Adjustable Wrenches (ft. Crescent, Wright, Klein, Irega, Bahco, SK) Made in USA, Spain, and China 

I had forgotten SnapOn was a Bahco wrench. The SnapOn is nearly twice as much! Looks nice with the nickel-chrome but almost $120 for an adjustable wrench… that’s a bit steep. I like all of the Spanish wrenches quite a bit. Wright, Klein, Irega, Bahco. The Irega has a really nice finish to it, but is the metric being on the right hander side is a little bit inconvenient. The Wright is nice but I wish it had a more protective finish. The Klein gives inch markings where I need them, rubberized handle, nice chrome finish, and a reasonable price.

I’m definitely interested in trying out more Wright tools.

Thanks. I’m hoping to keep track of all of these long enough to do a follow up after a year, but we’re only three months in so far. For a limited update- the Crescent spud wrench that was already well used during the filming is still putting in good work and is very handy. The Wright brand wrench with the black oxide finish has become a go-to option, also. Typically those two are the ones I grab. The others haven’t gotten much use at all. Most surprisingly is probably the Bahco. It is very well made but the head on it is too big to easily fit in my back pocket, and there just aren’t very many situations where I would need such a wide span with such little leverage from a short handle. It’s a cool concept, but I haven’t found it as useful as I thought it might be.

I had to look them up. The logo is familiar, but not sure where I’ve seen it before. They remind me a little bit of the styling of the old school Craftsman wrenches.

I’ll have to check it out. I love that channel. In a couple months we’ll be at the one year mark with these wrenches so I will be doing a more subjective review regarding my experience using them in the field and the preferences I have developed in that time.

Depending on which Ridgid 10” you have, that’s possibly made by Irega in Spain. Would be the same as the Irega/Wright wrenches in the video. The Snap-On wide jaws are the same as the Bahco shown in the video (I think also made by Irega, but not certain). It’s very well made, but so far I haven’t found it to be very useful for my applications. Too big to slip in my back pocket easily, too bulky for tight spots, and anything is does fit onto with the large size needs more leverage than the relatively short handle. Just hasn’t been that useful to me personally and I rarely use it.

Interesting… do you know the name of the manufacturer by chance?

As far as I can tell Klein moved production of their adjustables to Spain. I haven’t seen a new adjustable from them marked USA in quite a while. Irega knows how to make a good wrench, though, so I’m fine with that. I like US made, but my main focus is high quality and avoiding supporting the CCP whenever possible. Klein’s sockets, as far as I can tell, are rebranded GearWrench out of Taiwan. I love my GearWrench 120XP ratchet and sockets. Klein doesn’t seem to be as steadfastly US-made as they once were, but they are doing a good job outsourcing to capable suppliers with high quality standards. In my eyes they’re doing a good job of maintaining their brand reputation.

Klein also sources from South Korea

Rodeo wrenches?

I googled it. We usually call those just a “ratchet wrench”, “combo ratchet”, “quad box”… we use the GearWrench ones where each wrench has 4 sizes. Much smaller than what you’re referring to, ours max out at 3/4”. The spud wrench gets used in aligning pipe flanges. Either need it or a spud bar, and it might as well just have the wrench on the edge to do double duty.

Are you certain the Proto you have is from Spain? As best I can tell Ingersoll-Rand and Proto of late are the same, and are sourced from Taiwan. They are stylistically similar to an Irega wrench, but if you have them both in front of you the differences are more obvious.

​@@ColterBrog Hi Sir sorry if its out of topic but i found someone sell a set of Proto combination wrench 7-24 mm for a bargain price at just 150 usd which is way cheaper than the market price of 470 usd here in my country (indonesia). The wrenches has a mark of MASD USA written on their body, can you tell me if it's really made from USA or even the taiwan made also have those marking in their products ? Many thanks for your answer !