I reach for the Nepros 3/8” drive before anything else. The nicest ratchet to use in my tool box.
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Do whatever floats your boat. I can get "the best" at a great discount too. The problem is sometimes the best really isn't the best anymore, and can slip to an overpriced tool. Those comments aren't directed to any one brand of tool, it applies to several brands including many of the battery powered tools being offered today.
I cant say which ratchet or any other tool in my box is the "best" only which ones I like the most. The Nepros is certainly one of them but so is the Snap on dual 80, Williams S-53A round head, Carlyle flex heads, Stahlwille 80, Hazet 90, the G2 is becoming a go to also and there are others, the point is they are all really good tools, fit and feel good in my hand which makes it nicer to work with them.
Good rebuttal. I should have worded differently, now changed.
Good for you. My point was these costs can be deducted bc of tax laws- not which one is the "best'. It's just that sooo many ppl complain about SO costing sooo much but not really. I like SO bc lots of times they can get into tight places where others can't. Lets not forget their resale value when its needed on retirement. Everybody wants them
Sadly, us garage warriors don't get to deduct the price of our tools. I'm not above Harbor Freight, but when wanting some new ratchets recently, I bought a Kokan and two Olsa flex heads. Don't hate me, but Olsa rated well when tested by Project Farm, and they are beautiful pieces in hand. Feedback suggests they are similar or same as the sometimes maligned SK LP90's. Fingers crossed on that front.
Yes, good for you as well. I agree they can be deducted from tax, all tools from great to garbage if you run a business. Lower costing quality tools simply means you can buy more tools with the same or less money, and get the same write-off. Win-win imo. FTR I have a lot of dollars worth of SO tools, as many here do. They're great tools, however the competition is catching up in a big way, with lower costing high quality tools which is the point many of us here are making.
Regarding getting into tight places, sadly SO dropped the ball in a big way with their 100 tooth ratchets, however I'm confident they'll get that problem sorted out. Their CS is great too. So if you think I'm against SO or bashing them, you'd be wrong.
My tool chest drawers are filled with Williams socket sets. You used to be able to get them directly from Williams, and I upgraded everything over the course of a year.
Then, Williams stopped selling direct to consumer. Now you have to go through Zoro, or another authorized distributor. A more cumbersome, and slightly more expensive, process.
And before someone tries to tell me that Williams isn’t Snap-on, or Snap-on quality, those Williams sets have several Snap-on Sockets in them. When they were putting together the set for shipping, they were clearly coming out of the same plant.
That said, the Nepros ratchets are just so sweet - low back drag, quick release, small swing - that I hardly reach for anything else.
The “wrench breaker” test is specious - I don’t put a pipe over ratchets. Only fools do that.
Put a pipe over your breaker bar, that’s what a breaker bar is for. I have a nice pipe, it was an old jack handle. Nice rubber grip.
I’m OK with using a pipe. I’m not OK with destroying tools through abuse. It bothers me.
And it bothers my wallet.