You haven't tested a ratchet until you have a cheater on it along with the other two mechanics, the car wash guy, and the guy with the clipboard pulling on it with ya. Then when it breaks the boss wants to know why the clipboard nurd has a broken nose.

"It's bigger than the small one" AvE, bringing science directly to you.

I love how the gauge is leaning in closer and closer like a sadistic dentist

I love listening to these videos, I’m totally blind and I love the way you describe what’s going on. It is as funny as hell. Great stuff, keep them coming.

I just watched 25 minutes on ratchets and was completely entertained by this guy . Well done.

Just watching some of these ratchets flex made me want to put my safety glasses on at my desk.

The internet wouldn’t be the same without AvE 😂

Thankfully I still have my father's Snapon 50's 3/8" and 60's 1/2" socet sets, most of a 60's Armstrong 1/2" set, a full set of 60's Snapon wrenches, and a few Armstrong wrenches. Dad really blessed me with a lot of cool tools.

even the dial indicator wants the fuck out.

I could not have been the only one tilting my head away from the screen.

Dude, I just found your videos. You have the speaking flair I believe in. Good fun 16yr old humor from a 49 yr old ! magic 👍

Did you try to get them replaced?? Which company warrantied their tool and which one didnt...that's the real test!!!

Got my safety squints on even though there's no way I'm getting shrapnel through the interwebs

Welcome to hoodraulic wrench channel

So we see the ratchets are not that bad, how about stress testing sockets. Craftsman vs Pittsburgh vs. SnapOn vs. Mac

I literally only watch your videos for the hilarious commentary 😂

So true about tools meaning something. My friend just went through his dads old tools after he had passed and found 2 sizes of fine tooth snap on swivel ratchets similar to the ones in the video. He immediately grabbed them and started cleaning them off all proud about it. You don’t get that with a Husky simple as that.

3 ave videos in two days... the wife is gonna have to step up her game if she wants my attention

Any ratchet that breaks at the square before the gears is a strong ratchet. Maybe sloppy, but strong at least

The reason I like the quick release is because when your hands got oil and grease it's hard to pull your sockets off without the quick release and most of the time when you're really horsing on a bolt you're using a breaker bar but we all have used a hammer on the handle of a rachet or a pipe haha

My father brought home a bent ratchet from work one day. I want to say it was proto but the 20 plus years between then and now... Who knows. It was 3 foot long, skookum as frig, used for working on the engines used to pump petroleum from a to b. Valves bigger than v8 cylinders, with cylinders big enough to crawl in. And yes he used a cheater bar and who knows how much anger to wreck that tool. I knew at that moment to never piss that barrel chested beast off. He would have loved your vijayoes. Kudos to you.

You're not fucking around with uploads. Either the wifey and kiddo are still outta town or you're in the doghouse!

4:58 " thats what the wife tells me anyways.... Heyyyooooo!" 😂😂

I kinda laugh, my teachers back in school told me to never tighten anything with a ratchet, because the "mechanism will fail". Looks like they were wrong.

AVE to the snap on tool truck guy dont know what happened was just pulling on it and it broke.

6:41 The tension is killing me! Get it? No? I'll get my coat.

Yesterday I heard someone say, “keep your stick on the ice.” Awwww ha! The connection was finally made.

"You give this to your son he might care." I dunno if i agree, while a better tool is better duh, heirlooms have value because of the story attached to them. If you give your son a snapoff that sat in your toolbox and never got used it doesn't really mean as much as a pos cheapo he dragged through the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and was used to break into a car when locked out. At least that's my perspective, some of the best heirlooms i've gotten where cheap shit when they where bought, but they all have a helluva story attached.

AvE "im getting out of here!" Pressure gage "me too!"

This is what I am watching when I say that I am doing homework... :D

17:39 Hydralic Press Channel reference "Ja, pritty guud"

snap on man must love your returns

Might could use a squirrel cage around the wrench to prevent accidental damage of satellites when she kerspodes.

"Just aboot give ya the summer teeth on that one" Coffee spit everywhere. Gosh damn you are the master at one liners.

This is a video you start watching and think your gonna watch 5 minutes, but end up watching it all

Prime example of why women live longer lol

That's all fine and dandy. But all the tools I have came with my Ikea furniture.

one thing I would love to see is if you could build a test rig that would test longevity. something that free-spins the ratchet and then puts a load on it repeatedly until it begins slipping

As the clicks slow down the anxiety builds. Freaking hilarious!

I really appreciate the testing, results, and the time spent making this video. Reminds me, about 30 years ago my brother told me, "Don't horse on your socket wrenches. They cost too much. If you want horsepower in loosening something stuck on you need a breaker bar. If you want to gorilla down in tightening something, grab and set a a torque wrench so the parts survive.

SO MANY VIDEOS IN A ROW I LOVE IT

Oh Boy, I caught myself flinching away from the screen on that first test!

5:52 the suspense as the gauge leans closer with each knock was just *chef kiss*

Love this guy's reviews, actually knows what he's talking about...which is rare on KZfaq.

You could hear the squint in his voice when the first one got to 1500. Hard squint.

"Get your wife to hold your hernia".....Fuckin' hilarious..

Love watching your machine test the tools with your humor in it! Thanks for this... you got a Sub!

I have just come back to this video…reminds me of the time during my apprenticeship when I was rebuilding the front suspension on a 379 Pete. We had run out of acetylene earlier in the week and this truck had to be out the door asap. We had the U bolt nuts glowing red with the induction tool and had the L872 with the big handle and the biggest snipe in the shop to bust them nuts. The amount of force that ratchet head can take is far greater than we could ever put it thru…and we did succeed in removing the nuts sans heat wrench.

I'm told a curve to the left hits the spot

I always feel the need to put on my safety squints when I watch these sort of AvE videos.

Man I loved this video! Never have I laughed so much reviewing tools!

When the first ratchet snapped I was expecting it to come through the screen and hit me.

I lost it when he said, "I can't really see the gauge from where I'm at, underneath the covers. Well that's good though, makes it double blind, right?"

OH FUCK YEAH BABY. JUST IN TIME FOR LUNCH BREAK.

Haven't tried a Mac ratchet but snap on has always been so comfortable to use. When you're using something every day it better feel great in the hand.

You sounded like the guy who crushes stuff in his hydraulic press, 'and here 've go'. Love it!

Who else is watching this video flinching. lol

Summer teeth! "sum 'er here, sum 'er there".

I love how excited you get when you brake that ratchet😉

Failure,....glorious!!!!!!!! And a moment to behold!!! Well done AVE.

I always wonder, what do you do with the broken tools? Throw them out? Or do they just collect in the empire of dirt?

Time to cash in on those lifetime warranties and repeat testing.

My dad had a proto since before I was born. It's used quite often and still works like a champ.

4:38 I thought you added in a snare drum to build up the tension lol, then i realized it was the hydraulics making that noise.

Even the gauge is trying to hide

You should try filming some of these with the thermal doodad. Might be interesting to see

So glad I stumbled up this guy's channel. Entertaining content and just hilarious commentary. Easy subscribe for me

Williams old ratchet is beastie. I use it all the time. Never lets me down on the job. One of my co-workers loves it.

I love the commentary on this 😂

Your absolutely right about the front cover bolts on the Mac. I’ve broken mine 6 times in the 2 years I’ve had it, 5/6 I blew the bolts clean out of the housing. Luckily, they’re made in factories every day

I’m getting a PT. I don’t have a son to pass my tools to. I just need to get my car fixed with quality affordable tools. PT is it for us folks who will use the tool to its full potential.

The Mac is Proto. God bless Proto.

The gauge wants some safety squints!!

Just earned my sub. Holy hell I haven't laughed at tool torture test like this ever. Keep em coming! Hilarious and educational😂😂

I love a guy who can be honest about his prejudice , yet give scientific, unbiased results; all in entertaining fashion.

“And here we go” lmao 😂 awesome impression

@AvE, can you post some close-up photos of the fracture surfaces of all the square drives? Maybe take a look under a microscope too? And some side views so we can see if there was any twisting.

Idea for a follow up video: see how easy it is to get each one warrantied lmao

sometimes you find cool stuff on youtube, but this is fantastic! Drilling out a broken tap brought me here.

I’m an auto tech and I have ratchets from all of the truck brands and my favorite ratchet as of late is the gearwrench 120xp flex head ratchet and a close second are my snap on flex heads with the comfort grip. My snap on 1/2 long flex head has been a monster and hasn’t needed a rebuild since I’ve had it. That thing gets a workout on stuff like yellow loctite rear GM caliper bracket bolts. I think it’s tougher than most 1/2 breaker bars I’ve used. It gets a lot of rest these days though as I’ve moved to mostly electrical and driveability diagnostics.

I feel like i should put my safety glasses on just to watch this...

Smaller teeth = more teeth engage the paul = more surface area to distribute torque. Probably.

great test, my buds and I have always talked about doing one but we dont have the cash to throw out. Plus We love our tools.

I inherited some tools from my father in law that he either bought used or when he was a kid and they truly are my most prized tools. Myself I did buy a Snap-on ratchet and I was so unhappy about the price at the time but 20 years later I'm certain I got what I paid for. I also use many harbor freight tools but never sockets or ratchets (or pullers) this is from hard fought experience but for one offs you cannot beat them. Also I have used some grinders for over 10 years. Old video but I just found your cranky wonderful channel.

that flex is terrifying

I love it when you put the boots to shit

I love how even the gauge is taking cover.

Back in the day I worked as a mechanic for a large logging Company. Like most shops mechanics supply the stuff up to a inch and the shop provides the big stuff. We were changing out the a bearing on a old 30 B dipstick loader. Using a 3/4 drive snapon ratchet with a cheater and bent it. When the snapon dealer came around the boss tried to warranty it. The dealer refused said we abused it. So the boss buys a new one like $650 at the time we took the bent one into the Machinist room and bent it in the little 80,000 press in fact we tied it in a knot the next week when the snapon dealer came around they took the knotted ratchet out and said that's abuse. Everyone laughed a couple months later the snapon guy made a special trip in. He had a dealer convention coming up and wanted the knotted ratchet to take with him. My boss a cranky old mechanic that drove a hard bargain got $650 plus the $650 for the old wrench. As far as tool quality goes I am at a loss. I had my shop robbed a few years ago and almost all of my tools stolen. I had lots of snapon but mostly in the big stuff was J.A.WILLIAMS Snapons industrial line . And craftsman.when the insurance company got done cornholing me I had maybe 10 cents on the dollar to replace 50 years of accumulation of tools anyway I couldn't afford snapon or Williams or proto I was stuck with Craftsman and harbor freight well China made Craftsman costed 3xs the harbor freight stuff for basically the same shit. For most professional mechanics we honestly don't need snapon tools a few specialty things but for the most part as far as hand tools putting 300 pounds of torque on a 3/8 inch ratchet is STUPID 300 POUNDS IS 3/4 DRIVE RANGE MAYBE 1/2 BUT AT CRAFTSMAN BEING 3XS THE PRICE IT'S SMARTER TO BY HARBOR FREIGHT. AND THEIR QUALITY HAS GREATLY IMPROVED RARELY DO I BREAK A TOOL IF I DO I HAVE MY BOX OF BROKE HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS WHEN IT'S FULL I TAKE THEM IN AND GET THEM REPLACED. SAME WITH CRAFTSMAN. THERE ARE CRAFTSMAN STORES EVERYWHERE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO SEARS OR LOWES. AS FAR AS POWER TOOLS I HAD A 1INCH DRIVE IR impact that was stolen I replAced it with a harbor freight earthquake and it's been 5+ years of use no problem . The IR was $1200+ to replace the harbor freight was $200- $300. Most mechanics get their first snapon bite when they go to a Mechanic school the dealer comes around and gives students EASY credit. That's a joke. It's like heroin mechanics overpay for tools and finance their addiction at I'm sure near loanshark rates. Don't even get me going on fucking tool boxes. $7500 for a Harley Davidson limited edition tool box ef that .

what about the pass through style of ratchets? always been curious how strong that style was.

5:15 throgh 6:13, even the gauge was ducking.

30 yr union millwright here...nothing but proto professional or Wright tools for me.... My grand paw gave me a 19" longhandle superwrachect love it...great video 👍

Thanks for great videos this is product review not those unboxing BS i hope 🤞 you keep em pure like it has as times goes on

New favorite channel!

your voice inflection in this one really illustrated your passion. Be careful with that now.

18:18 What the crap have you done to your pencil????

Lmao who else lost it when he said "fap-off" for snap-on

The Mac ratchet is the same as the Proto pear head fine tooth (non swivelly). Never have broken the socket drive off any of my Snap On ratchets but I have torn the shit out of a couple of ratchet pawl and gear assemblies in my 80 tooth. Oh well, just toss the busted bits towards the guy, he gives new bits, life goes on. The absolute beauty of Snap On tools.

Even the gauge is getting the fuck out of there!

I sent some wrenches your way. Hopefully you go them!

The content you produce is the chemotherapy that KZfaq needs.