Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "The Best Wrench I've Ever Tested!" video.

  1. That's what I thought. It's still not made in the USA though so screw it.
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  2. Under a sink is what separates the best from all the also rans. That's the real world right there.
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  3. Unfortunately Bahco is no longer a Swedish company today. I have an old wrench of theirs that was made in Sweden and it is remarkable.
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  4. I'm sure for most uses Milwaukee hand tools are more than adequate for the vast majority of us. Some people must think they're Formula 1 pit crew mechanics or something they're so demanding. It gets tiresome.
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  5. If you're like me you have a hammer for every specialized task. I even have hammers I don't know what they're for. But I've got them just in case anything ever comes up where I think they'll work. Mostly I bought them because I didn't have anything else quite like them. I ain't got one like that. Sold!
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  6.  @bbigbbob  I have a vintage Bahco adjustable and it is a next level tool. The jaws angle in so it locks on when you tighten it. It's kinda different. When you tighten it up you can't just slip it off. But you can run the wrench a little loose where it will slide off the fastener too. Sometimes you don't want it to slip. A lot of times. You have to put the wrench on and then turn the screw to lock it.
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  7. Another banger Todd. You are the undisputed tool tester champion on YouTube.
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  8.  @andoletube  the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
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  9. I'm thinking them selling it in the V configuration is a mistake. But at the same time like that it does stand out as unique.
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  10. I don't think SK today is the same company as SK was in the past. I have old SK tools and they're pro stuff. The new stuff I'd call more prosumer. SK was never quite up there with Snap-on but like a rung down. Half a rung? Close. Definitely nothing to sneeze at.
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  11. I'm surprised the lockers didn't score better too. They must just be doing it wrong. Vise Grips are the grip of death.
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  12. Snap-on owns Bahco today.
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  13. Even if you're not in the market it pays to stay up to date. I didn't know about them locking wrenches. I've never seen one before. They didn't do too good. Still interesting though.
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  14. Maybe but it's no $136 worth of nice. I wouldn't trade it for my Swedish made Bacho either. Which when I bought that I did pay a pretty penny for. Adjusted for inflation it comes close to what Snappy costs today. I don't know what I was smoking that day. But I'm not sorry I've got it now. Back then tools were catch as catch can. I bought it at an industrial supply place. They had the industrial prices too. Big and heavy. That's also where I bought my SK 1/4" socket set. I forget today what that place was even called. I remember where it was though. Force? Something like that. Long before the Internet.
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  15.  @tylermacconnell217  Snap-on owns Bahco. So Bahco does whatever Snap-on tells them to.
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  16. Because that wrench was born to lose.
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  17.  @andrewedwards5889  even tested the wrong way told me something. It told me there is a wrong way.
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  18. I have an old Bahco that was made in Sweden. It completely changed my outlook on adjustable wrenches. It's a Swedish nut lathe that doesn't round fasteners.
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  19. Yeah one of the first tools I ever bought was a Sears adjustable. Wasn't even a Craftsman brand. That started my hate relationship with adjustable wrenches. They say craftsmen don't blame their tools but when I was a little kid I sure was no craftsman. So I blamed my tools a lot. I think it's still around. I haven't touched it in years though. I hate that wrench. I've since bought other adjustable wrenches I like a lot better.
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  20.  @wadepatton2433  I've seen a lot of adjustable wrenches and none of them had reversible jaws. Usually if the jaw falls out the wrench is done.
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  21. Why didn't they make it in USA? Under the bus!
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  22.  @wadepatton2433  labor is 20% of production cost. So saying it is because people work cheaper isn't the whole story. You can make the gap up with increased productivity anyways. If you make 50% more than they do per worker you're already ahead of the game. They took us on a class trip to a factory where they assembled cars. It took them 15 minutes to put the whole car together. So how much labor are we really talking about. If one guy makes a dollar and the other $20 You're talking a $4.75 difference between the two of them. Are you going to tell me someone's going to buy one car over another for a $4.75 price difference? Granted a union auto worker probably makes more like $60 an hour. Even more if you figure in their full benefit package. But even at that the math still doesn't add up. When a car costs $50,000 tacking another hundred on it isn't making or breaking the deal. But tacking another $100 on the price of a wrench that tips the scale.
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  23. Very impressive
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  24. KD never lets you down.
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  25. No it doesn't.
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