Wright 3400 Ratchet

[guitarbutt]

I got a Wright 3400 ratchet a while back and have only used it a few times (been using a few others instead). The rubber handle is kind of neat. It feels pretty indestructible and, in spite of it not being a modern 400 tooth ratchet, works really well

Wright 3400 owners, your input on these ratchets?

 

[Firebrick43]

I am not a fan of the tootsie roll handle. I however love my contour handle wrights. The double pawl 3/8" is fine enough for me and a few places fit better than my 80 tooth snap ons.

 

[64merc]

I love those tootsie roll ratchets but I never reach for them for some reason. I don't really know why. I even have a brand new 1/2" that I haven't used and it's been years. I can't speak to how well they work, obviously, but I like them

 

[guitarbutt]

I bought it because it was on a random Amazon sale, and I knew it'd be good quality and was American made. I put it in a spare socket tool box and just sort of forgot about it. I'm going to start using it

 

[GrantCee]

For some reason I don't automatically reach for one of the tootsie rolls; I have to force myself to use them. After I do, though, I realize how comfortable they are (hence the name "comfort grip", I suppose) and always wonder why I don't use them more often — then proceed to forget about them until I once again force myself to use them.

I'm not sure why, either. My Ko-ken Zeal ratchets have a black composite grips too, and yet I reach for them more often. At the same time, my contour-grip Wrights have the same mechanism, but I reach for them more often than the comfort-grips.

Maybe it's just that they're ugly?

 

[seber]

Maybe it's just that they're ugly?

That is actually enough to keep me from buying one.

 

[Ton ton]

I actually like the looks of that ratchet. No hands on experience though.

 

[GrantCee]

That is actually enough to keep me from buying one.

I get that. I have a couple of them, but they came to me as incidentals to other purchases. The looks always kept me from buying one outright, and it's actually a shame because they do work well (when I can convince myself to use one!)

 

[RAS61]

Is the handle hard or soft rubber, or something in between?

 

[Fly YX]

The ugly ones try harder. Just turn off the lights.

 

[GrantCee]

Is the handle hard or soft rubber, or something in between?

I'd call it in between. It's soft enough that you can dent it with your fingernail, but not so soft that you can deform it with grasp pressure. Perhaps just a bit harder than the tread compound of a truck tire?

 

[Al Borland]

I have a few, retainer balls seem to fall out. Other than that they are good. The handles get deformed (flat spots) from sitting 20-30 years.