I have recently purchased several new ratchets, Armstrong locking flex, williams long 3/8 drive, compact 3/8 snap on, gearwrench 3/8 and a xl120, Titan round head compact flex, another craftsman USA thin profile, a craftsman priminum 3/8 and I have several others too. These all get used for different purposes. Most of the purchases I have been happy with, but some are just lacking. The gearwrench ratchets with all the good reviews here I expected it to be better. The xl120 I just purchased, the head is thicker, wider and has more back drag than all but my Williams ratchet. My Armstrong ratchets are so much better its worth the extra $10. The only good thing about the gearwrench ratchet is that Sears has such poor customer service so when I complained to paypal they gave me a full refund and I didn't have to return the ratchet. That was not what I was asking for but that what I got form paypal. The Titan, a compact round swivel head is a great design and like the size but it is total junk. It would slip, reverse direction or just go into neutral and not ratchet or drive a socket. At least the gearwrench is useable compaired to the Titan although the gearwrench will probably be a backup ratchet in my portable toolkit. The Williams has the most back drag but it has its uses, it is the lightest strongest long handle 3/8 ratchet I have. I use it in my portable toolkit, I don't want to carry a 1/2 in drive setup. It gets used on really tough bolts like the U bolts I needed to remove of a 66 barracuda. I cleaned the threads and oiled them but the bolts got so hot that the kroil would smoke. I was pulling on that ratchet really hard not and a single glitch, all 8 bolts were smoking hot. My craftsman long handle 3/8 would have failed, has failed several times on lesser jobs. I score the Titan about a 2 out of 10 and the gearwrench a 5 out of 10
Recent ratchet purchases and options
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