Types of Ratchets

[The Rusty Gear]

All along I've been using a plain-jane ratchet driver. Nothing special. Came with a Home Depot set. I had no idea there were other "types". I saw "micro head" ratchets, extendable ratchets, twist ratchets, flexible ratchets, crank ratchets, flex head ratchets etc. Does anyone use any of these or find them useful?

 

[kartracer55]

Yes... Long handles for leverage, flex heads for clearance, short ratchets for clearance. For the most part, you can get by with standard lengths in all 3 drivers and a flex and a long handled in 3/8


Jim

 

[eschoendorff]

Yes... Long handles for leverage, flex heads for clearance, short ratchets for clearance. For the most part, you can get by with standard lengths in all 3 drivers and a flex and a long handled in 3/8


Jim

Basically what Jim said. In the last year, I must have purchased 15 ratchets (I really need help...). You can never really imagine just how useful they all are until you have a few of the different versions (flex head, long handle, etc). Then you'll wonder how you lived without them.