Looking for a home set of reversible ratcheting wrenches. So far it appears the Dewalt 12 piece metric set is the best deal out there $100 from HD. There used to be a deal for SAE and Metric Gearwrench for $200 but it seems the GJ consensus that china Gearwrench reversibles are basically a waste of money. So two questions has any one used the dewalt ones, any idea where they are made? And any alternative I'm missing?
Dewalt Ratcheting Wrenches
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Odd-job
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Just bought a new SAE set after acme had the Labor Day coupon. Made in Taiwan. Haven’t used them enough to comment on durability. I do like my older metric set that has ASD and a beefier switch. Have a post in new tool arrivals with pics and comparisons.
I think the next step up are Kabo made Icon and Carlyle ratcheting wrenches. Think the sets might be a 30% premium on average vs the dewalts. Premium might be worth it IMHO as Stanley has been downgrading the dewalt lineup after craftsman entered the picture.
kctyphoon
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Look on eBay. U less they changed them - I have their reversible sets I got for like $49 on sale at Sears. But they were always under the $100 price on eBay.
dennis3553
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i have the dewalts got both sae and metric sets for 50 bucks each from sears.
Nineeightyone
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https://www.mobiledistributorsupply...p-reversible-ratcheting-wrench-set-metric-oem
These are still on sale and not an awful price, and you get the free pass-through sockets with order. I'm pretty pleased with mine.
These are still on sale and not an awful price, and you get the free pass-through sockets with order. I'm pretty pleased with mine.
Nineeightyone
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The dewalt ones should be made in Taiwan. Nothing really special about the ratcheting end IIRC. If I were the OP I'd still be getting the GW ones as long as they are easy to warranty for the OP and cost less.
I had to warranty a gearwrench branded regular combo and they fought tooth and nail not to warranty it so I'm not going to count on these being any better, but I rarely count on warranty being around when the tool actually fails, usually my luck it's no longer made or the company acts like gearwrench did.
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This is where an authorized dealer comes in. You have to figure out if you have any local dealers that are willing to help you. I've got a GW dealer that is usually helpful and puts stuff on sale at around online prices every now and then and a Dewalt factory repair centre that replaces any broken Stanley brand hand tools such as dewalt.
kctyphoon
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These are the ones I bought a few years ago. Anti slip design borrowed from Proto
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