How many tools do you have?

The rolling metal ones are pretty hard to beat for working in the garage because you can roll the thing up to whatever you're working on and have everything handy. When you're not using it, which is most of the time, it rolls unobtrusively into a corner.

In my home bike workshop I keep most of my bike specific tools on a pegboard. My pegboard is arranged with the tools I use most in the middle, the ones that require major force closer to the vise, and my spoke wrenches and stuff all together in their own nook. A bunch of little individual plastic tool boxes for hub overhauls, wheelwork, crank and BB work etc. might be a good plan.

I've got a fairly good -sized tool box with 2 drawers that I take with me for major bike support jobs. I've never weighed it but it's HEAVY. I set up a portable workstand behind my truck and set the tool box on the tailgate.

Even that's too heavy and bulky most of the time. I've also got a small plastic toolbox that's the right size for a few spare inner tubes, some cables, a set of allen wrenches and a few other selected tools. That's what I take with me on vacation. It's also all that I'm taking with me when I work the Tour-de-Cure next month.