Flexhead ratcheting wrenches?

[D60]

Why does the Icon skip 9 and 11mm? I have the set and had to buy a Mountain 7/16 to get 11mm. Other than that I love the Icon set.

Good observation. 9mm is pretty rare, gonna be difficult to find in a DBE flex like this.

 

[D60]

Also if anyone ever wants to expand their sets that top at 19mm the Matco 21/22 can be a good way to get two more useful, common sizes -- despite all my bitching about spline drive. Call it 13/16 and 7/8" if you prefer

https://www.matcotools.com/catalog/...-reversible-double-box-flex-ratcheting-wrench

 

[HoosierJeeper]

Love the feedback everyone! So it locking an important feature or not really? I kind of feel like it is, but I don't really use any flex head ratchets even.

 

[D60]

Love the feedback everyone! So it locking an important feature or not really? I kind of feel like it is, but I don't really use any flex head ratchets even.

I personally dislike locking. If the head is not floppy (and it should not be), locking is more of a hindrance 90% of the time. I like it to be able to float in use.

However for the occasional fastener that is WAY down there and you can't reach it with a hand and you have to shove the wrench on there, locking is nice. Again, this is well under 10% of the time for me.

 

[Astro14]

I've been happy with my Williams set, extremely durable and has survived a bit of abuse.

I’ve Williams fixed head in both SAE and metric. Really nice wrenches. Haven’t ponied up for the flex head.

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