Gearwrench keeps winning with project farm.
I wouldn't buy a Gearwrench ratchet without being able to try it in store, the backdrag varies quite a bit between models even if it has the same tooth count.
To the owners of fancy ratchets...worth it? Debating picking up one of the Nepros 1/4" ratchets from DRPD.cc during their sale this weekend. I find myself using a small ratchet when working on bikes a lot and have a very standard Craftsman that's fine, just wondering if the $130 option would bring great joy.
I am repeating myself but I'm old so it's okay, I like a non lock on ratchet with a nice big exposed centre piece on the back so I can thumb it to force the ratchet to ratchet. The only one with a locking head that I like is the cheap little 1/4" felo it has never been cleaned and has not skipped a tooth in three years with daily use, I've even snapped an extension with it.
I have Stahlwille, Gedore, Gearwrench, Old Proto(shit) and Koken ratchets.
If I were to buy another 1/4" ratchet it would be a Koken flex 72t jobbie, Koken ratchets aren't perfect but they are nice. The direction change is bit weird/clunky and the grips on the handles do start to swell with oil after a year or so, but my tools almost never have the grease/oil wiped off them.
The Nepros stuff looks properly fancy, I couldn't buy anything from their site, not sure why but it was probably good as I have grown to hate shiny chrome tools as much as I hate slippery full glass phones.
Still the best 1/2" I have but it doesn't make the 1000Nm claim, haha!