Bondhus hex key warranty

[Matt Irvine]

Work is buying me $700 worth of tools, and I'm considering buying a set of bondhus hex keys, 12mm-19mm or so,
I want the ball ends, but do these have a lifetime warranty, say if I was to use the ball and a cheater bar?

 

[1950mercury]

Lol!

 

[Kracin]

Work is buying me $700 worth of tools, and I'm considering buying a set of bondhus hex keys, 12mm-19mm or so,
I want the ball ends, but do these have a lifetime warranty, say if I was to use the ball and a cheater bar?

not sure about warranty, but if you get the "gorilla proof" with gold coating you won't be disappointed.. put many a 10" cheater on mine and haven't broken a ball end yet. they are super solid

 

[Ohmthis]

I'll second they are great tools, but if you have to put a big cheater on it to break something loose, you are using the wrong tool. Allen sockets are designed to be used with a rachet. Which is itself a cheater bar for the socket!!! I have broken the bondhus allens before, but I was using it as the wrong tool.

 

[cheechi]

I would not use a cheater on a ball hex. They might take it, but it doesn't seem likely they would do that for long does it? This question is more or less the same as saying you intend to abuse the tools and therefore the warranty.

It sounds like in these situations you need either straight hex sockets and/or impact hex sockets. I think what you want to do is a bad idea.

 

[OutsideMachinist]

I put cheater bars on allen wrenches, but not the ball end....

I hit them with drilling hammers. You need to use a hand impact or air/electric impact. Or if its really tight then cut the allen wrench and rig something up. No company makes ball allens that will stand up to cheater bars.

 

[RedneckWelder]

I'll second they are great tools, but if you have to put a big cheater on it to break something loose, you are using the wrong tool. Allen sockets are designed to be used with a rachet. Which is itself a cheater bar for the socket!!! I have broken the bondhus allens before, but I was using it as the wrong tool.

Sometimes there isn't room for the ratchet head and allen key socket.

 

[OutsideMachinist]

Sometimes there isn't room for the ratchet head and allen key socket.

right. you can still cut the allen short and try and do anything but put a cheater on a ball allen. if you have room to hold a ball allen at an angle and use a cheater pipe, than you can work something else out.

 

[Kracin]

I put cheater bars on allen wrenches, but not the ball end....

I hit them with drilling hammers. You need to use a hand impact or air/electric impact. Or if its really tight then cut the allen wrench and rig something up. No company makes ball allens that will stand up to cheater bars.

ball hex sockets? vs a ball hex on the end of an allen with a handle to break something loose? both have handles the same length, i've never had an issue. you run the risk of snapping any tool when you put pressure on it. just have to go with it if the task requires it. if something is damn near impossible to get to with the regular side of the hex key, then you throw the ball end at it with some leverage and get it done.