Need offset wrenches. Other than Snap on or Mac, who is decent?

[General Geoff]

Those are some darn-purdy wrenches!

 

[NC Rick]

I got this set of Metric wrenches a week ago or so. They are nice but Amazon packing was lacking the manufacturer just put them in a little “shoe box” also.

 

[jgme]

I bought the Stahlwille metric deep offset set from amazon.de a few months ago and am thrilled with them.

Also own shallow offset DBE wrenches from Williams (which are just unpolished SnapOn as best I can tell). Williams are much heavier. The Stahlwille are just so nicely made and have an engineered feel to them. Very lightweight for their strength.

Thanks for this post (yes, it was a while ago). Picked up some Stahlwille metric wrench sets from amazon.de also. The Proto SAE set was from Circle C.

 

[jgme]

My SAE set arrived early. It was due 3/21 but arrived complete on 3/11. The packaging was better this time, shipped in a real box, but everything was still beat to ****. The wrenches are fine and look/feel great. All six are marked Germany.

The same person may have packed my tools. My box was identical to yours and that includes the condition.

 

[GeoBruin]

Since this thread has been awakened anyway, it looks like Capri makes these now. Has anyone tried them?

 

[wafrederick]

You've got a point there. I don't like long offset wrenches, as they like to "pivot" sideways when you put alot of force on them. Deep offsets are better on shorty wrenches. (see my Bonney's)
So the perfect setup for me would be deep shorty's, 15 deg offset standard length, and 0 deg extra long DBE's - like Snap-On High performance style.

Needed for some applications.One is torque converter bolt access in the Hummer H3,Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon

 

[Flared Base]

Since this thread has been awakened anyway, it looks like Capri makes these now. Has anyone tried them?

The Capri wrenches are OK. I have Stahlwille in metric and Capri in std. The overall dimensions are similar between the wrenches. The edge of the beam is a little thicker on the Stahlwille than the Capri because it has an I beam profile. I slightly prefer the Stahlwille to Capri because it is a little more comfortable on my hands with the wider edge and the chrome on the Capri can get slippery with sweat or oil. Not huge difference between the two wrenches but if I am giving the nod to one over that other, that's my personal preference.

 

[lardy1]

I have DeWalt in SAE. Not as nice as the Stahlwille metrics beside them but not bad wrenches for the money. They aren't a high use item in my shop.

 

[GeoBruin]

The Capri wrenches are OK. I have Stahlwille in metric and Capri in std. The overall dimensions are similar between the wrenches. The edge of the beam is a little thicker on the Stahlwille than the Capri because it has an I beam profile. I slightly prefer the Stahlwille to Capri because it is a little more comfortable on my hands with the wider edge and the chrome on the Capri can get slippery with sweat or oil. Not huge difference between the two wrenches but if I am giving the nod to one over that other, that's my personal preference.

Thanks for the rundown!

 

[BurninRubber]

Looks like different stampings as well. The SAE set has what appears to be a newer typeface design that I have seen on a few of their other products. Maybe your metric set is just a tad older and they haven't updated the manufacturing tooling to match. Both look nice, though.

I too had received some Gadore tools from India that looked like they were pretty crudely made but they seemed very strong but did rust easily . So I decided to ask a contact I had at Gadore and this is what he sent back . I kind of figured it was something like this but I have a hard time believing the wrench’s from India are up to Gadore s world wide standards from the looks of the India Wrench’s I have the finishing is pretty rough but very strong .Here’s what I received back,
On Thursday, August 10, 2023, 9:01 AM, Troy Wobschall <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi James,

Thanks for your inquiry, we appreciate it.

GEDORE has 7 manufacturing facilities ranging from Germany, Austria, S. Africa, Brazil, UK, India, and Taiwan.

We offer two primary groups of product in N. America, products produced in the EU (Germany, Austria, and the UK) and our RED line which is produced in Taiwan. We have maintained this structure for years.

Given the global reach of distributors, while we do not support it, we cannot police if a distributor sources from another location of ours.

Please note that regardless of the location of manufacture, all GEDORE tools are manufactured to the same specifications and internal standards.

Kind Regards,

Troy Wobschall
National Sales Manager
479-713-9720



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[seber]

A couple of years ago I got a set of Stalville combos in a bulk purchase. they were typical India ****. There is not one good thing I could say about them. I felt lucky to get ten dollars for the unused set.

 

[tamaraw]

A couple of years ago I got a set of Stalville combos in a bulk purchase. they were typical India ****. There is not one good thing I could say about them. I felt lucky to get ten dollars for the unused set.

You sure about that? I have never seen Indian Stahlwille and search results come up empty.

 

[ecotec]

A couple of years ago I got a set of Stalville combos in a bulk purchase. they were typical India ****. There is not one good thing I could say about them. I felt lucky to get ten dollars for the unused set.

All my Stahlwille are made in Germany. I bought them years ago, before Covid, when a lot of people on Garage Journal were buying them. They have been terrific.

I also have a Carlyle set, which has also been great.

 

[F-22]

Does Stahlwille really make anything in India?

 

[qqzj]

He probably misspoke. Hazet does or did. But really, I would just go to harbor freight to grab a set of icon and see how it goes. I don't expect to be disappointed.

 

[M635_Guy]

He probably misspoke. Hazet does or did. But really, I would just go to harbor freight to grab a set of icon and see how it goes. I don't expect to be disappointed.

Even as a general fan of the Icon stuff, the $55 Icon set doesn't run to the size range the Stahlwille does (only 10mm-19m vs. 6mm-22mm), and at around $90 I'd choose the Stahlwille every time.

 

[DerekV]

Even as a general fan of the Icon stuff, the $55 Icon set doesn't run to the size range the Stahlwille does (only 10mm-19m vs. 6mm-22mm), and at around $90 I'd choose the Stahlwille every time.

Not to mention Stahlwille having larger sizes than 22mm as well

 

[M635_Guy]

Not to mention Stahlwille having larger sizes than 22mm as well

For me personally, that isn't as big a deal as the smaller sizes included in the Stahlwille set. My old BMW has a lot of small fasteners in annoyingly tight spots, so the 6mm-8mm range would be very useful. I manage, but eventually I'll probably grab the Stahlwille set. Given my recent struggles trying to get to the two damn nuts for the cold start injector (that I eventually solved with a crowsfoot - even my stubby flex wrenches were fouling on something at the available angles), I'm not sure if I'd rather have the Stahlwille set or an open end angled wrench set (which would have been useful for things like the injector above as well as the top bolt of the starter, etc..

 

[F-22]

Unior has a nice set from 6mm to 32mm, all made in Slovenia. Their wrenches are comparable to Stahlwille in my opinion.

They only seem to skip 29, 30 and 31 sizes, but I know for certain I own a size 30 (29 and 31 are very uncommon, I think I own a USAG wrench in that size).

108€ with the metal stand.

 

[seber]

He probably misspoke. Hazet does or did. But really, I would just go to harbor freight to grab a set of icon and see how it goes. I don't expect to be disappointed.

My bad. Yes, it was Hazet.