Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 8-60Nm

This is a replacement wrench following my purchase of a Clarke 3/8" Drive Reversible Torque Wrench which turned out to be an extremely poor piece of kit so I wasn't going to take any chances so went for the quality end of the spectrum this time.

As before I review using the same three criteria as before.

Namely

1 be easy to set.
2 be accurate and
3 not fall to bits

1 Well the Halfords wrench uses a window to a linear scale (as opposed to micrometer style which I'm not fond of) so it's a doddle to get the setting bang on.



2 Well its repeatable and on the parts of the range that overlaps with my large (quality) wrench it agrees exactly so again top marks there

3 It just feels well made with a reassuring click and no indication that this won't last a lifetime.

So it ticks all the boxes then. But what about downsides. Well it does come in a large tube (much bigger then the contents) that won't fit in my tool chest so the box had been dispatched and the wrench just sits in a drawer along with the sockets. A smaller box, more akin to the size of the wrench would be better. It is also expensive at £50 but its a quality tool that should last (unlike the Clarke one that was a waste of 15 quid) and despite the price it still offers excellent value for money.

All in all I'm impressed.