Well, let the flaming begin. 10 years ago when I was moved up to mechanic I had bought a mixture of sk, craftsmen and a few odds and ends from harbor freight, the Pittsburgh line. On my second week I suffered a minor injury at the hands of a pair of Pittsburgh pliers and I'll never forget what my coworker told me. "Harbor freight tools have no business being in your box at work, Ive had stitches and scars to prove it." The box was cleared of harbor freight, lesson learned at the time.
Well....I took a gamble again, mostly because of the praise on the Internet and here. I work in and around tooling so the idea of these composite ratchets was very appealing. It's not uncommon for guys to accidentally bump a punch and put a nick in it..with these being fairly soft composite might avoid any damage by such accidents. The 3/8 sounds good, other two sound pretty dry. I'll take apart and lube them when I return to work.
The two sided ratchet wrench is extremely stiff and sounds really dry. With some use hopefully it breaks in. I may try soaking it in oil.
Lastly, the old Palm grip. I like the fact it's larger because I have arthritis in my right hand. The smaller thumb/palm ratchets tend to bother me when using them for extended periods of time so this should prove to be quite useful.
Well I plan to give the new ratchets a thrashing at work. Hopefully they hold up. I'm still a bit leery. Going to look awful ugly sitting next to the set of Matco flex ratchets.
