GEARWRENCH Long Pattern Combination Metric Wrench Set with Tool Roll 9 Pc., 12 Point - 81932

Wow.. I'm a shadetree mechanic and I typically buy middle of the road or budget tools (think Kobalt/Harbor Freight/etc.). I didn't want some crappy wrench set that skipped sizes, so I thought I'd try this GearWrench set since the price seemed fair for the number of wrenches, especially when compared to the competition. I thought at this price, I'd get "OK" wrenches. I was wrong. THESE THINGS ROCK! I'm not a professional technician -- I'm a shade-tree wanna-be and these are definitely the nicest tools in my toolbox now. Buy these now.. Even if you don't need wrenches, these are so pretty you could hang them on the wall as art. Just don't come crying to me when you wife throws a fit.

The seller was great, shipping the wrench set promptly and for a great price, but the wrenches themselves, well, I was underwhelmed. I bought a set of 24 combination wrenches, and upon opening and looking at the wrenches, I could see that the beams of three of them were obviously curved. Making me suspicious of the entire set, I scrutinized each of the wrenches. I'm exchanging 7 of the 24 at a local retailer right away: 5 for curved beams, 1 with a slight bulge, or shoulder, around the beam, and one for a flaw in the finish. Sure, the wrenches would work, and if it weren't for two of them being particularly bad I probably would have just tolerated the others as they were. But, I'd read glowing review after glowing review of how wonderful GearWrench wrenches are, and I'm here to tell you, based upon the ones I received, those reviews aren't justified. Good wrenches? Sure. But if these are supposed to be some of the best sub-tool-truck wrenches out there, then how very far we've fallen. I have some old Montgomery Ward Powr-Kraft and some made-in-Japan K-Mart Auto wrenches far better machined than this GearWrench set. Updated Oct. 03, 2020: I've now had a chance to use this set a bit, and I'm even more disappointed with it. I've found the open-end jaws are not machined very precisely, and have too much slack. While reconditioning a real nice Honda generator, I had a couple of snug 10-mm bolts. They were not corroded or damaged at all, just well-seated. I put the 10-mm open end squarely on one of them, and began gently applying pressure. Sure enough, the jaws spread just enough to round my nice genuine Honda bolt head. Save yourself some trouble: don't buy GearWrench wrenches.

I will start by saying I am not a big gear wrench fan at all, with that said, this is a nice set of large combo wrenches. I needed these for a project I was doing and did not have wrenches this big. I am not the kind of person who will buy a cheap tool to hopefully get him buy for one use, if I'm buying a tool I want a nice quality one that will last me forever, even if I only plan on using it once. I was looking at another brand but I came across these on a good enough sale it was hard to turn down. I went ahead and took the chance and I have been pleased with these. For the project I was doing I had some large bolt/nuts that had to be cranked down to about 120 ft lbs and small space to work in, I was able to get these in there and they had enough leverage to be able to get them torqued in the small awkward space. No damage to tool, no rounding off on the tool or bolts/nuts, no damage to finish. These are of good quality and for the price I paid they were definitely worth it. The roll up pouch is actually pretty decent quality as well, heavy enough material and rings to be able to stretch it tight and hang up and it stays in tact. Not usually one to recommend these guys but for this product I say go for it, I cant really think of one bad thing I could say about this set

This COULD have been a nice set of wrenches. At first glance, the build quality looks a lot like Snap-On Wrenches which gave me high hopes. BUT, once I started using them, I quickly figured out that these wrenches are completely useless! None of the wrenches fit the fastener correctly! Each wrench seems to be about 20% over-sized. At first, I thought it was just the open end of the wrench which I was okay with because I never use the open end anyway. But upon further usage and examination, the boxed end is also too large. I've been an auto mechanic for 20+ years and have never seen this in an entire set of wrenches. I have cheap wrenches from Wal-Mart that fit fasteners better than this! Since I bought these as an extra set and just now getting around to using them, I am not eligible for a return so I'm stuck with $125 paper weight. Just for the record, this is the first product from GearWrench that I've been disappointed with and I have many of their products in my box. This would have been a great product at a great price if they actually fit correctly... Spend your money elsewhere... DON'T BUY!!!

WARNING. These are VERY poorly made. The machining is terribly crude and they are made terribly. The jaws in these are so badly milled and they attempted to cover it up with shiny chrome. Unacceptable quality from this major brand. These are brand new wrenches, unused. The photos show how they came. All of these wrenches have it, some are much worse than others. Even the very tiny ones have it. Look at the last photo. HORRIBLE. Absolutely HORRIBLE.

I had bought this because I wanted to organize the wrench drawer in my cart, and I figured I’d buy these and relegate the ones they replaced to my side job set, but I ended up doing the opposite - I found that the roll up bag fit my 1” - 1-1/2” older wrenches (an admixture of Craftsman and Sunex), so I did that and put these towards my side job. In my regular job, I deal with much tighter spaces and lots of hydraulics, so the thickness of these and the absence of a 1-3/8” wrench would be a problem. My side job, it’s mostly decommissioned school buses now used for brewery tours and such, and they’re just fine for that.