I live in Cologne and have managed various moves which require refitting wardrobes and kitchens. I would say you can leave all electrical and English tools at home since they either wont work (220V) or are not needed (metric).

Anything else that is basically mechanical (hammer) or adjustable will work here.

I would check the prices at BauHaus
(http://www.bauhaus.info/produkte) and Obi (http://www.obi.de/decom/category/Technik/876) to see if the cost of replacement is less than the cost of transport. The technical level is the same or better than the USA. You could also put any questions into http://www.my-hammer.de/ (use google translator if you need help with German) Good Luck

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Thank you for the input,sorry it took a while to respond but the days are quite busy. I knew about the power tools, but still hard to part with certain things and just wanted to check..... Also thank you for the websites,I will look at them now. This site is great and will pay it forward in any way I can to any and all ex pats. M

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Hmm good question, want a answer too.

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