TEKTON 3/8 Inch Drive Micrometer Torque Wrench (10-80 ft.-lb.) | 24330

This is a great buy. It's well made and sturdy, and the torque settings are accurate (I checked with a $300 torque wrench.) I bought this for work, and I'm glad I did. If you're looking for a nice, affordable torque wrench for use at home or even at work like I use it for, I'd definitely recommend this one.

Top notch piece of machinery. Puts my mind at ease knowing the job gets done right. Didn't cost much.

This was my first experience with using a torque wrench, and I report that this wrench performed its task admirably. The overall feel of the wrench is that of quality, especially the grip. The available precision of torque selection is excellent. Most importantly, the wrench stopped application torque with dead accuracy, exactly when set tolerance was reached. There may be much more expensive torque wrenches available for professionals, but I feel that this wrench is more than sufficient for a home mechanic, or a professional on a limited budget.

I needed a torque wrench to do work on our cars. Well, to be honest, I needed to do work on our cars, and decided that I "needed" a torque wrench. Excuses to buy tools are always a good thing.I was originally just going to nip over to Sears and buy a Craftsman. However, I was horrified to discover how little faith they have in some of their products these days; Craftsman's usual lifetime hand tool warranty does *not* apply to their to torque wrenches, and is instead replaced by a **90-day** warranty. Three months? What on earth?? I guess that's what you get when you outsource to China.(Source as of May 2014: [...] )Appalled, I turned to Amazon instead. Snap-on is too rich for my blood right now, but I did consider picking up a CDI wrench (and in the long run, still might). Given how often I'm likely to use it, I figured I'd start on the low end of the price scale just to see what was available. I came across this wrench, and although it's not made in the U.S. (manufactured in Taiwan) Tekton is a U.S. company that does appear to be easily contactable in case any questions/concerns pop up. The same can't be said of a lot of the made-in-China stuff. They also appear to keep an eye out on Amazon for those with trouble, which is often a good sign.Out of the box, the wrench comes in a reasonable enough red plastic case. It's not the heaviest plastic known to mankind, but it's not the flimisest either. It seems suitable enough for the purpose, which is good enough. The wrench itself has a decent heft to it, and doesn't give the impression of being cheaply made. The ratcheting mechanism on the head seems smooth enough.One thing that caught my eye about this Tekton wrench is that they filled in the scale on the shaft in black. That sounds like a trivial thing, but that one little change makes reading and setting the wrench infinitely simpler than on other tools. I'm a huge fan of laser-etched sockets with big, clear figures instead of stamped markings (I have a Stanley set that I got for cheap that's etched); they're that much easier to read.Anyway, I tried a couple of simple jobs with the new wrench, comparing it against a CDI wrench borrowed from work. I did a spark plug change and an oil change, trying both wrenches on the same jobs. In general, the Tekton is a solid-feeling tool. The torque adjustment mechanism doesn't feel nearly as smooth as the CDI, but at a quarter of the cost, I'm more than willing to overlook that. The setting locking mechanism is also far simpler than the one Craftsman we have at work (it has some sort of eighth-turn locking collar that never stays put)The Tekton doesn't give a massively audible click when the set torque is reached, but I did find the motion at the set point was quite obvious when I hit it.I couldn't feel any discernible difference compared to the CDI wrench in terms of accuracy. I tried tightening to the two limits needed for the job (13 and 28 ft-lb) initially with one wrench and then checking it against the other (and vice-versa), and found that neither showed much of a difference. Even on the more challenging 13 ft-lb setting (click torque wrenches being notoriously less accurate at the bottom end of their scale) I found no real difference in either wrench's behaviour.Given the length of the handle, hitting 80 lb-ft might be a bit optimistic. That said, I can't think of any job I'm likely to do in the near future that would require that much oomph.Overall, I'm very happy. This appears to be a better tool than I'd expected at this price, and given the cost is probably a better tool than the price deserves. It appears to be accurate enough (with the usual caveats that apply to all non-beam torque wrenches at the bottom end of their range) when compared with a much more expensive wrench, and although I didn't need it for the pair of jobs I've done so far, the facility to switch between standard and left-handed tightening seems like a bonus compared with some wrenches in this price range that just can't do that.My only niggle is with the smoothness of the handle when turned to set the desired torque. For want of a better term, it's a little on the graunchy side. But for that, this would easily be a 5-star product. Even then, given how inexpensive this tool is, it's ever so close to getting full marks, but I like my tools to have a nice tactile feel to them, and this one aspect means I can't quite give it a top score. It works well enough, but it just feels a little off.I'd call it a 4.5 if Amazon would let me...

I needed a TW to have for spark plug changes. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on something that won't get used often but I also wanted something of decent quality. After searching Amazon for a few hours and reading tons of reviews on quite a bit of different TW, I decided to buy this Tekton 3/8" TW along with Craftsman's 3/8" drive TW. My original plan was to see which one I liked and wanted more and return the other. After seeing them in person I decided I'll just keep them both as I did get both for a pretty good price. The Craftsman was over 40% off at the time also. Each TW is different in its own way. The Tekton is quite a bit smaller, which I actually wanted in a TW, since the majority of its life would be for spark plug changes. The TW bar up near the head is the flat style, which I also wanted due to my flat 4 boxer engine and spark plug location. The TW case is just one of those standard cheap plastic tool cases, but I'm glad it was included with the TW. The laser engravings on the TW bar would have been nicer stamped like they are on the handle, but that would also increase the price, so hopefully they hold up for a while. I'd imagine as long as you take care of your stuff it should last you most of its life. The clicks on the Tekton are alot more 'spread out' compared to the Craftsman. I'm assuming this Tekton must be like a 46 click TW and the Craftsman must be like a 72 click, but didn't see any info on that. Definitely a difference between two there though.Other than that, it's a pretty basic TW but seems to be a decent one at its price point. The TW has a Lifetime Warranty & I read from several that their customer service is top notch. There are 27,619 reviews at the time of this writing and only 3% are 1-star reviews. 81% of those are 5-star reviews. I think that speaks for itself.I've left a review over on the Craftsman 3/8" TW if you'd like to compare the two.I rated this at 3 stars for everything just because I haven't used it yet so I can't speak on anything else until I actually use it. Will update ratings soon.

Seems to work well. I have no way to check accuracy except for my many years of experience and it feels about right. The price is right and the quality seems fine. Shipping was quick. The case is nice for protection in the tool box. All in all, I’d say I’m a happy torquer.