Thanks for another great video, much appreciated. I just bought the Quinn at HF and really like it, feels well-made and is easy to read and set. If I need to go into the upper torque ranges on this I'll just chuck the bit into my ¼" drive electronic torque wrench, as it scales down to about 12 inch lbs.
Saw a short video from someone who wrote Wheeler about how to align the scale. They told him to use the center of the red line, though it appears you found bottom of red line worked best. Have to question why they made the red line so thick. Now I want to find a local calibration test facility.
Thank you! Those clips add so much value to RU-vid, that it shows (again) how much the number of views and subscribers is utterly irrelevant in real life...
Thanks for doing this test! I have a wheeler and the instructions say to put the top of the line at the number you want then if you call the company they say to use the middle of the line lol. The instructions do suck with it but it is.
The basic Wheeler is currently the number 1 selling torque driver on Amazon - made it my choice just on that fact, now I see your video showing it to be the most consistent for the price range - I hope it suits me well in the long range the same.
@@garoristic This is from the product description bulletin on amazon. "INCLUDES: 10 bits (hex to square adapter, #10 flat blade, #32 flat blade, #11 flat blade, 5/32 hex, 7/64 hex, 3/32 hex, T20 torx, T15 torx and Leupold specialty flat blade), ¼” socket and a convenient plastic storage case" I think the answer is no, but there's no reason you couldnt buy the bit separately and use it - assuming its the right diameter to fit into the device.
Thank you for video, was looking at 3 of these and this helped a lot. I always thought the digital would be best but after hearing the buzzing ill stick with the click style like my automotive wrench.
The wheeler digital has two modes. Live and Peak. I think you should have used Peak to replicate the mechanical torque as it's a single beep at the specified setting
Excellent content as always!! Would love to see comparison with the Sloky torque sticks (also sold by Fix-It-Sticks and a few other brands). Thanks as always!!!
FYI THE BLACK & GOLD DIGITAL WHEELER IS 5-100ft lbs, BLACK & YELLOW DIGITAL IS 15-100ft lbs…… I just thought I should point that out because sometimes people think it’s just the colors!
I would love to see something like this that could go down to maybe 5 in. lbs. Front sights on handgun and many of the red dot sights require 7-9 in. lbs., requiring the user to "guess".
That looks like some quite strange grip ergonomics on those screwdrivers. All my VDE torque screwdrivers are a standard screwdriver shaped handle. Can be a little tough to use at the higher ranges, but I don't go up to them very often 3.5 Nm is about as high I usually go with them.
When you say you cycled 1000 times, can you explain exactly how you accomplished that? It would take days to complete 4000 cycles by hand. Did you use some type of automatic device?
Interesting, I thought the digital Wheeler would be extra accurate which I suppose it is. But not clicking when you reach your desired torque, I can see as maybe being kind of annoying.
It's hilarious that the digital one goes up to 100. What are you going to be using a screwdriver on that needs 100 inch-pounds and is secure enough that you can lean into it like that without being afraid of jamming the screwdriver right through whatever you're working on?
I just got a rebranded SanLiang one. I thought I had good grip strength. I am happy to use the smallest Knipex pliers wrench. Above 50 in-lb I just can’t squeeze it tightly enough to turn it. I don’t understand why you’d make something with that much torque that you have to squeeze like that.
Great stuff, thanks again for your videos! I would like to see the more expensive torque screwdrivers tested. I can attest to torque screwdrivers not being very accurate, I had a Neiko that stripped out alot of screws. I threw that one out and got a Capri Tools which hasn't stripped any threads yet. I actually tested both screwdrivers by having them turn a beam style torque wrench. It was easy to see the Neiko was over torqing at the high end of its scale. The Capri Tools seemed to be slightly under torqing throughout its range but wasn't too bad. No matter what you decide to film I'm here to watch it!
No problem, I’m definitely planning on testing the Capri and probably a Neilo. Thanks for the info, it will be interesting to see if I get the same results.
would you rather get the Quinn for $52 or the wheeler for $60? The Quinn has lifetime HarborF warranty which is nice. I will do 10-15 but sometimes around 45. hard to decide between the 2 because of ease of the quinn warranty if i never need it.
It's really hard to say, I would also have to consider the Real Avid toque screwdriver. But I do agree the warranty on the Quinn and the ability to take it right back to the store is something to consider and the Quinn is easier to read.
Good testing, and summary eval. But that table is hard to read since the column headers and data are not consistently justified the same way. If you used Excel, look up "center justified"... or "left justified".
Yeah sorry noticed that after I published it, I don’t know why the justification changed, it’s the same table I have used in the past. But probably a Apple thing seeing it was made in Keynote.
I haven't accuracy tested that low yet. I would probably use CDI, thats one of the few brands I feel confidant in without testing them. Seeing CDI is owned by Snap-on. I found a 5-30 on Amazon amzn.to/3Kh08aI.
That CDI is a nice looking unit. Out priced for my purpose. Your reviews have been very interesting as the failure is high in my mind after a 1000 cyclings. That's a good effort. On the Wheeler I saw you set it on the bottom of the line for 10inch lbs, did you work out where the line is supposed to be as its could make a difference? Thanks
Quick question about the mech wheeler. I bought one based on your video. Once I reach the set torque I can feel it slip quite a bit before it clicks. Does that seem right?
It seems like NO ONE really knows how to use the red line on the Wheeler! They say it's either the "top of the red line indicates the number" OR the "bottom of the red line indicates the number" lol! So which is it???
@@Tools-Tested the one I’m looking at is a digital version, idk if they’re better or worse 😊, $193. I’m working on a computer part and it needs to be anywhere in the range of 0.03-0.06n-M. The part does have witness marks and instructions to tighten if you don’t have a torque screwdriver, but I’d rather be precise if I can 😊
8:50 ----> I have the one with the red tip on it and it has the white line with the red strip in the middle and the instructions are also garbage and dont say where the 10 or 20 or 30 inch lb would be ... Do you set the middle of the red line on the # or what ?? Is it the top of the red line or bottom of red line to set the #
I set it middle of the the red line and the values came in under the desired torque. Personally I would probably aim for setting it at the bottom of the red line.
Wheeler mechanical- used 1 time put up for about a year in case and climate controlled. When used again I couldn't get to go past 40 in lbs. When backing off, something broken and is now useless. Won't buy again
I’m not sure how this title can be “best” when these are all low end or cheap-o. You’re testing looks great, but too bad you didn’t include a great product like Wiha or Wera. Can’t be a great hand tool test of any kind without any German engineered tools.
