Great videos and testing methods! I appreciate the amount of work that goes into each one! Any plans on ordering and testing a set of the 72 tooth Tektons? I'm curious to see if a randomly purchased set will produce good results vs a set that may have been specially calibrated for you so that it looks good on TH-cam. I'm not saying they did that, I'm just curious is all. I'd really like to purchase a set of the Tektons but am not sure it's worth the risk of inaccuracy. Do you have any thoughts on this. Being in Canada, my options are limited; to these or the Precision Instruments with my budget.
@@Tools-Tested Thanks for the reply! Would you be confident in them doing head studs torqued to 150ft lbs? Or should I go with the Precision instruments or a digital torque wrench in your opinion?
@@thingshappen9199 normally accuracy improves as you reach max scale. Most torque wrenches are rated for for 80% of max scale. The lower 20% will be say 6% vs 4% which the wrench is rated for.
The fact that Tekton actually reached out asking to figure out whats wrong and try again is commendable and I trust them as a tool manufacture more now.
Yeah I was really surprised, I did test them side by side the same day and the first set was still a little off. But both sets were consistent just the first set was a little out of the 2.5% they claimed.
So the Tekton wrench can meet its specs. It is good that they reached out and offered a solution. It will be interesting if they come back to you with any findings regarding the original set. Great video as always.
Yep don’t really know what the deal was with the first set. Hopefully they respond with the same conclusion. Seeing I still had the old set I tested them and came to the same conclusion as before. Thanks!
Thank God for channels like this to try and keep the manufacturers honest! It's nice that they reached out to you I guess, but they were probably in damage control? Like someone else commented, don't test tools sent from companies? I will buy the Icon 3/8 when they come out through your link though. Thanks for the great videos as always.
Yeah really need to purchase another set… to know for sure. I’m sure they tested them before sending me this set. Yeah I can’t wait for Icon to release it in 3/8!
@@Tools-Tested I bought a set of them, they are brand new in the box as of a few days ago. Want to play mail tag? I'm not using them at the moment as I'm out of country but I can have someone ship them.
wrenches you were sent versus ones you randomly bought tells me all I need to know. sloppy calibration on the first set and Tekton made sure the second set were dead on.
Are you saying that nothing has been changed/done to Tekton torque wrenches to fix accuracy and the only accurate wrenches were hand calibrated by Tekton and send to "Tools Explained"?
@@jnic2003 Didn't redesign anything? Maybe the engineers said 4% from the beginning. Maybe marketing had a sniff of reality. FedEx has beat the crap out of all kinds of things delivered to me. As he stated in the video. As for design versus production practices and procedures. New product needs new production techniques which need to be sorted out. Rarely is a redesign required in this process.
Too small a sample without knowing many circumstances. Textron has had a mighty reputation for years. Plenty of reviews attest to their reputation. It's a problem, not a down fall. It's a new wrench line. It is obvious they care. Time will tell if it's a rectifying response or mollifying response.
So this makes me wondered if they made sure they sent you a good set the second time. Also makes you wonder if a customer buys one are they going to be as accurate as the second set.
TEKTON customer service is #1. I have dealt with them several times and had zero issues. I have not dealt with icon so can not say the same but it you don’t have time to go yo a store for replacement. TEKTON just ask for an email and a picture in most cases for replacement and usually has it yo you in less that a week.
Tekton customer service is amazing and the tools they make are really high quality especially for the price. I’ve only broke my 3/8 breaker bar. The only thing that could be better is the ratchets that come in the sets. I’ve never broke one but they are kinda sloppy.
FYI...Tekton has done a redesign, or selected a different Taiwanese manufacturer for their SB torque wrench. You compared Tekton, unfavourably, against Icon in another video...the new Tekton head design looks identical to the Icon, and is very likely being produced by the same group, and presumably to the same level of accuracy and precision. I guess it just comes down to price, and who you expect to be around in the long run to replace it should it fail.
Yeah not long after I made this video they redesigned it and changed the accuracy from +-2.5% to +-4% which is the standard for split beams. Hoping to test it against the Icon 3/8 once it comes out.
From working in a warehouse for a long time, I bet the ones you bought originally were calibrated by a trainee or new employee. Just speculation but fallacies are not impossible especially for someone who is new to the machines. That being said fallacies should be caught by an instructor before they get to the customer. Stuff does get through though and they made it right.
I want to say it was Tom, sadly I sold them. They did just come out with a updated version and dropped claimed the accuracy from 2.5% to the industry standard of 4%.
They used to be 2.5% and it was listed on the site at 2.5%, that's intersting they changed it to 4%.. My first set Tekton recalled back because it was greater than 2.5%. So it looks like they determined 2.5 was not achievable across the board, now its the industry standard of 4%.
So these are hand picked/tuned dm9dels direct from Tekt9n for ideo testing... not just off the shelf stuff... kinda defeats the purpose of off the shelf testing l, this is just an advertisement... and I own and like tekton...
@@Tools-Tested Wondering if you're still planning to do this? I need a new set of torque wrenches, my cheapo ones I bought at the beginning of my apprenticeship are toast. Leaning Split Beam for the adjustability (I'm sick of winding Micrometer style) and being the ability to store them at any setting. Digital is even better at both of those aspects but I absolutely want something with a flex head and that excludes most of the "value" (ie not SnapOn) digital options. For SB I'm leaning hard towards Tekton. The 10 degree flex and 32 tooth ratchet on the PI's, or the 15 degree flex and 36 tooth ratchet on the SO just isn't enough. I borrowed a coworkers SO (probably PI made it's a bit older) the other day and couldn't get the swing I needed on an awkward bolt. Had to mess around and file down a 12pt socket because a 6pt didn't have the spin. Icon isn't really an option for me in Canada, it's a 4 hour round trip to HF (plus crossing the border twice is a hassle) so their warranty/exchange isn't worth much to me. Tekton have warrantied one socket for me and it was so painless.
@@purplegreendave yeah actually should be the next video. I just received the new 3/8 Tekton and will be comparing it to the Precision instrument and Icon. Yeah would be nice if HF opened stores in Canada. I agree boarder crossing can be a pain, more then it should be.
@@Tools-Tested Sweet I'll keep an eye out for it. The GearWrench Digital 85078 3/8" just went on an all time low sale in Canada for Prime Day at $200, while the SATA ST96533 rebrand is on sale for $277. Tempted to risk the GW although I've read the horror stories and seen your review for the 85077 1/2" model... But I might just hold out and hope your next video goes well. The Tekton 2 pack of split beams, works out to $274 CAD with the student discount. You don't have Patreon or anything? I won't be shopping any of your US affiliate links to support the channel unfortunately
Yeah the Gearwrench seems to be a gamble, I have also read some of the horror stories . I honestly prefer a split beam my self. No sadly I don't have a Patreon currently set up yet, hopefully in the future. I would like to have the master test data sheets on there. Only thing right now is "Super Thanks" next to the video Like icon. But I don't know if you can see that in Canada. Thanks!
So the Tekton wrench can meet its specs. It is good that they reached out and offered a solution. It will be interesting if they come back to you with any findings regarding the original set. Great video as always.
They are now 72 tooth and the claimed accuracy went from 2.5% to 4%.
Great videos and testing methods! I appreciate the amount of work that goes into each one!
Any plans on ordering and testing a set of the 72 tooth Tektons? I'm curious to see if a randomly purchased set will produce good results vs a set that may have been specially calibrated for you so that it looks good on TH-cam. I'm not saying they did that, I'm just curious is all. I'd really like to purchase a set of the Tektons but am not sure it's worth the risk of inaccuracy. Do you have any thoughts on this.
Being in Canada, my options are limited; to these or the Precision Instruments with my budget.
@@aaronolsen8787 thanks! Probably in the future, but it will be a while.
I would be confident they would be +-4%, which is what most split beams are.
@@Tools-Tested Thanks for the reply! Would you be confident in them doing head studs torqued to 150ft lbs? Or should I go with the Precision instruments or a digital torque wrench in your opinion?
So the closer it gets to the max weight the more margin for error?
@@thingshappen9199 normally accuracy improves as you reach max scale. Most torque wrenches are rated for for 80% of max scale. The lower 20% will be say 6% vs 4% which the wrench is rated for.
The fact that Tekton actually reached out asking to figure out whats wrong and try again is commendable and I trust them as a tool manufacture more now.
Yeah I was really surprised, I did test them side by side the same day and the first set was still a little off. But both sets were consistent just the first set was a little out of the 2.5% they claimed.
So the Tekton wrench can meet its specs. It is good that they reached out and offered a solution. It will be interesting if they come back to you with any findings regarding the original set. Great video as always.
Yep don’t really know what the deal was with the first set. Hopefully they respond with the same conclusion. Seeing I still had the old set I tested them and came to the same conclusion as before.
Thanks!
Thank God for channels like this to try and keep the manufacturers honest! It's nice that they reached out to you I guess, but they were probably in damage control? Like someone else commented, don't test tools sent from companies? I will buy the Icon 3/8 when they come out through your link though. Thanks for the great videos as always.
Yeah really need to purchase another set… to know for sure. I’m sure they tested them before sending me this set.
Yeah I can’t wait for Icon to release it in 3/8!
@@Tools-Tested Thanks for the response, but please save your money on the Tektons. Hopefully "BOB the calibration guy" got fired LOL
@@Tools-Tested I bought a set of them, they are brand new in the box as of a few days ago. Want to play mail tag? I'm not using them at the moment as I'm out of country but I can have someone ship them.
@@Tools-Tested Are they planning on making the 3/8 beam torque. Also, are they going to have a ICON 3/8 brand torque angle by chance?
wrenches you were sent versus ones you randomly bought tells me all I need to know. sloppy calibration on the first set and Tekton made sure the second set were dead on.
This ^^^^
Are you saying that nothing has been changed/done to Tekton torque wrenches to fix accuracy and the only accurate wrenches were hand calibrated by Tekton and send to "Tools Explained"?
not necessarily the case. I mean it seems they redesigned them after and changed the accuracy to 4%
@@jnic2003 Didn't redesign anything? Maybe the engineers said 4% from the beginning. Maybe marketing had a sniff of reality. FedEx has beat the crap out of all kinds of things delivered to me. As he stated in the video.
As for design versus production practices and procedures. New product needs new production techniques which need to be sorted out. Rarely is a redesign required in this process.
Too small a sample without knowing many circumstances. Textron has had a mighty reputation for years. Plenty of reviews attest to their reputation. It's a problem, not a down fall. It's a new wrench line. It is obvious they care. Time will tell if it's a rectifying response or mollifying response.
So this makes me wondered if they made sure they sent you a good set the second time. Also makes you wonder if a customer buys one are they going to be as accurate as the second set.
Yep defiantly hard to say, but they did change the accuracy on their web side from +-2.5 to 4%.
Wow my go to channel for torque wrenches. Seems like a digital torque adapter on a breaker bar is likely the biggest bank for the buck.
Glad to hear! Yep the digitals adapters are the best bang for the $.
Nice to see Tekton cares enough to investigate.
Yeah I was shocked they reached out and wanted the other set back.
not really, it's a PR stunt and they ensured the 2nd set made spec. I'm sure the one you buy off the site and they send you won't reach 2.5%
the second ones could be tuned up or something, either way tekton customer service has always taken care of me.
I wonder if they special selected those before they sent them to you, so they know there were good ones
Yeah its possible, I did noticed they also changed the accuracy on the site.
Thank you so much for great reviews
No problem! Thanks!
Nice review! thanks
Thanks!
Looking at the Tekton split beam or an icon torque wrench. Which is better to get?
TEKTON customer service is #1. I have dealt with them several times and had zero issues. I have not dealt with icon so can not say the same but it you don’t have time to go yo a store for replacement. TEKTON just ask for an email and a picture in most cases for replacement and usually has it yo you in less that a week.
So what would you recommend for a budget torque wrench for home use?
I Thank you for this.
No problem!
Tekton customer service is amazing and the tools they make are really high quality especially for the price. I’ve only broke my 3/8 breaker bar. The only thing that could be better is the ratchets that come in the sets. I’ve never broke one but they are kinda sloppy.
I was surprised they contacted me after testing the first set.
Can’t be as bad as the kobalt ratchets man I hate them.
They are my favorite ratchets mine have less slop than any other ratchets
I Just bought it lol thank you. !
Hope you enjoy it! No problem!
This is why I always do 82 ft lb instead of 80 ftlb on my wheel nut. There are always errors!
Yea but the error is +/- so if you went it to 82 maybe it’s 4% high on top of that
@@remogaggi82 a little bit tighter is better than loose. 4% higher is like 85 ft lb.
FYI...Tekton has done a redesign, or selected a different Taiwanese manufacturer for their SB torque wrench. You compared Tekton, unfavourably, against Icon in another video...the new Tekton head design looks identical to the Icon, and is very likely being produced by the same group, and presumably to the same level of accuracy and precision. I guess it just comes down to price, and who you expect to be around in the long run to replace it should it fail.
Yeah not long after I made this video they redesigned it and changed the accuracy from +-2.5% to +-4% which is the standard for split beams. Hoping to test it against the Icon 3/8 once it comes out.
I'm tripping on the electronic music with the torque reader alert ringing and the clicking of the to torque wrench 😂
Lol
From working in a warehouse for a long time, I bet the ones you bought originally were calibrated by a trainee or new employee. Just speculation but fallacies are not impossible especially for someone who is new to the machines. That being said fallacies should be caught by an instructor before they get to the customer. Stuff does get through though and they made it right.
Yeah that could be possible.
Who calibrate those, Bill?
I want to say it was Tom, sadly I sold them.
They did just come out with a updated version and dropped claimed the accuracy from 2.5% to the industry standard of 4%.
Tekton doesn't claim ±2.5%. Where did you get that from? They claim ±4%. Snap-On, Precision Instruments, etc. split beams are all ±4% I think.
They used to be 2.5% and it was listed on the site at 2.5%, that's intersting they changed it to 4%.. My first set Tekton recalled back because it was greater than 2.5%.
So it looks like they determined 2.5 was not achievable across the board, now its the industry standard of 4%.
Tekton DID NOT fix anything, they just sent you "specially hand calibrated" torque wrenches knowing who you are and it will be on youtube :(
I agree. Tekton has to axe fedex. They are absolutely horrible when I order from them and is normally days late.
Yeah Fedex is rough on packages.
Hold my beer ~ Tekton
So these are hand picked/tuned dm9dels direct from Tekt9n for ideo testing... not just off the shelf stuff... kinda defeats the purpose of off the shelf testing l, this is just an advertisement... and I own and like tekton...
Go buy a random set and do it again, bet it won’t be accurate. They sent you ringers.
Yeah definitely plan to in a few months, they changed the design and accuracy rating soon after this video.
@@Tools-Tested Wondering if you're still planning to do this?
I need a new set of torque wrenches, my cheapo ones I bought at the beginning of my apprenticeship are toast. Leaning Split Beam for the adjustability (I'm sick of winding Micrometer style) and being the ability to store them at any setting. Digital is even better at both of those aspects but I absolutely want something with a flex head and that excludes most of the "value" (ie not SnapOn) digital options.
For SB I'm leaning hard towards Tekton. The 10 degree flex and 32 tooth ratchet on the PI's, or the 15 degree flex and 36 tooth ratchet on the SO just isn't enough. I borrowed a coworkers SO (probably PI made it's a bit older) the other day and couldn't get the swing I needed on an awkward bolt. Had to mess around and file down a 12pt socket because a 6pt didn't have the spin.
Icon isn't really an option for me in Canada, it's a 4 hour round trip to HF (plus crossing the border twice is a hassle) so their warranty/exchange isn't worth much to me. Tekton have warrantied one socket for me and it was so painless.
@@purplegreendave yeah actually should be the next video.
I just received the new 3/8 Tekton and will be comparing it to the Precision instrument and Icon.
Yeah would be nice if HF opened stores in Canada.
I agree boarder crossing can be a pain, more then it should be.
@@Tools-Tested Sweet I'll keep an eye out for it. The GearWrench Digital 85078 3/8" just went on an all time low sale in Canada for Prime Day at $200, while the SATA ST96533 rebrand is on sale for $277. Tempted to risk the GW although I've read the horror stories and seen your review for the 85077 1/2" model...
But I might just hold out and hope your next video goes well. The Tekton 2 pack of split beams, works out to $274 CAD with the student discount.
You don't have Patreon or anything? I won't be shopping any of your US affiliate links to support the channel unfortunately
Yeah the Gearwrench seems to be a gamble, I have also read some of the horror stories .
I honestly prefer a split beam my self.
No sadly I don't have a Patreon currently set up yet, hopefully in the future. I would like to have the master test data sheets on there.
Only thing right now is "Super Thanks" next to the video Like icon. But I don't know if you can see that in Canada.
Thanks!
So the Tekton wrench can meet its specs. It is good that they reached out and offered a solution. It will be interesting if they come back to you with any findings regarding the original set. Great video as always.