Favorite short/stubby 1/4 ratchet?

[jimbothecricket]

I go with the tiny flex-handle SK LP90. Now you can get them from Olsa. USA made. Not cheap, but very awesome. Since the handle flexes, you can get them into a lot of places.

-Ryan

I have the Olsa flex head 1/4 ratchet. It is a wonderful ratchet and probably the smoothest, lowest backdrag ratchet I own (I don't buy tool truck brands). Unfortunately it is too long for many of my uses at ~6 inches.

 

[jimbothecricket]

Many of you have recommended bit ratchets. Do they have high backdrag? I've used a craftsman and a Titan (fixed head) bit ratchet and both had more backdrag than I would like

 

[kyrbz]

Wera 1/4' drive version of their bit ratchet

 

[jimbothecricket]

I ended up stopping by Oreilly's and picking up a Titan swivel head (it is steel as they didn't carry the aluminum handled version). This thing is great! Thanks for all the recommendations. The backdrag is lower than I expected and lower than all my other ratchets except the Olsa 1/4 and an old 45 tooth USA Allen 3/8. The roto head is also pretty handy!
Its short length allows me to not have to choke up on the handle towards the head as I frequently do with longer ratchets. I've attached an image with my Olsa ratchet for comparison

 

[darkzero]

I ended up stopping by Oreilly's and picking up a Titan swivel head (it is steel as they didn't carry the aluminum handled version). This thing is great! Thanks for all the recommendations. The backdrag is lower than I expected and lower than all my other ratchets except the Olsa 1/4 and an old 45 tooth USA Allen 3/8. The roto head is also pretty handy!
Its short length allows me to not have to choke up on the handle towards the head as I frequently do with longer ratchets. I've attached an image with my Olsa ratchet for comparison

Yup, that's a great ratchet to have. I keep a Titan low profile adapter on mine. While I do use it as 1/4" it also comes in handy to use with 3/8 sockets. The knurled adapter also serves as a finger spinner. That's a very useful feature for me which is one of the reasons why I got the Williams that I posted in this thread.