Platinum Tech Flex Head Ratchet first impressions 

I suddenly more appreciative of my craftsmen ratchet 🤣

This is why I like watching! Honesty comes first!

Well at least you gave it a try. Too many times I see and hear people who are completely bias towards another brand(s) tools. And never have worked or even held that brand tool. But will call it a piece of crap. Im kinda like you. I'm new in my field and I'm trying a lil bit of everything. I have tool truck tools, store bought and mail order tools. Sometimes it doesn't hurt to try a different route. Keep up the good vids👍

Please make a video of you returning that ratchet to Jeff, I'm just curious what his thoughts will be on that ratchet.

Recently got a gearwrench truck. Saw these in the magazine, guess this answers my question lol

WOW. That's bad. This is a great, honest review. I think Pittsburgh Pro is better from what I'm seeing on the video.

Justin Dow... Well I was going to say I wouldn't mind trying one of those ratchets since you asked me about the brand before. But now not so much.. That thing sucks ass. No way it's worth $150, not even half that. Thanks for sharing

Wow sorry about that experience are you serious over $160$ wtf no way thats sick ?!?!? MAN atleast you have your sweet little princess

Hahaa, what a beauty your daughter! I think she love the Platinum set to work on her Leopard II tank..😜👍

Gearwrench has done great for me for a while now.

Please note that this Platinum Tech ratchet is a totally different monster than the ratchets Justin is comparing it to in this video. The I-beam is not to reduce weight, but it allows the handle beam to physically bend under extreme pressure, and then return back to the straight position. Try that with any of the other ratchets shown in this video and they will snap in half or permanently bend. Their heads would probably break off first. It has a beefed-up head to withstand extreme torque. It is also not a normal 90-degree “flex head”, as pointed out. As advertised, it only has a +/-15 degree flex head so that it can still withstand the extreme torque that it was specifically designed for. This unique I-beam bending design is even more impressive on the bigger 1/2” ratchet… PLT-99682. I just wanted everyone watching to understand that Justin is not comparing apples to apples, and he should not use this uniquely designed, specialty tool ratchet to judge all of the Platinum Tech products. It’s a specific design for a specific use. Platinum Tech brand offers professional hand tools at an affordable price. They carry a limited lifetime warranty, because they are high-quality products.

About time Jeff came back! Been missing cool tool Tuesday!

I can hear it through my headphones skipping teefus 🤣😂

C'mon dude. $150?? F that. I was waiting for you to say "eh, for $35 i'll keep it at home" Lol wtf

Thanks for keeping it real.

Justin!!! Cool Tool Tuesday!! Alright!

Thanks Justin, I was sure on the verge of getting my hands on that Platinum Tech ratchet. Glad that I didn’t. Only seen them in the Simply the Best Flyer. Thanks Again.

It sounds like an old 45 tooth ratchet, i have some walmart Stanley's that sound smother and are 20 years old to. For the price it should not be that bad.

Great wrench stripped no way wow!

You might have to see if Client Graphics will do a fail test on it.

Not A Very Thought Out or Engineered Tool, Sometimes You Can Tell By The Products These Companies Put Out That They Never Actually Used The Tool, More Like, Oh Yeah, Looks Good, Sell It!... But Wait! Does It Work? Never Checked, So I Guess it Doesn't Matter, Just Sell It! The Stream of Crap Tools Keeps Flowing, Unfortunately For Us Technicians We Are At The Bottom of The Stream as The End Users. As Always Another Great Informative Video Justin, Keep It Up, It Truly Does Help :)

Man what a freakin disappointment, it looked promising but turned out to be all show. Thanks for sharing.

Hello again Justin Thank you for the Great Video. And thank you for the Honesty! That's one mistake I am not going to make!

That's why they must sell them in a box. So you can't check them out

Crazy that they are charging $150 for that ratchet!

I had the same reaction with Channellocks 200 piece mechanic's set I bought at Sam's Club. I bought the Channellock 136 piece professional Mechanic's about 12-13 years ago and I was blown away how good the quality was. When I bought the 200 piece a few months ago, the 1/2 ratchet was skipping teeth and you can easily feel the difference in quality in their ratchets. Maybe it's just their ratchets that have downgraded, but I ended up returning it. I originally planned to just replace the set with a new one, but didn't want to take the chances. I may end up getting the 200 piece again at some point to try it out again because I've had nothing but great experience with the set I own now. I wish they would focus just as much on other tools as they do with their pliers. The set I've owned for 12-13 years, I would say it stands right up there next to Tekton.

Oh my God.. what was that ..!

I'mabig Sunex fan, especially when I can't justify the price of a Snap-On version!

I don't know why they would release that, they have to know it's garbage!!! That ratchet you got on clearance at O'Reilly's Auto Parts for $8 smokes that platinum tech junk!!!

Hey those platinum xl ratchet wrenches are pretty good a friend of me in the shop has them and I absolutely liked them thinking of buying some

Your daughter looking under the chic is priceless lol.

She is so sweet and cute! Great job Justin.

I seen the Platinum Tech ratchets in the Auto Value parts store flyer.That ratchet is off my list to buy seeing this review

Technically it is a flex head, just doesnt do a full 90°. But I agree that ratchet is garbage. I'd be so damn mad too. And that price you can get a tool truck ratchet for that price

i could hear the teeth skipping too, the barely flex, that bites, remove from the truck

Thats got bout a much flex as my tech angle torque wrench lol

Why would you spend 150 on a ratchet that says platinum turd. You can get usa made ratchets at that price.

Got your number 1 helper with you cool dude

How do you get your torque wrenchs checked and calibrationed? i have a proto and snap on, our snap on guy has been spoty as of late and I work overnights regularly. And I don't have a Mac dealer at any more

Same flex as a torque wrench i think is going to be good i you need just a small flex so you dont need to lock an unlock but who knows

you can find the 84 tooth GearWrench 1/4&3/8 long handle, locking flex-head set for around $100. would be a much better use of money, in my opinion.

Justin if I may say so and I don't want you to take this out of context but I just wanted to say that you have a beautiful daughter man. She obviously didn't get it from her dad but she is a beautiful little lady man. Nothing meant by it just saw her face and wanted to tell you this.

Does Jeff have any new products on the truck? Been awhile since we got a tour. Enjoy your videos! Thanks

The Thumbnail looks like your gonna beat the kid LMAO

Maybe they only made it flex that much due to when u want to loosen a fastener your only gonna flex it that much anyway. If you would go further you won’t be a able to get the torque to loosen that fastener. More flex less torque on the bolt. You know what I mean. The head is probably beefy like that for those larger 16 and up size bolts. That’s what I think could be wrong. Like your not gonna use that size ratchet to flex 90 degrees to loosen a fastener. Good video man.

Return that ratchet! Or let's put it on Darth Ratchetus so it may be sacrificed to the Sith Ratchet Lord!

good review. Staying with texton, gearwrench, mac and matco.

That ratchet is definitely not worth it. Non Flexing “Flex Ratchet” I could hear the teeth skip, sounds like someone put a playing card in a bicycle wheel and tried to back up. And for that price?? No way is that even a player at the price of $150-$160. Better off getting a $20-30 Pittsburgh ratchet that will actually “Flex”

Whoa so disappointed, what a bad taste. Even me that a starting learn to work on cars was like "ok nice cheap tool until you said the cost". Sorry, but I find that product so disrespectful. But as always nice to see your content, Justin. The Motor mount Guy!

What is good ratchet, too buy on go?

I've used their long pattern metric wrench set it's not bad but it's not Matco or Snapon quality I've also tried the Capri tools long pattern wrenches thanks for your honesty I'll definitely skip any more opportunities to use Platinum Tech tools

This rachet don't need no electrical tape....it can only flex 10 degrees, lol.

The one I just moved and set up and am in the process of finishing is 16 x 12 or 16 I think man

Just purchased their 21x22 and 24x25mm to expand my 8-19mm Mountian flex head reversable offset double box wrench set. It seems to be the same as the Mountain, Icon, and Matco sets but for much cheaper.

Platinum makes the flex head long box gear wrenches for a lot of the other manufacturers like mountain but as far as that ratchet goes I wouldn't buy it. The broken gearwrench sockets I can actually say not a fan of the gearwrench sockets myself I break the 10 12 13 14 and 18 constantly and especially the 10 12 and 8 mm and my 1/4 drive set I definitely prefer my Snap-on sockets I do have some icon craftman Mac Cornwell and many other brands and I always end up going back to the snap on

Why are you building a chicken coup If I may ask you? I just got almost finished putting one together myself and still have some things to do to it before it is inhabited by chickens man

I actually prefer the matco comfort grip you have there compared to that. Get ahold Jeff and give it back to him it's a peice of junk Justin Dow

I hate that the ratchet was piece of shit, but it was definitely a fun video to watch lol. Keep up with the great content !

Was it actually skipping or was it just crunchy

As soon as you pulled it out and I seen the fat head and small handle I said I would never use that turd

for the $1 it would cost, this aszz outghta give you a nice cold Arizona sorry, it just tweaks me

I don't own very many gearwrench tools. The few I have have done great for me, I have 2 locking flexhead ratchets that work great and some ratcheting wrenches that have also yet to fail me. Only problem I had was when I let a friend use my gearwrench 3/8dr locking flexhead. He somehow ended up breaking the splines that let the head lock in place. I have ZERO idea how he managed to do that.

When it started skipping teeth you hopes drop there is no way that product is worth 150 bucks thanks for the review Justin

Yeah, I don't see any use in that ratchet. That thing ain't worth the price of shipping it to me.

How is this even on a tool truck?

Is that an IYAOYAS tattoo?!?

Who makes platinum rachets I've never seen one but what you are showing I don't want one I hope the price was cheap

What company is platinum tech made by? Gear wrench or cornwell or who man? I'm interested ok

From where I'm sitting that ratchet isn't worth the cost in metal that they used to build it they need to melt those back down and make a ratchet that actually works

I knew that ratchet would not perform well as soon as I saw it was a split beam design. Why would you ever split the shaft of a ratchet that is that length. Did they not consider stress/strain of the design and material? That ratchet would flex like crazy under any significant strain and ultimately fail. Split beam designs is fine for standard length ratchets, but not recommended in my opinion for ratchets beyond 10” in length. Not to mention, the handle portion is about the width of the palm, so that increases the stress/strain on the beam. They probably did that design to reduce stress on the internal gears, essentially reducing stress induced torque. That way, they could buy cheaper internal gear, pawl, etc and control the cost of the design, while increasing profit margin!!! Sorry it didn’t work out bud!!

Looks like a candidate for a free tool giveaway.

I think the tiger kings boyfriend gots more teeth then that ratchet. 😬. Why can’t Jeff let you play with it before you buy. I have a loaner tool at the moment my self. My tool rep is ok like that.

cool

The $20ish dollar parts store power torque is better designed than that thing. Dang

No way that rachet is worth that

That sucks

LMAO, I've seen flex head torque wrenches have more travel then that! And tooth skip? That's not good! Unacceptable for sure!

Who makes the rachet lol

Some videos showing platinum long ratcheting wrenches be low on quality easy to brake

That’s why Jeff should stay from Medco and stick with ISN!

I just got my self a 25 in long 1/2 drive flex ratchet from powerbuilt but seems to be to slim on the handle but know I thinking if the gearwrench flex 24 in 1/2 drive have a thicker handle 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Looks like amazon is going to send one if they let me yall guys know who 👮‍♀️👮‍♀️👮‍♀️

Come on platnum tech wrenches are just as cheap. Thats why you need warrenty then all the time. The name is cheap.

i bought a 5.99 HF socket set with a rachet that sounds better then that thing holy hell

I'm not even sure of the uses of that type of "flex" head ratchet.

I can't believe how shitty that ratchet was holy hell

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The quality is not there and I would definitely not pay the price tag!

POS

😮 that’s a 💩 in a box 😢

Had 3 Icon sockets do the same thing when not putting too much pressure on them. It happens. And holy hell that is a shit flex head ratchet. HYpertough are better...

Seems like they came up with a defected ratchet on purpose haha

It has to be defective, I've never seen a flex ratchet not flex to 90 degrees!

Gearwrench socket's are poor quality... Especially the wobble socket's are rubbish

Hey bud, I can appreciate your dislike of this #ToyRatchet!

Damn lol

Looks like you bought a 72 tooth peice of junk Justin

wheres the flex what a disappointing ratchet

That ratchet looks like they took a breaker bar and just added a ratchet head on it. Whoever designed it must have been drunk off his ass when he designed it. BTW, I noticed a sign on Jeff's truck that had Trump money on it. What does the sign say?

Looks like a piece of shit! I’ve never seen such a wack ass design

Wow looks like garbage