Bit Ratchet Showdown

and this German tool is made in... Taiwan, and this one too. lol. Cool ratchets!

What about Back Drag?

Hate your people

No backdrag comparison...useless review.

Mine lasted two days unfortunately

damm I really wanted to get the tool check plus - but wrench not being made in Germany and the bit play are swayin me from it. thanks for the vid

Great review. Can you also compare the bahco, the victorinox (which is really small) and the Topeak mini ratchets to thees tested ratchets?

The new king of bit ratchets isn’t German at all. Believe it or not but the icon bit ratchet from harbour freight is stupid good and the best one I’ve used. It’s seriously amazing for me as a service plumber.

can you make a video about the Wiha ratchet disassemble/reassemble?

Overall I would like to.point out that using these units with one hand is one of the most important qualities, also anything that comes with a thumb spinner is extremely important foe 1 hand operation

One thing you didn't mention that I find very important, especially in very confined work spaces, is the ability to spin the ratchet from the back of the wrench to pre-tighten the bolts or screws to get them tight enough to overcome the back friction of the ratchet mechanism. Or loosening threaded bolts to have enough length to grab it with bare hands rather than trying to twist a bit that is not attached to a wrench.

HAZET strikes back with it's 90tooth HiPer bit ratchet 😎

Too expensive for a darn wimpy ratchet . I am sure I can make a 1/4" adapter which has a hex holder. ones with a wheel

You should measure the slop in between the current tooth and when the pawl engages the next tooth.

Often you see low return angles, like 5°, even on cheap ratchets. The biggest difference is durability when those tooth counts get high, and the tolerances. A good 5° ratchet has a 5° return angle, a cheap on has like 8° angle of return because of slop.

I prefer my German tools to be made in Germany. I own the Hazet.

Interesting. Hazet M. i. Germany.
Only „Germany“ is not Made in Germany but in Taiwan?

How soon the vice moves largely depends on the downward force applied.

Awesome review. I have both Felo and Wera. The Felo feels more sturdy and high quality than Wera. And the price on Hazet, OMG!

I have the Wiha ratchet and agree that the switch is a problem. My concern with the Hazet ratchet is the butterfly pawl in the mechanism which is similar to older teardrop Craftsmen ratchets that were offered in other drive sizes. I don't remember the mechanisms in those as working particularly well. Their shortcomings were often remedied by various people I knew by packing them full of grease which produced other strange issues. Maybe the Hazet is made to better specifications and tightness is not a problem in this particular product. I am curious to know more about the VIM ratchets.

I see no reason to believe the felo is made in Germany.