I couldn't TU this video fast enough!!! Thanks!

Thanks for testing. Happy holidays to everyone

We use Stahlwille and Hazet at work. They get thousands of clicks per year. Both are awesome and are accurate after years of use. Some of the small max 60NM Hazet did break the adjustment locking mechanism because the operators did unintentionally turn the handle grip while using the torque wrench. We had very expensive Gedore torque wrenches before which where painful slowly to adjust and did fail somewhere inside the mechanism after 2-3 years. They had no ratchet which is sometimes a advantage when using it around cnc machines

Wera used to get their torque wrenches from Norbar, an English company founded in 1942. They are widely used in industry particularly in fixed torque and specialist applications. They are now owned by the Snap On Corporation which might explain why they no longer make torque wrenches for other tool brands.

I'll go with Stahlwille.

Please check Stahlwille MANOSKOP 730N, similar 730 Quick showed in to video

Thanks for this video. I found a good deal on the Hazet and it seems like a great option. Personally I don't mind not having freedom units on the Hazet torque wrench as I work in NM and it avoids any misreading ;)

Actually, the machinery I work on - chain saws, John Deere tractors, Kubota Diesel Zero Turn, Kubota RTV, several ATVs - the fasteners are all metric and the shop manuals give the torque in Nm. For me, at least, having a torque wrench that was designed from scratch to adjust directly in Nm is a feature. The Nm on the back of wrenches designed in lb-ft with Nm as an after thought adjusts differently and is easy to make a wrong setting. I have one bicycle torque wrench that is directly in Nm and I really like it. That wrench being directly in Nm is, to me, a feature. I'd really like a set of accurate click type wrenches that were only in Nm and covered the range from 2 Nm to 340 with three wrenches with over lapping ranges. I have that in lb-ft with three wrenches - the bicycle wrench and two HF ICON wrenches.

Thanks for another great video. Will you be testing other torque wrenches by any chance? Like Craftsman, Husky, Hart, Pittsburgh, Kobalt, Jobsmart, Gear Wrench, Performance Tool, Duralast and OEM Tools?

Interesting results, especially over long term use, I have a (120 lb.ft?) 3/8" and a 250 lb.ft 1/2" WERA. If I might suggest you compare the test results to the "calibration" test documentation that should have been included with the tools?

Top notch review as always. 👍As a german fellow, Stahwille is pronounced Sh-tahlwill-uh instead of Stahlwilly. 😁

Woah, that's interesting! I have the wera - it cost just $120 here in poland and I will definetly send it to them in order to get it calibrated after watching this video. It's been a year since I bought it anyways.

It's really impressive to me that the Icon splitbeam still compares fairly well even to several very well reputed German brands. It'd be a phenomenal product regardless of who sold it, but especially coming from Harbor Freight.

I do myself have two Hazet 5000-series torque wrenches, they are considered the lower end from Hazet. The higher end 6000-series that have +/- 2% accuracy do come in a box instead of a plastic tube. Another advantage not mentioned here is that Hazet states that you don't have to put them back to the lowest settings between uses to maintain their accuracy.

Would have liked to see Tohnichi Japanese torque wrenches featured --- they're common in manufacturing.

Hazet is nice! but still the Quinn digital torque adapters and torque wrenches are fantastic!

Interesting to see the performance of these. I only have the Wera one, but in a 3/8" drive which is one of the most accurate wrenches I have tested. I haven't tested mine after 1000 operations though. Teng torque wrenches are supplied in a blow molded case, not sure if you have that manufacturer over in USA. Their 3/8 drive was just as accurate as the Wera, I did get a 1/2 drive in the Teng, but found it wasn't as accurate. I do like the Stahlwille torque wrench, they do carry a premium price though.

Stahlwille is very good as they do not have to be set to zero after use. The spring is not activated until you pull the key.

I have had many years of trouble free service from my Stahlwille 730r/40 , 80-400 mn torque wrench. The insert tool can be flipped to allow torqueing in the other direction. The 4% deviation is within most fastner clamping force repeatability. Thanks for the vidios, cheers from down under.

It's a pity noone tests the standard Stahlwille 730N without the QuickSet feature. The standard ones have 3% accuracy and I think that the QuickSet mechanism might be a bit inaccurate, also to really hit the right Nm value. So it would be really interesting how the 730N without QuickSet feature would have performed.

KS Tools is not a manufacturer of anything. They just slap their label on cheap tools that might or might not be any good. Well, most of these are just rebadged stuff. The Hazet seems like the best option for currently 113€, the *Stahlwille is more than twice that. Thanks for the comparison.

Very nice review, informative. But why Hazet 5122-2CT instead of "5122-3CT" for laboratory testing or to compare with other brands? 3CT is a newer version.

thanks I will by Hazet

No lb ft scale preferred here beacuse it elimates user error from setting to the wrong scale. Hazet is a European brand and European cars publish fasteneing torque values in Nm. Some manufactuers (eg Norbar) make the same wrench in two versions, one dual-scaled and one metric only. I buy the metric only. When you don't have to work on American cars, or British cars more than 50 years old, you simply don't need a lb ft scale cluttering up your tool.

It is the best quality without a doubt (Torque Wrench EVT)

Stahlwille is the best Brand in Germany. The Chrom, the Detail´s and its just perfect... i like Hazet too and Gedore... but Stahlwille is something spezial to me. Hazet was in the past time rly good, but its more and more not that good then before. If u wanna have stuff for the next 100 Years, buy Stahlwille and Knipex.

Could you test 1/4 expensive torque wrenches? Like, snap on, hazet, stahlwille, gedore, matco etc

Other than price, are there a reason you would want a mechanical torque wrench instead of a digital one? In a previous video a QUINN digital torque wrench in the sub $200 price range performed good, so this would be my preferred option.

You forgot about Proxxon 23353 Micro Click MC200

Precision. Under $200 on Amazon. Made in USA. Maybe add to comparison?

No Facom or king Tony in your country?

Of course that Hazeti is already $30+ more than it was. 😅

wow, I expected better out of Wera.

Hazet: because it's german and the rest of the world use metric.

This went about like I expected. It seems Taiwan is the high tech capital over Germany in many industries these days.

I'm really not all that surprised by Wera. While they have decent screwdrivers, I feel like everything else is mediocre at best, and hyped way way up. Probably because of the whole edgy "TOOL REBEL" moniker. I can agree with you that the Stahlwille and Hazet would be the ones to go with out of that selection.

CDI Torque Products and Precision Instruments, unless you're one of those that likes paying 100-200% mark-up to be a Snap-off brah.

Why don't you also text the Italian brand 'beta' torque wrench? Maybe the 666 model? Don't you know it? Thanks. Bye.

calibrate before and after use, so why use 1000 and expect no movement?

Wera is garbage. Not even their screwdrivers have the standard hardness. Yours have nm because everyone who knows their stuff uses metric in the US. Maybe you should just go metric?!