Yes, Cornwell offers it in that size with their branding.
The tradeoff being they take abuse better. Also somewhat better when you have 0 offset situation and also a lower profile than the Kabo/Mountains, but also far less flexible due to the lack of a flexible head. If you work underneath a car on jack stands, I would want something with a flexible head IMHO.
I'd go flex. The scenarios when those have come in handy vs. my straight double box is a multiple. You can always add the non-flex later.
The thing I would take away from this thread is that almost all the pro mechanics on GJ (who work on cars every day) have a set of the Kabo's in one form or another.
You think you're getting Snap-On for $500? As an SNA shareholder I'm offended.The thing I would take away from this thread is that almost all the pro mechanics on GJ (who work on cars every day) have a set of the Kabo's in one form or another.
Or they have bought Snap-On for $500
You want flexhead/you want the offset/you want reversible/you want the 90t, these subtle touches will make your life a bit easier even if you don't care for the spline drive or "skips"
There is a reason these are the best selling type of these wrenches worldwide, they have the best set of features and everybody else is playing catch up in my opinion, the quality is decent too
The thing I would take away from this thread is that almost all the pro mechanics on GJ (who work on cars every day) have a set of the Kabo's in one form or another.
Funnily enough I was on the Snap-On UK website today and bought a mini prybar for £24 (I must need my head testing)
Very Well said. Bravo. The clear benefit is the access with speed. All the features you mentioned provide one or both. You can get standard size ratcheting box flex wrenches of decent quality for a lot less, from any one of 20 different brands. They will meet many of your needs. But they do not help when you have a tight spot needing a longer reach. That is what you are paying for here. I think the spline, 6 or 12 pt is a bit of a different issue. The spline gives a lot of flexibility. Just do not use it on a rusted or damaged fastener. Use it on rusted bolts at your own risk.The thing I would take away from this thread is that almost all the pro mechanics on GJ (who work on cars every day) have a set of the Kabo's in one form or another.
Or they have bought Snap-On for $500
You want flexhead/you want the offset/you want reversible/you want the 90t, these subtle touches will make your life a bit easier even if you don't care for the spline drive or "skips"
There is a reason these are the best selling type of these wrenches worldwide, they have the best set of features and everybody else is playing catch up in my opinion, the quality is decent too
I just had a look on the Snappy site, you can buy a full set of Kabo for the price of the single 13mm/15mm Snap-On wrench.
This is why I went with the ICON sets.I just had a look on the Snappy site, you can buy a full set of Kabo for the price of the single 13mm/15mm Snap-On wrench.
I'm not knocking Snap-On they make really good tools for the most part, but some of the pricing makes my eyes bleed
And my shareholder dividend FAT.I'm not knocking Snap-On they make really good tools for the most part, but some of the pricing makes my eyes bleed
They have been doing well. They have been growing their dividend and currently pays about a 2.5% dividend. Just look at the 5 year price chart. Very Decent price appreciation.
Thank you.
Not sure where in Iowa you are but take yourself over to the old Hobo Freight. My Icon set has been running good for over a year now. I'm a mechanic running a service truck in the mining industry. I've been impressed with them so far.
Icon does not have it in SAE. Many of them do not. There is a thread that listed a bunch of Brands that sell this style of wrench by Kabo. iF I have some time this morning I will look for it and post the link. IIRC a fair amount of them are not making it in SAE anylonger or it is temporarily unavailable. I want a set too in SAE and have decided to wait for supply chain and inflationary forces to stabilize. Yes the Platinum or K-Tool(same brand) do have it in 72 tooth and the price has gone up dramatically.
SNA on the New York Stock Exchange. NOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT AREN'T YOU? I always invest in companies that hook people: Apple, Altria, Smith & Wesson and Diageo. Apple is obvious, SNA makes tools for people that can't help themselves, one cigarettes, one guns, which here in America people buy like candy no matter how many people we kill, and the last one booze which although I don't drink apparently never goes out of style. You can hate these vices but they never lose money for you. If there was a publically traded company called hookers.com I'd go heavily into that one too. I’m as liberal as I can get but I don’t let my political views interfere with my investing decisions. Money doesn’t make moral decisions.
Yep, you have piqued my interest.
Rich: I don't know what it is like in the EU but in the US you can open a Brokerage account and buy any publicly traded company. It is like opening a bank account. Commisions have dropped a lot over the years with internet trading and some accounts will let you trade commision free. I remember my Father telling me some commissions could be 50-$100 per trade. He did not own a lot of stocks but he had some. Back then there were only full service stock brokers. You had to buy shares in lots in multples of 10 or 25 etc. you could not buy 1/2 or 1 or 3 or 11 shares of a company. When the price/share is high it becames a deterent to the retail investor market. Therefore companies would have share splits when the price became too high. That does not really happen any longer. Now that you can by fractional shares its purpose is no longer needed. In the US with many online brokers you can now by $5 of Apple or Bershire Hathaway and it is no sweat.
I like the meme!Guys, GO GET A ROOM.
The only thing we are "investing in" in here is KABO wrenches.
Go on, GIT!
Thanks. I have seen this. Just some observations. The K-Tool set says it is reversible but if you look at the pictures it clearly is not. It also does not have the raised ring. Maybe it is an error. IDK? People want the reversible ratchet with the raised ring design. That seems to be the exclusive KABO design. On the plus side it does come with a hard plastic case as most do not.
Harbor Freight makes an extremely useful long and thin double ratchet: https://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-38-in-drive-long-reach-dual-flex-head-ratchet-67994.html that has that same style of reversing switch. For $30 it's one of the best deals in the entire tool market.
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