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I sincerely hope you never have your stuff stolen like I had mine 😂 Lots of online influencers bragging about their latest market and pawn shop purchases...

+ far too many people actively support tool theft by purchasing second hand tools. IME far more hand tools are stolen than sold (legitimately), most people hold onto them even after upgrading.

I think PF oversells the 90T a bit, but they are a decent mid-tier ratchet option with a good range and are regularly on sale. Even if there's no measurable swing arc difference in practise for a lot of >72 tooth ratchets, the 120XP mechanism sure does feel nice (even if only turning the anvil...

Saving money is the best way to sneak more purchases past your wives :censored: Worn ratchets feel the smoothest right before they start skipping ;) Having said that, I've been known to put extensions in a drill to wear in new ratchets before cleaning and applying a lighter lubricant for...

... and I guess you recommend OP just uses a claw hammer too, all the specialist hammers are just Big Tool emptying your pockets 💰

The 120XP is a 60 tooth anvil gear. The gear and pawl teeth are not actually fine, but there are 2x stacked pawls so each one is thinner. The pawls alternate with a 50% overlap making it "feel" like 120 teeth, but in reality it is 2x60 tooth mechanisms alternating. If the mechanism fails by...

In my scenario, it's 1 SnapOn ratchet OR a full set of GW with spares for the same money. If you fill a box with SnapOn, you've far exceeded the amount you could spend on a box of other tools. The person who bought GW etc would have the extra money in their pocket/account. After 30yrs, the used...

Apparently the new 120XP are an improvement, but I haven't seen great deals on them vs the 90T buying in/from Australia. What don't you like about the 120XP? I have a ridiculously large selection of GW 90T ratchets as a local hardware store put the standard chrome handle versions on clearance...

Buy the 3pce GW 90T locking flex set (or splurge a little more for the 120XP on sale). At that price it's very good value for money, you get what you pay for without the premium for the tool truck name. The only caveat is that IME the 90T range have inconsistent QC and those sets are encased in...

Sounds like a great opportunity to have a sale on files

Never had my hands on TopTul, and never seen them on the shelf. TotalTools is their dealer for the area, looks like they're a special order / dropship and they don't even have a decent picture to advertise the product (12pce set + 3x square drive adaptors): To be honest, I've ignored Sidchrome...

Not only did I want to know, but other people on the internet can actually compare other ratchets to my particular example. If other people took a minute or two to take a quick measurement with a dial gauge I'd have a reference as to how good or bad my ratchet is. ie, it's sharing useful...

If no one measures a Gearwrench, what's the point of measuring a SnapOn? eg, How would you know if a SnapOn ratchet has good tolerances worthy of a ~AUD680 RRP Dual80 locking flex if you have no reference from an ~AUD215 RRP Gearwrench 120XP version? You literally posted the following single...

It wouldn't be a legit internet forum without a troll 🤣

UPDATE 09/09/25: Apex / Gearwrench sent the replacement 22mm to replace the brand new faulty 72T from the 16pce 9416 set. It's the wrong product; a 90T spanner, not the 72T. As soon as I saw the tag I was ready to reject the repair, request a refund, and thank them for wasting everyone's time...