Facom 440

[Stuey]

Bought a set of these wrenches a couple of months ago. Love 'em.

Review: http://toolguyd.com/facom-440-combination-wrench-review/

I'm not yet a Facom fanatic, but I'm certainly a fan.

They're a little on the short side, and the box end is a little thick (but this is a consequence of a good feature), so not everyone will like them.

Every aspect of these wrenches is a little unusual, but they also contribute to an overall stellar tool design.

What do you think - goofy, or modern?

 

[Kirbot]

I love the looks of those.
Eventually I'll probably get a set.

There seems to be conflicting info on the COO though. I thought they were made in Taiwan by Tuptul, but then there have been a few reports of them showing up with the packaging marked Made in France.

 

[PureLeaf]

Ultimate Garage's Facom Inventory list seems to mark some sizes as COO Taiwan, and others as France. Example: 440.14 (14mm) is Taiwan, and the 440.15 (15mm) is France.

 

[colin39]

Love my 440s and my ratchets both full sets to 34 and 32mm



i also carry these in my brake down bag.

 

[VoodooCLD]

I have the mac labeled ones. Pretty dang nice. Although i wish the case was a little slimmer. the 14 piece mac set is pretty big. I bought it for my portable toolbox.

 

[Jure]

I love the looks of those.
Eventually I'll probably get a set.

There seems to be conflicting info on the COO though. I thought they were made in Taiwan by Tuptul, but then there have been a few reports of them showing up with the packaging marked Made in France.

made by rotar (toptul) for facom,made in taiwan.

 

[dutchgray]

I have 5 of them in large metric sizes, up to 34mm, only very limited use so far as they are fairly new and I don't need the big sizes much, but they seem to be great quality and are comfortable in use. I like them.

 

[neophyte]

made by rotar (toptul) for facom,made in taiwan.

Not actually made by Rotar. The Taiwanese Facom 440 wrenches were made by another manufacturer. Someone posted a pic in the "Tools from the old world" thread of an unfinished USAG wrench forging. USAG is owned by Facom/Stanley and uses the same design for some of their wrenches as the Facom 440s. The manufacturer is called Te Wei.

The original Facom 440s were made in Taiwan, but some of the later production was moved to France.

This is were the manufacturer was mentioned.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3597340&postcount=17740

 

[thatonedude]

Looks just like my precision torque wrenches from mac

 

[Jwych]

I would probably just buy these from mac mostly because not much more money and ease of warranty

 

[Kirbot]

I would probably just buy these from mac mostly because not much more money and ease of warranty

It's actually about $100 more for the Mac set.

http://www.mactools.com/en-us/Wrenc...PT/14-PC-12-PT-Metric-Combination-Wrench-Set-

http://www.ultimategarage.com/shop/part.php?products_id=6655


You could replace a lot of broken wrenches for that.
And the Facom comes with two bigger wrenches.

 

[colin39]

I love mine and they are stamped made in france, but the belt clip holder is marked made in china, never the less , im well happy wiv em.

 

[tbaggz]

Bought a set of these wrenches a couple of months ago. Love 'em.

Review: http://toolguyd.com/facom-440-combination-wrench-review/

I'm not yet a Facom fanatic, but I'm certainly a fan.

They're a little on the short side, and the box end is a little thick (but this is a consequence of a good feature), so not everyone will like them.

Every aspect of these wrenches is a little unusual, but they also contribute to an overall stellar tool design.

What do you think - goofy, or modern?

I thought that fan is short for fanatic.

 

[apdxyk]

Here is its relative from the newly expanded family. The Proto has ASD - Anti Slip Design on the open end though..

 

[Qualitytools]

I have a set and Love the finish and feel, also the carrying case tops it for ease of storage

 

[Stuey]

Here is its relative from the newly expanded family. The Proto has ASD - Anti Slip Design on the open end though..

I bought a couple of Protos as well. To be honest, I like the Facoms better. I had to send 2 Protos back b/c of really sharp burs. And there are times when I prefer manual wrenches vs. ratcheting, especially when I need a thin-walled box end.

 

[heytrid]

I love the feel of the mac version.

 

[bad luck]

Those look great to me. Is Ultimate Garage the only place that sells them?

 

[HairMetal]

They're too short and soft.

 

[Stuey]

Those look great to me. Is Ultimate Garage the only place that sells them?

I think so. I didn't find any better distributor. There aren't that many Facom sources in the USA.

 

[colin39]

They're too short and soft.

Well as a truck fitter these are about as abused as any tool i own and in 18month ive not had an issue with one of my facom 440s

 

[SantaAna12]

Smaller does not bother me. What do you base the "soft" on?

The Mac are rebranded Facom.....correct? So they are the same?

Warranty?

 

[HairMetal]

Smaller does not bother me. What do you base the "soft" on?

The Mac are rebranded Facom.....correct? So they are the same?

Warranty?

This is based a shop I worked at.The shop had a few sets of combination wrenches and the Facoms were the newest and also in worst condition.Metal quality is not as good as German stuff but that is to be expected, the Facoms are cheaper.