ICON vs Pittsburgh Pro Harbor Freight Long Handle Flex Head Ratchet Test 

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Pittsburgh Pro, checked them out in store today. Switch bugged me a lot, other than that didn't seem really impressive.

Ratchets I Use Gearwrench 120xp but sockets I use is Pittsburgh Pro Sockets made in Taiwan'

Huh. Are you a metallurgist? Doesn't prove a thing except you've got alot of broken tools, and money to burn.

I always love these tests, but I wouldn’t normally put a breaker bar on a 3/8 inch drive tool. I would go to one of my longer 1/2” drive tools, then a cheater bar. What the test does for me is to show that the ratchet probably isn’t going to break so I can put full hand force when needed.

Absolutely! Only if your Harbor Freight is like mine, it may be a return because of lack of stock.

Lifetime warranty on all handtools

I can confirm I just went a few days ago to return my pittsburgh ratchet that broke and they replaced it, no receipt, no questions asked

Warranty at Harbor is easy.. they also will replace 1 broken tool in a set in store.. theybwill take out broken one out of new set and give to you..

@@jackhammergaming3526 I recently bought a 1/2" drive Quinn digital torque wrench and I don't get any warranty with it

Completely agree with you...checked them out in store today....It's more than half the price as they allow 20% to %25 off on everything Pittsburgh. The switch annoys me greatly on the Icons

There’s a lot more to it than just the ultimate strength. Not going to say it doesn’t matter, but stripping isn’t my biggest concern in ratchets. Pittsburg pro ratchets are plenty tough enough for 90% of things. Problems they have....self reversing, flexing in the handles, flex heads are notoriously floppy, screw coming lose and selector switch falling out (this happens in road boxes just going down the road....grab one out of the box...no switch) They’re worth what they cost, but, honestly, they kind of suck. I’ve not used an icon, but they look better.

@@dylanbland5993 Suggest removing the screws and making sure good blue lock tight. Solved my issues.

I like my Pittsburgh Pro 3/8, but the selector detent is very weak and changes direction sometimes if it bumps into something in a tight space. I assume the spring on the detent ball is a bit weak, not 100% sure. I've owned it for maybe a year and a half now

@@Jamesbond22855 wrap a small rubber band around the switch (between the switch and the head of the ratchet) to keep it from moving so easily...it works well for my ratchet.

If I broke 2 on the pin, I'd replace it with a grade 8 pin.

​​@@snap-off5383 yeah makes sense I seen the price yesterday what was it 12 89 😭

Yea I got the 1/2” too i definitely agree

So in ur opinion is the icon worth the price over the Pitts pro?

@@shanetritt3656 if used professionally yes.

@@brotherbrian1 ahh back yard bullshit lol 😂 I have some blue point stuff by snap on , but I don’t have enough for what I’m doin and goin to pick a few more I didn’t know which ones to go with

I like to do them too, but my arm is killing me today after two days in a row😟

Agreed lol. I work at HF, and literally had a guy come in with a busted 3/8 drive breaker bar wanting to return it, which I did for him cuz he was within his 90 days for refund. I asked him what he was trying to do with it and he said he tried taking off an over tightened lug nut with it (I couldnt help but laugh to myself inside lol). I told him he definitely need at the very least a 1/2in drive when loosening any sort of large fastener, especially a lug nut.

Check your prices these are the 3/8” Flex Head Long Handle Ratchet in the video🙈

ClientGraphics - You’re right, I used the standard length prices vs long handle. Good catch. I have edited the original post

@Dennis Adkins as of now. Wouldn't be surprised if they give each store a small back stock. It's too easy of a system now to make it more difficult on people for what are nicer items.

I just wonder what the consistency of this test would be as far as two out of three, you never know just a different batch could change the results, and if that was to happen the icon is nothing but a polished turd for its Price Line

Chip B the icon panel design is way better though, more teeth engaged at once.

Siege mechanic??

Smartest man in the comments sir I feel the same way

He might not be able to get warranty replacement if he tears up hand grips.

Another guy already did. Equal distance in.

Why not test the warranty?

Grips compared here ICON vs Pittsburgh Ratchet Comfort Grip Look Touch Thoughts Opinions ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kdQKmw9ul3c.html

@Emerald lx Sounds like you don't use tools. Snap on has a warranty, and yet even when you fall into their stipulations they will knowingly not follow warranty. Testing their warranty is a good test. As if you actually used tools, you would want to know if the company will stand behind their product or not. Reading a piece of paper does nothing.

I had the same thing happen to most of my old Pittsburgs. It didn't really bother me that much though with the floppy head, it still held it's strength pretty well and did not break or fail on me. When it did get floppy it definitely took a little while before it started to happen to me

@@coytus94 The one I warrantied got sloppy within 2 hours of it being brand new removing the cylinder heads from a 01 saturn. I mostly used it on the exhaust bolts. I put that thing in the tool box of my truck and bought a gearwrench equivalent and it's still going like new years later.

agreed. I've broken way more sockets than ratchets

The maintenance Man Stanley was some of the first stuff I bought on my own when I couldn’t use my Dads tools.

especially in a 3/8" ratchet.

It's for the tool "storage" aka the tool boxes and accessories.

Yup. And you can pick up a Pittsburgh breaker bar for only $20! I’ve bought one for every box and even got one for the wife’s car with a lug nut socket. I’ve put a lot of force into the one on our farm.

200 ft lb is a 1/2 drive assignment or 3/4

I'd use the Pittsburg, good nuff for me

I have both the Pittsburg breaker bar and the 3/8" long flex head ratchet. Both have a ton of flex. When I was trying to get a stubborn rear axle nut off the bar would flex so far it would hit the ground with me standing/jumping on it. I ended up having to raise the car up off the ground in order to get enough range of motion out of the breaker bar to do the job. I've barely used the 3/8" long flex head ratchet, but the weakness of that tool is that yoke spreads apart and renders the flex head useless. One of my friends mentioned he had that problem with his when I bought mine, but I didn't really think it would be an issue. Sure enough, shortly after buying it and having barely used it and not put any big force into it, the flex head on mine flops around no matter how much I try to tighten it up.

20 extra teeth and an annoying switch...some fancy packaging from what I can tell....

@json json nope, icon they swap it out as well.

I noticed that too

The Green handle will be in Part 2 of the Strongest Ratchet Brand. Hopefully have that video up today or tomorrow.

Have to pick the right bang for your buck that allows you to do your job, have fun, and save for the future. Stay safe!

I use to be a snap on fan I'm starting to think they're all the same idk I feel snap on quality has gone down. They break on me all the time without using power tools. My gear wrench lasted longer then snap on ratchet. The gear wrench still hasn't broken

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They have the Quinn brand there still. Their approach with all the different brands confuses me. The no sizes skipped and the toolbox trays swayed me to get the Icon stuff

What's a detent

@@diogenesstudent5585 in this case a spring and ball bearing mechanism to stop the ratchet head from flopping around. If you look at some other brands like say gearwrench they have this feature.

@@SonnyJ26 ty

In my case I bought bc no detent.

They also have no comfort grip version. But the mechanism are totally different so not really the same

Checked them out in the store and they feel like a Pittsburgh Pro too save your money

@@robertburns8567 not true, when I was comparing them in store they icon felt so much better

Guess owning snap-on products makes me recognize junk when i see it sorry for trying to discourage the hope that the ICON brand has anything worth looking at

@@robertburns8567 I'm glad you're proud to get shafted my snap-on prices. Enjoy debt.

Updated to be in the description and here Full ICON Ratchet video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kW0uW-6Z5Nc.html

I can tell you that after breaking both I would prefer to break more ICON over Pittsburgh Pro. How about for the fixed head ICON torture test I throw in as SK Tools 45170 just for you.

@@ClientGraphics It would be very interesting to see how the SK would do.

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If harbor freight gave me a test on how their ratchetts work from day to day within a yrs time id def take it..one thing i will say keep the ratchett mechanism lubed and tighten the flex head bolt periodacally.

What do you recommend to keep ‘em lubbed?

@anthonyliu6374 I use a small dab of red grease works great,,almost any wheel bearing grease will work good but just a dab of it don't over do it

I was really hoping mine was going to break at the pin or the yolk but alas it did not only a stripped gear. Stay safe my friend.

Be patient you might get that wish as we still have to do the fixed head 3/8 ratchet👌

Wasn't the point on the rats back? As the tail was missing yesterday with the pencil blunt dick, because the tail is on the hedgehogs head straight ratchet

They honestly feel really similar. Some may agree some may disagree. You can feel the grip on the breaker bars in store as they are just like the ratchets.

Not that I noticed or could tell.

Gregory Turner You can check out the internals in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kW0uW-6Z5Nc.html