JH Williams (Snap-On) 1/2" ratchet $38.87

[moonley]

S-52EHA ratchet, lowest price on Amazon so far according to CCC:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DNVI18/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Sky Chief]

You can pick up the 1/2", 3/8" and 1/4" for a total of $92.99 which seems like a good deal. If I didn't already have too many other sets of ratchets, I'd bite. I just bought a new set of USA Craftsman thin profiles ratchets last week for my truck toolbox but I'm sure these are better. Thanks for posting.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Here is an everyday better price......
http://www.toolsdelivered.com/Williams-S-52EHA-Hand-Tools-Sockets-Drive-Tools-1-2-Inch-Drive-Chrome-Ratchet-Drive-Tools

 

[AndrewV]

That's all dependent on shipping $$.

 

[paul2112]

Andrew ,Mine is 8 bucks for shipping ,making it 43$

 

[cheechi]

I get that they're USA made. and they look like pretty solid ratchets.

I'm not saying tooth count is everything. I know it isn't.

BUT what's the appeal of these? The S52 and B52 are 36T ratchets. I could see if you had one for a long time and were attached to it, but I don't get why buy one of these new.

And I'm genuinely asking I'm not trying to start an argument.

 

[SMKS]

I made this post for the thread Tools you thought you'd really like - but don't:

The Williams pear head ratchets that use the old SO 936 internals.

They have too much backdrag.

I've owned 3 of them. Two normal 3/8" ratchets and one XL 1/2" ratchet. The only one I've kept is the long 1/2", but I don't use it very much. The others were sold.

Maybe they would loosen up after using for a long while, but they never loosened up for me. I'd prefer to use other ratchets that work well out of the box rather than using a ratchet I don't really like under the hopes it will loosen up.

But, the updated version of the Williams round head ratchets are great. I like them.