Clas Ohlson

We love this place. How many shops do you know of that sell chainsaws as well as pocket tissues?
There is a vast array of stuff on sale. Home, garden, lighting, electrics, stationery, cooking… It just goes on. But the crucial thing is that the goods they sell tend to be pretty decent. It’s good at Christmas as the kids stuff they sell is imaginative and great for last minute stocking fillers.
But it’s also a place you may find that elusive electrical component or lead — at a bargain price — if you look hard enough. And as you queue to pay you’ll fill your basket with packs of cheap batteries, tissues, mini tool kits and anything else that looks interesting.
Even if you don’t buy anything it’s fund to look around! Worthy of ***** I reckon!

One of my favourite stores in Leeds. Have a wide range of products, so something for everyone. Have come away with the odd bargain now and then.

The best way to describe Clas Ohlson is Wilkinsons on speed they sell all the usual stuff with the added advantage the things tend to be of better build quality and will last longer.
The tools are proper tools that wont break the first time you use them, the homeware things seem to be of the same kind of standard.
I’m not quite sure what they thought when it had such a big sailing section in Leeds but maybe theres loads of avid sailers living slap bang in the middle of the country?

I don’t know where these new things come from exactly, but it seems no sooner than they appear *everyone* has already heard about them before leaving me in the dark somewhat. Anyway, to replace the huge empty retail space where Alders (I think) once was, we now have a shiny new Clas Ohlson.
For those still in the dark it seems to be a hybrid of Ikea and Argos, housing hundreds of useful household type items, with the exception of a tea strainer, it seems! My friend and I spent a good half hour wandering the aisles with no joy on that one… What we did find was a number of other handy kitchen items, home décor bits, camping stuff and a huge blow up boat. The boat was quite exciting. They also have hammocks somewhere, but those eluded us too, on this occasion!
I didn’t get a chance to have a full nosy around, so I’ll have to have a secondary wander at some point, but it seems as though it should prove a handy place for general goods. Given that it’s so huge I’m assuming one won’t be disappointed, and having glanced at their prices everything seems to of a reasonable sum! We shall see on my next visit if they are worth their salt. I am in need of a shoe rack (amongst other things) so this will be my first port of call!