I hope our European friends appreciate the European posting time of this video :P BTW, we ordered a Facom 2 months ago and it's still not here

Funfact according to these German tool brands: All of them are located in Wuppertal-Cronenberg (Wera, Stahlwille and also Knipex) which is an outskirt in the south of Wuppertal and closer to Remscheid than Wuppertal and Remscheid is the home of Hazet, Gedore and Heyco. And just a few kilometres more western is Solingen which is very well known for it's knife-/blademakers, for example Eickhorn is there who make the Bundeswehr's KM2000 (Combat Knife 2000), also the Bayonet 2000 used by Dutch and Canadian Army, Tondeo (who make popular hairdressing scissors), Zwilling (Kitchen knives), Wilkinson Sword has a production site there.

Sorry, the Bahco aren't made in Sweden.. they moved their manufacturing (of most handtools) to Argentina in the 80-ies, and haven't returned since..

Why I love my Hazet wrenches: The profile makes them really comfortable. The finish makes them less slippy compared to shiny ones

I love Hazet. A little expensive for hobbyists but ideal for the professional workshop. If you break it, you send it to Hazet or give it to the Hazet man and you get a new one.

I worked on Mercedeses exclusively for 20 years or so and I came to rely on Hazet sockets and wrenches. They really fit the fasteners nice and snug and generally were significantly cheaper than Snappy. Thanks for the video.

All of us guys out there winced when that wrench snapped. A broken King Richard does not make for a good day, but it does make for good UKposts content! 🐺🔧

This makes me feel a lot more content with my recent purchase of a standard and metric set of Proto wrenches to replace my cheap gear wrench set. They are so nice to use

I absolutely love my Proto Wrenches. I’ve sworn by them since I got a set 4 years ago. I have a box full of other wrenches that never get used anymore 🤣

I'm shocked by the Stahwille's poor score 😢. Would love to see you test another one in case that one was a lemon

Thanks so much for making this. And can confirm your assessment of the Wera spanners are spot on.

Finally, the video I've been waiting for. Those Stahlwille numbers were def. not what I was expecting. Most of my wrenches are Stahlwille. They have the tightest tolerances of all my wrenches beating even the few Hazets I have. I also have Gedore, but only the German made ratcheting ones. Either Stahlwille standards have dropped or you got a bad batch. I wish I had a setup like that to test them out myself, but in practice the Stahlwilles never slip without any cheater bar and always require a lot of fastener cleaning due to tight tolerances.

Guys as a professional mechanic I have found your real nuts and bolts torque testing of Fasteners and what grips them best to be invaluable when it comes to expanding the tools that I'm putting in my toolbox

Excellent job TTC, I would love to see how the Euro brands stack up in the flare nut test against the others you've already tested.

I have an entire tool box from Bahco. Both Metric and Imperial sockets, a 10-piece set of wrenches. I'm actually really happy with it. The man who founded the company which later became Bahco also invented the pipe wrench and adjustable wrench.

I'm German. I mostly own Gedore and Wera. I have a very old Heyco set too. (How old? It says "Made in West Germany" on it. So older than 30 years🙂. Maybe older than me.) I am very surprised by the Stahlwille results. Always struck me as a quality brand. Expensive too. The more you know... Keep up the good work. Great videos!

My Heyco’s have never let me down. Having used both finishes, i really fell in love with the euro sand blast finish.

as a european, nice to see some more european stuff too. Gonna be interesting to see the results at the end of the video :)

Massive kudos for testing all those European brands - very comprehensive! Thank you.

The Proto results are impressive. I have had great luck with Heyco wrenches, they don't look impressive but they work great!

Finally tested Proto Anti-Slip, my favorite wrenches. They are so worth the money

As someone from the city of Remscheid, home of Gedore, Matador, Heyco, Cimco, Hazet and many more I enjoy your channel. BTW The german tool museum is located in our city too. I think you would enjoy a visit of the Werkzeugstadt Remscheid("the Tool City") :D

Love your hardness test making this channel perhaps the most trustworthy!

I’m so happy you tested the Williams, they have lasted and have never left me disappointed. Cheers boys 🍻

I've said it before and I'll say it again... proto has a certain place in my heart for their open end wrenches. It's all my dad had and has given me and I'll always love them

Considering how popular Stahlwille is in aircraft maintenance, I'm actually a little surprised about their fairly loose tolerances.

I've used both Wright and proto wrenchs professionally, and from personal experience it comes as no surprise they're up at the top. I was fortunate and exposed to the brands as an apprentice

We use those proto wrenches in our shop and those things are damn nice. When wrenches get to large bolting range we typically go with wright wrenches for a few reasons but price is a big one, the wright wrenches are half the price of the proto ones which adds up quickly when the wright ones are still around $100 for a 1 5/8".

There’s a good reason spanner wrenches come in so many flavors. They each have their application. I don’t buy sets but individual wrenches from a panoply of manufacturers. Yes, the Williams superCombo is an excellent wrench but I also love Hazet long thin wrenches. Most of my collection is USA and Germany.

I made the hex test block for Mac and made the precision rounded bolts. Didn't know that's what it was for until I saw some videos about it.

That insert thing on the Wera has teeth and is hardened. It’s advertised to help prevent slipping by biting into the fastener. It would be interesting to see if it makes a difference.

I have the Proto wrenches but with the 6 point box end and the Wright wrenches. I grab the Wright most of the time but I love the Proto too. I’m the only one in the shop without tool truck wrenches. From the test and ranks it looks like I made a good choice by saving some money but still going USA made.

The objective data is very interesting and useful but in the case of wrenches, subjective criteria are very significant as well, in particular comfort, assuming one is not wearing leather gloves. Also, how often would we apply a lot of torque on an open end wrench if there is clearance for the closed end to be used? Anyway, great channel!

The Williams wrench is exactly the same as my CAT wrenches I bought from my local dealer. They work awesome and are significantly cheaper than snap on, they sure are nice on the hands with the rounded edges.

Great Video, love the hand tool testing. It would be cool to see some ratchet testing!! Also have you guys tested the craftsman v-series wrenches?

The King Dick jokes and puns in this video are some of the best deadpan comedy that I've seen in a while

I have a set of Wright tools wrenches and I really like them. I ordered them off haus of tools. It said "extended lead time " when I ordered them. I thought it would be a couple months maybe, took 6 months to get them. Had some extra money ay the tome and really wanted some made in USA wrenches. Glad I bought them.

Please add more Japanese tools to the test! I am a big fan of their ratchets! Amazing quality and very competitive price!

This is what I needed at 3 o'clock in the morning coming back from a bar. Brilliant!

I've never found wrenches this humorous before. Thank you. Gr8 vid.

I work on ships and abuse my tools daily, those williams supercombo wrenches are by far the best wrenches I have ever used. They feel great, they're a little bit longer than average so theres more leverage, you can double wrench them and beat on them with hammers all day long and most important I've never had one slip. Coud not recomend the williams super combo enough

The Stahlwille (you pronounced correctly) Open Box 14 have weaker jaws than the much shorter Open Box 13. These should hold much more. You may try them in opposite direction. I‘m not sure if Hazet sells different sets overseas but the set 600spc should contain wrenches of the 600N series they are longer and stronger than the 603 you tested. The strongest I know are the 600lg and Gedore 7XL.

Great comparison. I ordered a wright set over a month ago and still no ETA on delivery even though they pride themselves on a four day shipment time. FYI: MAC tools precision line combination wrenches are actually longer versions of Facom wrenches which are great btw👍

I have a set of Hazet and Caterpillar (rebranded Supercombo) spanners and very happy with both sets 👍

I'd love to see Mac Tools Precision Torque's on the channel. Pretty sure they are rebranded FACOM wrenches. I have a set and I absolutely love them. Replaced my Williams Super Combo's with them. Chrome started chipping off after only a few months of use. Also felt too wide in my hand.

Nice showing by Hazet, I have a socket / ratchet set from them that have held up well to use and abuse. I like the satin finish the German tool companies go for, dings and scratches don’t stand out like they do on a high polish tool. If you do a 4th round with those new MAC wrenches I’d suggest also trying out Icons other anti-slip wrench. Their ratcheting box end uses a different grip design than the fixed box end you guys have already tested.

Hey Torque Test Channel I have a set of Williams SuperCombo wrenches they are probably the best in hand feel wrenches I've ever had. They hand putting down alot of force without the pain that comes with other narrow brands! The 1inch wrench is a freaking beast!

I really like how you also take the prices into account!

Didn't surprise me that Proto came out on top. Even their non ASD wrenches are fantastic. I work in heavy industry so brands like Proto, Wright, and Williams are most of what we use.

The Beta wrench you describe as a "tappet" wrench is what I've always understood to be called a "service" wrench. Generally, when I hear "tappet" wrench, I think of a double open end wrench that is very thin.

I have a set of old original Williams SuperWrenches. By far my favorites of the hundreds of wrenches I have. I keep them in my race war wagon for two reasons. 1 is they are just straight up great. 2 is they weigh half of similar size in snap-off, mac, especially craftsmen, and all the cheaper lines too. I'm sure they wouldn't do quite as well as the top ones in this group. But I wouldn't trade mine for any of those! Lol especially King pricks

The Wera with the machined stopper also has a gripping feature for 6 point heads

This is awesome, would love to see a comparison of Japanese wrenches in the future too 👀

I have King Dick spanners I've owned about 45 years and they came to me second hand. Britool has been absorbed into Facom. Would be good to see some own brand tests. Halfords are a UK motorists shop with their own brand of tools. I have a few of theirs between 30 - 40 years old

I purchased a set of Williams some 30 something years ago and have never had a problem with them. They were used as my truck set, to be used on construction sites. I still use them.

I really like the way Heyco feels in my hand. It has the forged feel like a knipex cobra where it flexes but you know it wont break.

Facom, Teng and Unior would be good to see, along with some of the Euro hardware store brands (Biltema, Halfords etc)

The Wera Jokers are really useful in certain situations. Relatively expensive but I couldn't do without mine

I really like the Williams wrenches. I have a couple sets I use at work everyday. I also like the Proto wrenches, I have used those in the industry before as well. Proto also makes very good ratchets to me. Excellent video & so glad the broken Dick did not take out the camera guy... 🤯

Japan has some cool ones too. Especially with sockets! KOKEN is up there with the best of them and even supply a lot of the larger impact sockets for most of the industrial brands out there. Also would make for good content because they cold forge their sockets vs hot forging that most of the american brands do so it would be cool to see some comparisons of that aspect of the tool design

Enjoyed, personally I use Facom’s secondary brand “Expert” and have been quite happy with it. Good price, smooth finish and standard design, no funnybusiness. Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪

I’d like to see mastercraft and/or maximum wrenches get tested. It’s the Canadian Tire home brand (one may think of it as a harbor freight equivalent)

Interesting, as always. As a Brit and DIY maintenance guy, I grew up with Draper and Stanley stuff mainly; always envied the few (ex-pro) mates I had who had Snap-On stuff. I'd be interested to see Teng stuff tested here as they're rated quite highly by the few guys I know who have them. Also, and I may have missed it, I bought some Summit branded stuff a while back (I have a requirement for "standard" tools and was buying speed parts anyway) and the stuff that arrived I didn't have massively high expectations for, but the Taiwanese-made spanners in particular seem really good. Would love to see those tested :D

I agree with you, that Williams wrench is very nicely executed.

I must admit I had my hopes up for King Richard. Only because I like the name. I'll have to find an adjustable wrench or something.

if you can get you hand on it, you should try a facom. the newer ones have non slip design and as a mecanic i use them every day. I will be curious to see them against other brands

If you ever consider doing a follow up... it'd be cool to see wrenches from KTC (Nepros, or their standard line) as well as Asahi tested (Revowave, or their light tool stuff).

Another interesting one! Just curious, you use regular grade 5 hardware for your testing?

Surprising the King Dick actually broke. Is there any possibility to check with another one if this is a isolated bad unit or just a bad product?

I’m shocked at the King Dick - that must have been faulty. If you do another test can you include Britool?

Great video! Love to see some tools we europeans can buy also! :) Personally, I have a lot of Bahco tools since the quality is ok and their products are very well priced and often on sale local to me.

. . . well done for being so meticulous, consistent and thorough Just a little story for ya - Ive rebuilt a few bikes, rapaired cars & stuff . . . and am a keep regular 'Hobbist' user, rather than mechanic/professional - but i was give a set of Snap-On's sockets, spanners and case way back in late 80's i think (or, early 90's) and all sizes have stood the test of time, repeated use & sometimes abuse, and are still perfect in operation So over time they've proven themselves to be bloody good value! Cheers for this interesting Vid !

Halfords Advanced Spanners In England a very popular spanner set would be the Halfords Advanced spanners, they are more of medium budget brand that a lot of people in England have and use, by mechanics and home DIYers. I would happily send you a few spanners if needed. Other more budget spanners that get used by a lot of people are US Pro/ Bergen and then more premium Snap-on and Mac (already tested I see).

The only reason I am up at this ungodly time of day is because I went and saw John Wick 4 for my birthday.

Love this video, it’s content should be transcribed and put into the Library of Congress. My go to now working on heavy equipment is the Williams in Black Oxide. Just love them all around. My Wrightgrip 2.0 set is always at the ready as are my Proto ASDs. You can not have too many wrenches

other good EU spanners are Facom and Elora.. the Facam 440 jp gets bonus points as the ring end is designed to fit into a recess, and the open end, as well as the 15 degrees offset, has a little swan neck effect Facom is now part of Stanly and is also sold on the Mac van but the best Facom tools are still made in France

Wow, awesome collection of brands! So excited to see iconic brands like Mac, King Dick, Hazet and Cornwell represented. This made my weekend. I’ll be honest though- I value the box end performance as much as the open end. Can we flip them around and do a second video testing all of them? Perhaps King Dick can make a comeback!

Good showing by the Proto, Williams, and Cornwell Wrenches. Glad to see USA made still means something special.

Got the anti slips for my work on conveyor belts in a UPS hub. Thanks for the intel!

Would it be possible to make a video rating some popular 1/2 inch air impacts from most quiet to most loud? Maybe add the decibel to the tools overall rank? Just an idea I had. Love your content!

We have a Swedish low-cost brand, Biltema, who actually has a 10 year warranty on most of their tools. I don't know if you have tested them before (I just stumbled onto this channel) but I would like to see how they perform. I could help you get your hands on some tools if needed.

Yes, this is a great vid to start the weekend!! As for Gedore, you should try the 1b series, they have thicker jaws and combination: open and box end

I like my Hazet tools. They are slim and light. Easy to get in difficult to reach places.

after the final slip on the nut, could check to see if the overage size has increased. not that the metal would spread but maybe some finish inside the wrench jaws wears off. especially a problem with dirty/rusty nuts or bolts.

I would recommend getting a set of adjustable parallels and a mic for the jaw measurements. You'll get much more consistent and accurate results. You insert the appropriate parallel, expand it to fit the wrench, and then mic it. The problem with slide calipers in general is that those inside jaws are a bit flexible and getting them square consistently is difficult at best.

The wera makes the best torx bits I was surprised about the wrench till I seen the design then I understood

Just an FYI, The Mac Knuckle saver you tested is no longer in production. The sharp box "beam" was discontinued several years ago. What you get now from Mac tools is the Proto wrench you tested but branded at Mac Tools Knuckle Saver.

Wow, The King Dick breaking like that, I have never seen that happen. I believe the company has been taken over recently and a lot of the tools are no longer made in the UK. like so many other great British company names, that used to stand for quality ruined by greed.

The Stahlwille result is surprising. That’s what I have for my nice wrenches and they work great. However, I never use the open in of the wrench unless the box end won’t fit. The Stahlwille has a narrower open end than my other wrenches which allows it to fit into more places, but likely contributes to its low score. The flank drive and other gripping heads are a non-starter for me. If I need extra grip I’ll choose the box end or a socket rather than marring up the head of the fastener. Depends on what you’re working on though.

Pretty happy with my entire GEDORE tool collection!

Very interesting results for sure!

Thank you so much for this video series!🥰 Can you please also consider the following brands: 1) Facom (EU) 2) KS TOOLS (EU) 3) KAMASA TOOLS (EU) 4) Teng Tools (EU) 5) YATO (EU) 6) PELA Tools (EU) 7) Wiha (EU) 8) SONIC Equipment (EU) 9) VIGOR Equipment (EU) 10) MEEC TOOLS (EU ‐Cheap) 11) Stanley ???!!! 👀 Add to that list, do a Part 3! 🙌 Proto is king.👑 🤤

I would love to see a series on breaker bars

Great video. I am American and live in UK and I am familiar with most of the European brands. A couple notes before we bash the Europeans. The only US brand that is popular here especially in the UK is Snap on, making it the quintessential tough guy tool and nearly Twice the price as its next competitor. Everything is smaller here so mechanics don’t have the luxury to have big tool cabinets with many top brands like we do. In fact outside UK almost everything is metric so you can get away with far less tools off the bat. Almost every metallurgical advancement in the last century was made by the Euros: first by England then Sweden and Germany. Proven by the Swedish and German Mausers. A lot euro tooling went offshore, eg swedish design made in china or Eastern Europe with euro engineers supervising, so not shabby stuff. IMHO, Hazet is the gold standard, made in Germany and used by the pros in aerospace and auto (esp Mercedes bmw etc). I own them and they are fantastic. They have a satin finish, which reminds me of dad’s old craftsmans and SK, tools that built America. I will never understand the concept of the shiny glossy wrench, I want performance, not looks and I doubt the modern chrome is of high quality given all the environmental regs. Every serious US mechanic on euro cars should try them. By the way they don’t really make SAE tools, illustrating they are aware they could not compete in the USA. KING DICK is just a fooking disappointment as the triangle of Manchester Birmingham and Sheffield was the furnace of the British empire and birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Small girth and long, basically what the Uk has now become. I don’t know why euro tools are cheaper in general - emphasis on efficiency over size, smaller hands, subsidies- no idea. Just my Two cents. G

I have this old sliding t handle 3\8 drive. It's stamped hazet AND snap-on. It's the only hazet tool of any kind I have. Actually I have a few of them. The hardware store in my town has boxes and boxes of old WW2 and 50's surplus and seconds tools. For fractions of a dollar. So I buy TONs of stuff I don't need... Like 20 pairs of needle nose pliers that are us made for like $20 and stuff haha

This is what I've been waiting for. Got a set of Hazet SAE wrenches and Stahlwille Metric and they work well. Hoping to see how they do on this video Edit: finished the video. Disappointing performance by Stahlwille haha. But they haven't disappointed me at work...yet!

I've always been very happy with Hazet in terms of price to performance. You could certainly spend a lot more and get better tools, but you could also do way worse for a similar price.

Fantastic video - I just spent a fair chunk of money on some real nice flexy ratchet spanners from a brand you didn’t test in this video, although the jaws look exactly the same as one of your test subjects - I wonder if they were copied or made in the same factory and just had different names stamped in?

I have been swinging on my Hazets for over 35 years as a heavy industry fitter and trust them whole heartedly. Stahlwille tend to have a narrow section, great for working on the car but hard on the hands in heavy industry

Great Job as always but, surprised that you omitted FACOM & USAG from the European brands. Perhaps you can include them in a future test along with Japanese Brands Tone, KTC, & Nepros. I would also like to see MAC tools' precision torque series wrench tested. Keep the videos coming!!!!