Folding Tool Tray for 1693EL

During a single e-bike job, the same six or seven tools come off the rack and go back over and over. The Allen key for the brake caliper. The Phillips for the display cover. The torque driver for the chainring lockring. Each round trip to the workbench is a slice of the job you don't get back. The 1693EL.5 Folding Tool Tray solves that round-trip by putting a tray of tools next to the bike, on the stand column, where it can be pulled out over the bike when you're using it and folded away when you're not.

What's in the tray

The tray itself is a thin metal plate paired with an SOS foam insert. The foam has cutouts and slots that hold drivers upright by their handles, screwdrivers and pliers in the open compartments, and bits in their own row. The geometry is set up for the kind of tool sets a mechanic builds rather than a rigid one-size-fits-all layout; you populate it with what you reach for most, and the foam holds them in place even when the tray is tilted during a lift.

Folding versus fixed

The folding format is the right call for shared bays. The 500 mm articulated arm pulls the tray out over the bike when you need a tool, and folds it back when you're finished; the arm rotates 90° left or right so the tray can sit on either side of the bike depending on the job. When the bay is doing non-e-bike work the next morning, the tray is flat against the column and out of everyone's way.

The fixed-mount 1693EL.7 sits closer to the column and stays put, which is the right answer for dedicated e-bike service bays. Note that the fixed 1693EL.7 is specified for V1 stands only; the 1693EL.5 folding format covers both V1 and V2 stands and is the only tool-tray option available on a V2 stand.

Specs

• Article number: 1693EL.5
• Folding tool tray for the Unior 1693EL Electric Repair Stand
• Thin metal plate with SOS foam insert (slot-format tool storage)
• 500 mm articulated arm; rotates 90° left or right
• Compatible with both V1 (pre-April 2021) and V2 (April 2021 onward) 1693EL stands

Includes: tool tray with SOS foam insert, 500 mm folding articulated arm, column-mount hardware.

Built in Zreče, Slovenia

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče since 1919, and is the official technical partner of multiple World Tour and downhill teams. The SOS foam in the 1693EL.5 is the same foam format Unior uses across its tool-organization line; the foam pattern carries over from the workshop drawers and chest sets, which means the tray plays well with the rest of a Unior-organized workshop without a foam-cutting step.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A tool tray on the stand is one of those accessories that doesn't feel essential until the day you have it, then doesn't feel essential because you can't imagine working without it. The foam slots are what makes the tray work; they hold the drivers from rolling off the tray during a lift, which is the actual failure mode a flat metal shelf has. Tray decisions usually come after the stand decision; the buying guide opens with the manual-versus-electric-stand question that brackets the tray choice: How to choose a bike repair stand →