Working in mechanics, I've spent a small fortune over the years on tools and I stand by the saying "you get what you pay for".
I've snapped loads of cheap spanners, bent cheap tyre levers and destroyed cheap screw drivers.
Buy cheap tools at your own peril ! Nothing worse than tools that give up on you when you need them most.
BUT....Just because it's expenisve, doesnt mean its any good. I use a big old Dunlop tyre lever from the 1950's.
It cost £2 off ebay and is the strongest best lever I have ever seen. It would pull the tyre off a tractor  ..
Any tools that came with your bike (bar the plug spanner), should be binned !!
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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.
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