkit, which includes the bare essentials for these devices.

If you want to be prepared to access tablets, gaming consoles, and other electronic devices as well, but don't need the whole kit and caboodle or want a toolkit to take with you wherever you go—the Pro Tech Go Toolkit has the additional bits and opening tools you need.

If you repair electronics for a living or regularly work on a large variety of devices, the Pro Tech Toolkit will cover anything you might need. For the ultimate iFixit toolkit, you can also purchase the Repair Business Toolkit, which includes the Pro Tech Toolkit, diagnostic tools, and more.

For quick reference, here's a complete rundown of our toolkits.

To make sure you have the correct tools needed for your repairs, we recommend navigating our guide section for each device.

In addition to this, we also have a great blog article entitled “Which iFixit Driver Kit Should You Buy?” which includes a ton of awesome information about the many toolkits that we offer.

We recommend the following in increasing order of necessity depending on the type/intensity of work you expect to be performing:

• Essential Electronics Toolkit (16 Bits + non-bit tools) (Light-Use)
  • Screen and battery swaps for phones and laptops, and basic household fixes like door knobs and eyeglasses.
• Minnow Driver Kit (16 Bits) (Light-Use)
  • Smartphones, tablets, laptops, and game consoles.
• Moray Driver Kit (32 Bits) (Medium-Use)
  • Includes the addition of hex, triangle, and gamebit bits for more esoteric repairs.
• Pro Tech Go Toolkit (32 Bits + non-bit tools) (Medium-Use)
  • Basic electronic device repairs, plus gaming consoles, drones, RC cars, and more, Portable Carry / includes Moray Driver Kit.
• Mahi Driver Kit (48 Bits) (Medium-Use)
  • 1/4" / Appliances and furniture.
• Marlin Screwdriver Set (15-piece) (Medium-Heavy-Use)
  • No-assembly-required.
  • iPhones, Android phones, or Torx-based things.
• Mako Driver Kit (64 Bits) (Medium-Use)
  • 99% of the screws you’ll find in gadgets.
• Pro Tech Toolkit (64 Bits + non-bit tools) (Medium-Heavy-Use)
  • Full range of electronic devices, Portable Carry / includes Mako Driver Kit.
• Repair Business Toolkit (64 Bits + non-bit tools) (Heavy-Use)
  • Portable Carry / iPhones, iPads, iPods, Android smartphones like Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices, iMacs, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and more.
• Manta Driver Kit (112 Bits) (Heavy-Use)
  • Includes bits from Mako + Mahi.