Best Automotive Combination Wrenches With Bite?

[tr21triton]

Snap-on tools are only worth it if you are a pro wrench turner because the Snap-on man will service you while most could care less about the rest of us who will not spend tens of thousands on tools from them. Also if your tools are required for your work they can be tax deductible. For those of us in the minor leagues Snap-on is money wasted. Personally I just will not buy anything made in China if possible and stay away from anything stamped with the Kobalt name on it.
FYI not all Snap-on tools are made in the US.

you'll think that when you have that nut and bolt from hell and you cheap wrench just rounds off the points

 

[bucky]

I do not buy cheap tools. I also do not see the need to spend $500+ on just one set of wrenches. I do not make money with my tools I just save money by doing things myself. There is a big difference between the two?

 

[B00mb00m]

Thank you all for the feedback! It is greatly appreciated. I took notes and watched videos and read reviews and ended up settling on Wright wrightgrip wrenches. I dropped the 6-pt requirement. The videos on wrightgrip makes it look they really do bite well and better than most high quality wrenches even. This set is for my boy. I get him one nice set of tools per year in prep for when he's 18 he will have a great set of tools. If the wrights work as well as they look I may add them to my tool box also! I still have shitty half set of crapsman. Next time I'm going to post about the best ratcheting wrenches.

18 piece metric full polish for $250 shipped. I thought that was damn reasonable for usmade and great reviews.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Dude - if we had known this was for your son we would have given you good advice…

 

[B00mb00m]

Dude - if we had known this was for your son we would have given you good advice…

I might have to try them out you know. If this sort of thing keeps him from getting into programming or something hands off it will all be worth it.

 

[tr21triton]

I might have to try them out you know. If this sort of thing keeps him from getting into programming or something hands off it will all be worth it.

programming wouldn't be a bad field for him to get into seriously. but also turning wrenches will also be good too, because somebody is going to have to build and repair the robots also !

 

[rancholago]

I have some Snap-on, lots of Williams, lots of SK, lots of Mac and Lots of Proto, Im not a professional Mechanic, but I do wrench and have for many many years. As far as quality of the wrench is concerned I can't tell a big difference between any of the above mentioned wrenches, but I will say the feel of a snap-on wrench (especially) a set of snap- on box end wrenches I have, is great. For me when I pick up a Snap on wrench I can tell, It just feels right in my hand
All of my wrenches/sockets ratchets are old, very old so they are probably pretty much different from wrenches you buy today.

 

[Mike_H]

Thank you all for the feedback! It is greatly appreciated. I took notes and watched videos and read reviews and ended up settling on Wright wrightgrip wrenches. I dropped the 6-pt requirement. The videos on wrightgrip makes it look they really do bite well and better than most high quality wrenches even. This set is for my boy. I get him one nice set of tools per year in prep for when he's 18 he will have a great set of tools. If the wrights work as well as they look I may add them to my tool box also! I still have shitty half set of crapsman. Next time I'm going to post about the best ratcheting wrenches.

18 piece metric full polish for $250 shipped. I thought that was damn reasonable for usmade and great reviews.

Good choice. I love mine. The first time I really had to put some torque on a bolt with the open end and it DIDN'T round off, I was sold. Then I noticed the witness marks from the "grippers" and thought, "holy cow... These are the real deal."

 

[TNHEADDUCK]

you'll think that when you have that nut and bolt from hell and you cheap wrench just rounds off the points

Totally agree, it is nice to have confidence in a wrench not slipping and tearing all the hide off of your knuckles or hand . I started out with Craftsman in the early 70s because that was all I could afford, they were replaced with Snap On, Mac and Cornwell as I could afford them.