JeTech GRD14-15- DOUBLE SIDE RING RATCHET

Most people who own and use tools have a collection of box/open end wrenches and/or crescent wrenches. And they do the job just fine most of the time. But if you need to reach for a certain size wrench with some frequency to tighten or loosen nuts on a long bolt, a wrench like this just makes the work so much easier. I bought this to keep in my bike’s tool kit and, so far, it has worked great. I can’t tell you how well it will hold up to heavy use (it does have moving parts) so that’s why I give it four stars.

I expected this to be a decent if just OK wrench, for occasional use, but I was proven wrong.Indeed, I have some GearWrench ratcheting box-end wrenches, but not in this size. The GearWrench is double-sided on each end, and has a switch to control the direction of the ratchet.That being said, this Jetech wrench is simple. It has two sizes: one on each end. There is no ratchet switch, you just flip the wrench over. It is marked very well so you know the direction of the ratchet from viewing it. Additionally, there is a ridge inside so you cannot have the bolt or nut head slip all the way through.Let me tell you this solved my greatest issue with the GearWrench and that was mistakenly hitting the switch and causing the ratchet direction to reverse when I was in a tight spot. I managed to loosen and tighten some tight bolts in an inconvenient location. Not a hiccup.Now are these ratcheting wrenches as strong as the solid box-end wrenches? No. But heck, who wants to use a solid wrench and keep repositioning it?I probably could have gone to Home Depot and gotten a ratcheting box wrench with an open wrench on the other end. But why? I use the ratchet box end so much that I was happy to have two sizes not represented by my other ratcheting wrenches.Are you gonna be able to put a pipe on this thing for leverage and not break the ratchet? Don't be an idiot. i wouldn't do that with my Craftsman stuff. But for those long bolts in tight positions, this thing fits the bill where other wrench sets often skip the 15mm.

I would purchase this tool.

Just used it for 1st time to remove a 15mm nut on swaybar bushing, the ratchet mechanism failed on 1st tug. Now it mostly spins uselessly.

Love it works great, of course after I received it I located the 14 and 15 mm that I was missing. Keeping though comes in handy having a 14 and a 15 on one wrench.