So this brand is owned by Great Star. They OEM for tons of brands and also sell their other brand, workpro. This brand was meant to be a step up, comparable to Kobalt (who they make most of the tools for) but kind of fizzled when Gearwrench tanked their trademark. I think they are selling out their remaining stock. Hopefully the relaunch under a different name.
Awesome review! I have been in the market for offset wrenches just like these! Last week I saw SK had a 5 pc metric set for $49, they are short handle but for $49, how could you not! Surprisingly in my search not many companies are making these offset box wrenches..
I believe these wrenches are available in the UK under the Halfords Advanced brand - they look identical, and Halfords has other rebranded GearDrive products. The Halfords set is also very keenly priced, and has a no-quibble lifetime warranty.
Hi Catus Thanks . You've Learned One the Tricks of Tool Buying . Getting A Set You Can Afford at First Like that One and Then Replacing With Top Brand One By One As Needed. That Set Looms Pretty Decent Nice Roll Up Too. I Have A Five Piece SAE Set I've Had A long Time . Called Forever Tools . Don't Even Remember Where Or Exactly When I Bought them But They've Held Up. One More Tip is Ease of Returning Tools .
Most of the tools on Amazon are none warranty tools . I have Neiko tools and Gearwrench tools was told but both to F off cant get either one warranted. Tekton and Icon is the way i go now.
Great review, as always. Ty. I'm with you about PROTOS, not Snap Ons. This $28 set is VERY interesting (with 75 degree angles). (I got the gigantic Harbor Freight Dremel-like bits kit after watching your review last week, Thanks much!)
With that angle I would just as well use a socket. I had considered these along with some others and decided on Tekton with 45 deg. angle box wrenches which is quite a bit more than standard 15 deg. combination wrench offset.
Teng Tools makes an 11 piece set that has a 24x27 with the 75 offset, but it doesn't look like they sell it individually. I've been looking at them for a while. They have sales on their website periodically. I have their anti-slip combination wrenches and they are nice.
I saw something online that I had never seen before. Pittsburg made a set of ratcheting offset box wrenches with a forward/reverse switch. They look older cause I can’t seem to find them anywhere. I ever save the picture. 😮
Been on the market for a bleeder wrench for my work truck. I was going to just buy the wrench I need from a high end manufacturer, however, for the same money, this set is far more tempting.
The 75° offset wrench most likely has lost its popularity in part to tight engine compartments. They were also in the bag when working on semi hermetic compressor and other industrial work. I was recently on the hunt for a metric set that was not going to be a consumable. To my surprise via Amazons globe store both Stahwille and Hazet were obtainable on the cheap . I didn't want junk to interfere with the non knuckle buster reputation the wrench has.
what is your opinion on the depth of broaching on these, particularly on sizes 14mm and down? I had these saved in my amazon cart for awhile and wound up picking up a set on prime day when they were around 20% off. Mine seem very shallow and I am a little worried about rounding off some heads. Not sure if I got a dud or if they are all like that.
They changed the name to DuraTech DURATECH Offset Box Wrench Set, Metric, 9-Piece, 6-23mm, 75-Degree, Chrome Vanadium Steel Construction with Rolling Pouch www.amazon.com/dp/B08FB12R2J/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_glt_fabc_YG7W1GMX7MSDF91HS80M
Someone, please convince me why the existence of those 75-degree offset wrenches when they work just like a ratchet with a socket on as demonstrated by Catus?
Much lower profile there are many situations where nuts and bolts happen to be under some type of flange such as hydraulic motors Etc and a surprising number of Automotive situations where you just can't get a bulky ratchet head and these will
@@CatusMaximus Catus, thanks for the reply! I have never met situations as you mentioned, but I will know what I will need when situations come. You know what. I just ordered the set from Amazon.
@@passion830217 I was the same way like you man lol, but yesterday I ran into a situation where supposedly the e250 to e350 Van's dont have no room to take off the top nut on a shock well guess what these came into play and made it easy for removal without em I would ve been stuck so it's best to have em in ur tool box brotha 👍🏼
Ever taken of of gulfstream g450 [business jet] brakes. These will do it. There so much shit in the way with very little clearance that a ratchet and socket will not get the nuts off. But these.puppies right here will. U can thank the genius engineers tho
The traditional use case is for adjusting strut nuts, as the nut is typically offset and the strut needs to be held still with an Allen wrench inserted through the box end. The offset nut precludes the use of a box end wrench and the need for an Allen key precludes the use of a socket.
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So this brand is owned by Great Star. They OEM for tons of brands and also sell their other brand, workpro. This brand was meant to be a step up, comparable to Kobalt (who they make most of the tools for) but kind of fizzled when Gearwrench tanked their trademark. I think they are selling out their remaining stock. Hopefully the relaunch under a different name.
I bought this identical set under the Duratech name on Amazon last month
Awesome review! I have been in the market for offset wrenches just like these! Last week I saw SK had a 5 pc metric set for $49, they are short handle but for $49, how could you not! Surprisingly in my search not many companies are making these offset box wrenches..
I bought these too and reviewed them, amazingly made!!
Awesome review! I always enjoy the tools and the incite that you provide. I pur a set in my Amazon cart, to purchase soon. Thank you again!
Was thinking of getting a set, now I think I will, thanks
Me too.
I believe these wrenches are available in the UK under the Halfords Advanced brand - they look identical, and Halfords has other rebranded GearDrive products. The Halfords set is also very keenly priced, and has a no-quibble lifetime warranty.
Hi Catus Thanks . You've Learned One the Tricks of Tool Buying . Getting A Set You Can Afford at First Like that One and Then Replacing With Top Brand One By One As Needed. That Set Looms Pretty Decent Nice Roll Up Too. I Have A Five Piece SAE Set I've Had A long Time . Called Forever Tools . Don't Even Remember Where Or Exactly When I Bought them But They've Held Up. One More Tip is Ease of Returning Tools .
You should really set up an amazon associates account.
Most of the tools on Amazon are none warranty tools . I have Neiko tools and Gearwrench tools was told but both to F off cant get either one warranted. Tekton and Icon is the way i go now.
Great review, as always. Ty. I'm with you about PROTOS, not Snap Ons. This $28 set is VERY interesting (with 75 degree angles). (I got the gigantic Harbor Freight Dremel-like bits kit after watching your review last week, Thanks much!)
His reviews are pretty decent. I snagged a Performance Tools battery tester after watching his video.
I recently bought a similar 5 piece set of SAE version at TSC for the same reasons as you stated. They were $9.99 in the bins near the registers.
Thank you for your review. I been wanting to buy these. I will now. 😎
With that angle I would just as well use a socket. I had considered these along with some others and decided on Tekton with 45 deg. angle box wrenches which is quite a bit more than standard 15 deg. combination wrench offset.
Teng Tools makes an 11 piece set that has a 24x27 with the 75 offset, but it doesn't look like they sell it individually. I've been looking at them for a while. They have sales on their website periodically. I have their anti-slip combination wrenches and they are nice.
I got the geardrive ratcheting wrenches as a throw away set and they've held up pretty well and ive hit them with hammers and abused them
I saw something online that I had never seen before. Pittsburg made a set of ratcheting offset box wrenches with a forward/reverse switch.
They look older cause I can’t seem to find them anywhere. I ever save the picture. 😮
Been on the market for a bleeder wrench for my work truck. I was going to just buy the wrench I need from a high end manufacturer, however, for the same money, this set is far more tempting.
Right 8 or 10 mm I Bet .
Thanks 4 INFO NEEDED THAT-!, THEM TOOLS.
Good set for the price. How will they hold up?
"Excessively verbose" no never haha. That knife though in the beginning, be interested in what that was.
The 75° offset wrench most likely has lost its popularity in part to tight engine compartments. They were also in the bag when working on semi hermetic compressor and other industrial work.
I was recently on the hunt for a metric set that was not going to be a consumable. To my surprise via Amazons globe store both Stahwille and Hazet were obtainable on the cheap .
I didn't want junk to interfere with the non knuckle buster reputation the wrench has.
I should have picked up a set of the Taiwanese DeWalts when they were cheap.
what is your opinion on the depth of broaching on these, particularly on sizes 14mm and down? I had these saved in my amazon cart for awhile and wound up picking up a set on prime day when they were around 20% off. Mine seem very shallow and I am a little worried about rounding off some heads. Not sure if I got a dud or if they are all like that.
I just checked them out on Amazon. For me they said $145 lol. And picture has a pouch that says duratech brand.
Geardrive has also a flexible one for 69.99, I was wondering if is any wood in comparison to tekton
I really like the Pittsburgh set---very ugly finish but surprisingly good fit on a fastener
These are sold under Duratech brand name now
i was gonna say - that case looks alot like the duratech case i got with a metric offset set - to tell you the truth, i love em -
Taiwanese made tools usually are decently made
True
Yes those are nice!
Those are nice.
I have noticed the GearDrive and wondered if they were good or not.
Mine are pretty nice and strong so far. You can't beat the price and quality. 😎
I think that they are same company as workpro
I cant find this set on Amazon, but the exact same set down to the rolling case is being sold under DuraTech.
Same tool, they had to change there name duty to being to close to gearwrench
They changed the name to DuraTech
DURATECH Offset Box Wrench Set, Metric, 9-Piece, 6-23mm, 75-Degree, Chrome Vanadium Steel Construction with Rolling Pouch www.amazon.com/dp/B08FB12R2J/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_glt_fabc_YG7W1GMX7MSDF91HS80M
I have their ratcheting wrenches, I only use them at work. So far they held up to the abuse.
Same here too. I love mine. Exspeacialy the price. And mine are reversible ratchets for 39.99 for a set of 9. 😎
Stripped nuts for only $28.
They are not bad
Why not just use a socket wrench?
It is easier to sometime just grab a wrench, and the wrench will fit into places that a socket might not fit.
@@CatusMaximus no SAE?
Someone, please convince me why the existence of those 75-degree offset wrenches when they work just like a ratchet with a socket on as demonstrated by Catus?
Much lower profile there are many situations where nuts and bolts happen to be under some type of flange such as hydraulic motors Etc and a surprising number of Automotive situations where you just can't get a bulky ratchet head and these will
@@CatusMaximus Catus, thanks for the reply! I have never met situations as you mentioned, but I will know what I will need when situations come. You know what. I just ordered the set from Amazon.
@@passion830217 I was the same way like you man lol, but yesterday I ran into a situation where supposedly the e250 to e350 Van's dont have no room to take off the top nut on a shock well guess what these came into play and made it easy for removal without em I would ve been stuck so it's best to have em in ur tool box brotha 👍🏼
Ever taken of of gulfstream g450 [business jet] brakes. These will do it. There so much shit in the way with very little clearance that a ratchet and socket will not get the nuts off. But these.puppies right here will. U can thank the genius engineers tho
The traditional use case is for adjusting strut nuts, as the nut is typically offset and the strut needs to be held still with an Allen wrench inserted through the box end. The offset nut precludes the use of a box end wrench and the need for an Allen key precludes the use of a socket.
That’s not a knife! 😆 it’s a box cutter. I just bought the same set. So cheap. I don’t need Snapon.
Geardrive....I see what they're going for. Hehe.
I thought they said “gearwrench” 😅
Same as duratech?
90% of people will use this type of tool so rarely it makes little sense to invest in snap on in this instance.
No 21mm 😒
It has a 21mm...