Recent content by Drunkonunleaded

Off-topic but related: What was the purpose of the large "Whisky Bottle" drawer on these boxes?

And despite this, the “new” line is outselling the old one per some of my contacts at NAPA. People love the green apparently…

Carlyle wrenches changed their COO from Taiwan to China. The wrenches got a bit thicker and had a worse finish. I provided a comparison in the thread here. About a year later, they "rebranded" and the wrenches came in foam. I suspect that G2 Icon will be similar.

So a little update. It appears as though the new Kobalt 48v OPE and at least some of the other accessories are actually produced by Globe (Greenworks). There’s no confirmation that Chervon is out entirely as the 24v OEM, but stock on a lot of current Kobalt is low and the new releases all...

On a related note, Kobalt is going through a big tool refresh on the 24v line. Chervon (owner of Flex) is the OEM for the Kobalt power tools. Part of this refresh is incorporating USB-C charging similar to the Skil batteries. Part of this issue may just be that there's too much overlap in...

RE: Carlyle. They were good. At some point within the past 2-3 years, they started sourcing their wrenches from China vs. Taiwan. The newer wrenches are thicker and (presumably) made with softer metal. I've previously posted a comparison in the big Carlyle thread if any of you want to take a...

https://www.idealind.com/us/en/category/product.html/wire-stop-custom-stripmasterr-l-5270.html I think I paid $10 from Zoro. There's a few different ones depending upon which Stripmaster you have.

It's not just the number of negative or critical product reviews, but the vendors they are critical of. Reviewers regularly criticize "junk" when there's no real consequences for doing so. This happens A LOT in automotive journalism where journalists are entirely dependent upon automakers to...

These are the best if you're doing something automotive related. My recommendation is to spent an extra $10 or so and grab the wire stop. This gets you clean and consistent strips every time, which is important when you're wiring multi-cavity connectors.

How do you keep the 120v cord out of the way of spinning things under the hood when operating the car?

Keeping this rolling I guess. Grabbed these for $20/ea. The 1/4 is nice. The 3/8 I had no real use for but for $20 I figured that I might as well. FWIW, my favorite stubby 3/8 is a non-flex that I got from ORLY auto parts. Not only is it fairly compact, but it has a 3/8” male drive end on...

Latest eBay score. $25. I remember these being like $175 initially. I’ll admit that I necessarily need a full set of AN wrenches (I mostly work with -6 or 8), but for that price I’ll take them.

I was trying to buy this torx driver set but it was discontinued. Found one on Amazon UK for a little less than retail. The ship date kept getting pushed back, so I assumed that the seller either didn’t want to deal with customs or didn’t really have the item. Ended up finding one semi-local...

I wipe them out with a blue shop towel, and let them drip into one of these for a few months weeks days. Then I wipe them again with a Tub O Towel and they go into a storage bin with my 20 other funnels. https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/50240-magnetic-funnel-holder

I don't understand your point. We're discussing ratchets, not cordless impacts. There are situations where an impact simply will not fit and thus necessitates the need for a long ratchet or breaker bar. Yes, you could argue that the breaker bar is the proper tool for this due to the...