GEARWRENCH 1/4" Drive Flex Head Teardrop Ratchet 7", 84 Tooth - 81012F

Great craftsmanship. Fits well in my hand to.

This is a heavily constructed, smooth operating and reasonably priced alternative to the more expensive brands.

I love this ratchet. It is exceptional. I replaced my Mac Flex Head with this. I have slowly been converting all of my Ratchets over to a fine tooth design. My Mac (VR18F) was a 30 tooth design and while it was a great tool, the coarse tooth ratchet was inhibiting my ability to get into tight spaces. This not only has an 84 tooth design for low arc, the head is also thinner and that helps as well. I have seen many reviewers talk about the lock up problem. When I bought my standard 1/2 drive ratchet, I went into a store and the ratchet they had on the shelf had this problem and it was obvious. So, I had them order me another one. The one they ordered was perfect and did not have this defect. This flex head that I bought from amazon did not have this problem either. From this, I would derive that Gearwrench had a run of bad stock with this defect, but it is being remedied as I have about 6 newer Gearwrench ratchets that work perfectly and do not have this obvious defect. With that said, I would not let that issue deter you from trying to get a screened good stock ratchet from gear wrench. They are great and the price is unbelievable. In the past, to get a tool with these kinds of engineered features like fine tooth and thin head, you would have to pay hundreds off the tool truck. I have plenty of snap on and mac tools that I bought for that reason. But now with Gearwrench, you can get these features at a reasonable price. It does make a difference when you are working on cars to really like the tools you are using. Regardless of brand name, I have a lot of older Mac and Snap On ratchets that I now consider worthless because the fine tooth technology was not around when I bought them in the early 90s, and I just don't want to use coarse tooth ratchets and ratcheting wrenches at all any more. I like Apex Tool Group stuff and continue to buy it when I need to replace tools, or create a new tool kit for one of our work benches or trucks.

Works well in tight areas with the 84 tooth system combined with the low profile head and swivel handle is a home run!

Great ratchet! A little shorter than I expected, and no quick release makes it a little harder to work with, and the teeth that flex the head seem like they will wear out in the future, but the ratchet feels sturdy, and it far outpreforms any of my craftsman ratchets.