You know?
You gonna have a picture of one on Thursday right?
Sorry for the delay, I've been away from my computer all weekend. Saw my Snap-On guy last Thursday. He said that Snap-On didn't send him a demonstrator and now they're saying it will be after the first of the year, and 3/8" drive only at first.
Yea my guy said that he expected them after January 1, he did order them. And yes 3/8" drive will be first.
The 100t anvil is not new. It is carryover from the 100t 3/8 roto ratchet that has been around years. There is no 80t roto, nor roundhead at all that I've seen.
Only thing the PF failure test really proved is that almost noone will ever overload a ratchet, not even a cheap one. Long term wear issues may be what maks a difference.
Very interesting, not what I expected, sounds like I was off base.
Yeah I have owned a couple I found for sale cheap and they worked great for me with no issues. Ended up selling them just because for my work they didn’t help me do anything I couldn’t do with another cheaper ratchet. They didn’t feel as nice as the 3/8” drive dual 80 I had and sold for the same reason but I had no complaints about them. I’ve just seen people saying on here and other sites that they don’t like them and go for another brand in 1/4” drive.
. Project Farm tested both the SO 3/8 and 1/4 dual 80 and they both did fairly well. Maybe the 1/4 didn't do as well as the 3/8 in the overall rankings, I don't remember, but it did well overall. But neither the 3/8 or 1/4 SO performed to a high enough level over the others to justify their cost IMO. Like you said, they don't do anything that a cheaper ratchet also does; but, both SO and Matco do offer an impressive selection of choices that no one else does.I'm with you, I like my T72 quite a bit.
Being that it's in cursive, a lot of younger people aren't going to know what it says.
I got mine on the bay. The seller made me a reasonable offer and I took it. Actually, all things considered it was very reasonable for the fact that they're brand new and never used. I even went onto Snap-On's website and you can't even purchase one there. It just says contact customer support. There are more different model 100's just starting to make their way onto the bay. But I still wonder if buying from a non S-O source (not a dealer) will void the lifetime warranty that the tool comes with?
Why do you like the Dual 80 better?
Why?
Any pictures of the 100T mechanism?So by the way, yesterday I did manage to tear into this new FKF-100 I just got, and was surprised by what I saw inside. The internals on these "dual 100's" are substantially somewhat different when compared to the dual 80's. Looks like a combination of the older mechanism design and newer one, where you have the traditional centralized spring and ball dropping down under the pawl ("in this case, the pawl block assembly") to act as the directional differentiator. The selector is a completely new design as well. The pawls are nolonger connected by a spring as seen with the dual 80's, rather they are independent of one another. I will however say that there is one feature about the pawls which to me appears to be a weak point. Each pawl has a very small hook tab on the ends of the pawl, which in turn fit into corresponding recesses on the centralized main block. These tabs ensure that the pawls remain seated in their cradle and prevent them from falling out of the cradle. Each pawl fit into it's own cradle and sit in the main block, similar to the 80 design, except there the pawl sat above the block over a sheet spring. But those small tabs on the pawls look rather fragile...at least imo. I guess time will tell how well these hold up to use and abuse. The new mechanism in the 100 feels to have a slightly greater backdrag when compared to the smooth 80's, at least to me. But that could be due to the fact that it's simply just not broken in yet. And then there is one more con...(or pro, depending on your own preference). The selector action is nolonger independent from the ratcheting action anymore, as it was in the dual 80's where you could keep your finger rested on the selector, and you would not interfere with the ratcheting action at all no matter how hard you pressed the selector. Pressing on the selector while trying to turn the anvil, stops the action to a dead stop on this FKF-100. So I guess we'll see eventually if the 100's stick around or not? Overall, I think it will be a mixed bag of feelings towards them?
I will see if I can take a few tomorrow for you. It will be towards the evening.
I will see if I can take a few tomorrow for you. It will be towards the evening.
If they were to move the Dual 80 over to Williams and put the black hard handle on there, that would be awesome.
