yeah, most guys found DIY stuff these days want the nice impact driver or ratcheting wrench of some kind (not that ratchet wrenches are a new thing, Gearwrench just made them sexier I guess), but having a quality set of combo wrenches and screwdrivers is...well...GOOD TO HAVE.
Anyway, I'll tell you why I chose what I did...Wright tools. My stipulation was that they must be American made and of good quality, but I didn't want to spend Snap On type money. Yes, these aren't cheap when compared to all the Chinese sourced stuff now, but when you see them action and feel them in your hand, you know why you paid the premium.
Full set of metric wrenches (from 6mm to 24mm) is around $200 give or take. They might be cheaper in the regular rough finish, but I went with full polish since I like the look. They have a feature known as "Wright Grip" which is like the Snap On Flank Drive that digs into the bolt head or nut in those instances where you are torquing pretty hard. (I can almost hear the sophomoric comments being formed already...)
Anyway, most of these tool "companies" these days are nothing more than middle men for each other, slapping their name on one another items to keep costs down and whatnot. Or simply going the china route. Wright makes their own stuff, and it's probably the last privately owned tool company in the US that I could find, kinda like what Henry rifles is to the gun world.
They market more for the industrial side of things, they aren't as flashy as Snap On, just good honest American made tools that seems to be a dying breed.
I ended up with metric (19 wrenches total) and SAE combo wrenches (1/4"all the way to 1-1/4", 17 wrenches total). 10 piece screwdriver set, and two ratcheting wrench sets (a 5 piece SAE set and a 7 piece metric set). I am going to buy their pneumatic socket sets later, they seem to have a lot of great reviews on those.
Why did I go nuts and buy all these? I am going to be restoring an old Jeep in the future, last time I did this I had shit for tools and had to borrow quite a few to finish out the job. Not doing that again. Plus, I do a lot of my own mechanic work and some for friends/family/neighbors since I enjoy it. If you do more than just various DIY jobs, probably not a bad thing to look into Wright tools.
I would provide a link, but most of you monkeys are pretty good at Google and Amazon.
Anyway, I'll tell you why I chose what I did...Wright tools. My stipulation was that they must be American made and of good quality, but I didn't want to spend Snap On type money. Yes, these aren't cheap when compared to all the Chinese sourced stuff now, but when you see them action and feel them in your hand, you know why you paid the premium.
Full set of metric wrenches (from 6mm to 24mm) is around $200 give or take. They might be cheaper in the regular rough finish, but I went with full polish since I like the look. They have a feature known as "Wright Grip" which is like the Snap On Flank Drive that digs into the bolt head or nut in those instances where you are torquing pretty hard. (I can almost hear the sophomoric comments being formed already...)
Anyway, most of these tool "companies" these days are nothing more than middle men for each other, slapping their name on one another items to keep costs down and whatnot. Or simply going the china route. Wright makes their own stuff, and it's probably the last privately owned tool company in the US that I could find, kinda like what Henry rifles is to the gun world.
They market more for the industrial side of things, they aren't as flashy as Snap On, just good honest American made tools that seems to be a dying breed.
I ended up with metric (19 wrenches total) and SAE combo wrenches (1/4"all the way to 1-1/4", 17 wrenches total). 10 piece screwdriver set, and two ratcheting wrench sets (a 5 piece SAE set and a 7 piece metric set). I am going to buy their pneumatic socket sets later, they seem to have a lot of great reviews on those.
Why did I go nuts and buy all these? I am going to be restoring an old Jeep in the future, last time I did this I had shit for tools and had to borrow quite a few to finish out the job. Not doing that again. Plus, I do a lot of my own mechanic work and some for friends/family/neighbors since I enjoy it. If you do more than just various DIY jobs, probably not a bad thing to look into Wright tools.
I would provide a link, but most of you monkeys are pretty good at Google and Amazon.
