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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: HeelSpur on December 24, 2012, 01:28:22 PM

Title: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: HeelSpur on December 24, 2012, 01:28:22 PM

Any of y'all have one of these?
I read a few of the reviews and now am leary of buying one.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_172851-20535-85048_0__?productId=3929991&Ntt=ratchets&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dratchets&facetInfo=#BVRRWidgetID

Title: Re: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: fflintstone on December 24, 2012, 03:53:47 PM

Why buy a new aisan made tool of possibly questionable quality when you can buy a good used American 1/4 drive socket set for the same money or much less?

Title: Re: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: HeelSpur on December 24, 2012, 04:25:37 PM

It has that double drive where you twist the handle instead of cranking on it, thought maybe it would come in handy on hard to do projects.

Title: Re: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: 1930 on December 24, 2012, 05:23:31 PM

Thats a neat idea, if they could make it very fine toothed and durable I could see using one of those

Title: Re: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: Papaw on December 24, 2012, 06:26:17 PM

The ad doesn't show a price, That always puts me off.

Title: Re: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: fflintstone on December 24, 2012, 07:12:22 PM

FWIW I "had to have" sidewinder ratchets. it had a crank on the end of the handle. I never used them and ended up selling them at a yard sale.

Title: Re: Kobalt Dbl Drive Ratchet
Post by: OilyRascal on December 24, 2012, 10:29:09 PM

Quote from: Papaw on December 24, 2012, 06:26:17 PM

The ad doesn't show a price, That always puts me off.

shows on sale for $19.97 for me in some store it "guessed" based on my DNS entry - was $29.98