My bet is they made sure they won't.Imagine if the 100t guts fit in the Dual 80's...
I’m surprised that the torque adapters are still coarse tooth. My user for 1/2” is a wonderful Plomb that is very fine toothed. I also have Snap-on, Herbrand, Armstrong, and New Britain. All are much coarser tooth than the Plomb.
The repair kits listed are different; naturally because of pawls, plate etc. But is the anvil the same?
Not much chance of that since they reduced the head size.Imagine if the 100t guts fit in the Dual 80's...
Right. Sixteen years is a decent run.
It usually goes that way.We are all $hit talking this now but I have no doubt give it 6 months to a year and we will all have at least one F100 type model, dealer will do a BoGo or a good deal price and then they got you haha. Will be singing its praises, saying the extra teeth do make a difference "you can feel it" and so on. I’m guilty of this, we are all guilty of this. I mean this is Garage Journal so who are we kidding
It will sneak on you so fast that you won't even know what happen.We are all $hit talking this now but I have no doubt give it 6 months to a year and we will all have at least one F100 type model, dealer will do a BoGo or a good deal price and then they got you haha. Will be singing its praises, saying the extra teeth do make a difference "you can feel it" and so on. I’m guilty of this, we are all guilty of this. I mean this is Garage Journal so who are we kidding
will grab a lot of guys.A lower price would go a long way towards making the F100 a favorite ratchet for many.
No? 
Didn’t you see my earlier post about prices?A lower price would go a long way towards making the F100 a favorite ratchet for many.
When did the FHNF100, and FN100 get released?
Sorry, I must have missed it.
I felt they had more backdrag and were too notchy compared to my Gearwrench. I also didn't like the hard handles or the fact they didn't have a flex head, which isn't the fault of the F80, but it did make them sit in the drawer.
My very first Dual 80 has what I would call a lot of back drag. I paid $150 for it so I was determined to use it. After about a month it broke in and is probably my lightest back drag ratchet that I haven't modified. I liked it so much that I have bought many more Dual 80s since then but ironically none have matched back drag (although I would still classify them all as lighter than average).
They’ve been out a long time too but they are Roto round head ratchets and these are pear head. Good ratchets but a different animal.
Don't care for the grip design; why not?Don't care for the grip design so might wait for SO to figure out the redesign if one is coming for that. I really like the thinner head though. Would allow me to retire my Matco 40th Anniversary locking flex so I stop breaking it.
Some of those pictures exaggerate the head-size difference (maybe on purpose) by placing the old model closer to the wide-angle camera lens. But still interesting. Thanks.Some pictures popped up on my Twitter feed that show the size of the new ratchets. I wish they would have compared them to the more typical F80 ratchet heads since the reverse fork flex heads are a bit bigger than those. Still it's some new info.
It's purely aesthetic. It's ugly! Grip overall looks like a normal sized SO soft grip.
If so, it’s curious Snap-on doesn’t mention back-drag in the bullet points among the other improvements.
I’ve heard a few complaints about Snap-on back-drag. I find that interesting, because my two Dual 80 ratchets (a TF72 and a Bahco 7750) have very low back-drag by any standard. Maybe there’s some variation across the production, or maybe some people have second-hand ratchets that have suffered dirt ingress or inept lubrication at some point in their history.
You don't like the looks of it? Jee, I don't care what something looks like as long as it's comfortable. Ergonomics over Aesthetics.
