This video is confusing. In the beginning, he says that Milwaukee can't make a good wrench, and then proceeds to talk about how much he likes it over the snap-on.

“I dont want to damage the ratchet end.” Proceeds to use the impact on one side of the bolt and ratchet end on the other.

I am a tech in a repair shop and all my ratchets, sockets, combination wrenches, power tools, are Milwaukee. The mechanics hand tools are excellent. I'd put them up against snap on any day. Not cheap but not crazy expensive, Milwaukee for professional use all day long for me. I think more and more people are hearing of their mechanics tools and are jumping on the red wagon once they try them

"Milwaukee isn't known for making wrenches" Yeah well Mercedes isn't known for making good cars either but that didn't stop them.

As an auto tech I’ve used the m18 mid torque for almost everything. There was a time when I had to choose between snap on, Matco, or Milwaukee for a cordless impact and I’m happy I went with the Milwaukee.

Got that same set metric and SAE. Did extensive research before purchasing them and happy I did. Great wrenches 🤘

There is nothing better than a snap-on wrench. Most of the wrenches in my box are snap-on. I do keep some craftsman to cut, weld, or bend. Anything I have over 1 1/4 to 2" is cheap sunex mainly because I don't use them enough. I have Icon wrenches at home, I like those. I would consider Millwaukee for home use. My perspective as a Diesel Technician Snap-on makes some of the best hand tools on the planet.

I got Milwaukee sockets,and wrenches they are amazing honestly

50 plus years heavy duty truck here. The Milwaukee open end outstanding on brass fittings! This is beautiful on air brakes plumbing!

I worked on Benz’s in a badges shop, all the techs looked and talked like this guy 😅

I've been maintenance tech for 8 years and I got all kinds of wrenches from snap on, gearwrench, proto, blue point, Blackhawk, craftsman and Pittsburgh they all work for what I need them for, it just depends on how much your trying to spend

3rd. I completely agree. Milwaukee isn't known for their hand tools, but I've got that same wrench set and abuse 'em. Definitely better than Snap on

i’ve had those milwaukee wrenches both metric and SAE. absolutely love them

Former dodge, jeep ram tech turned municipality fleet mechanic. All I used when I worked was snap on, matco and mac tools. I’ve been very impressed with Milwaukee’s mechanics tools. Their hand tool are excellent and the rechargeable tools have been so good I’ve stopped using my air tools. I only use my compressor to fill tires, air chisel and to paint

Perfect. Thankyou. I need to buy a new set of spanners soon (a lot of missing ones) and, like Nick, I was suspicious of Milwaukee hand tool quality. I normally buy Teng (not sure you get them in the US) but it looks like I may be getting Milwaukee this time.

Mechanics that I know and are professional will work on any tool they get there hands on… now I don’t own snapon or Matco tool because of there price.. 2022 we can buy any ratchet and wrenches on line this days … I will get my hands on dose Milwaukee wrenches 🔧.. 💯

I bought the Milwaukee combination wrench set in Metric and SAE and I fell in love with them! So much so that I went ahead and also bought the ratcheting wrenches sets as well. I do like them a lot, the quality is there’s, but as far as convenience, the ratcheting wrench sets are straight at the box end. I’ve come to find that I’m not a fan of straight box end wrenches and I prefer the 15° angle that their regular combination wrench offers at the box end. If I could make an improvement or suggestions to Milwaukee it would be to come out with a 6 point, reversible, ratcheting, box end wrench with a 15° offset. I think this would be a unique offering and upgrade to their line. Also, change the color of the metric from black to blue. Black is sometimes hard to see since the chrome is sooo reflective.

Very nicely done !!!! Thanks for the video Vince

I'm sorry I really feel that your paying for the name. I'm not saying Snap On makes bad tools because they don't they are great, however there are alot of other really great tools and brands at a cheaper price point.

I have contemplated buying these wrenches but at the price point they are at, i just cant seem to pull the trigger. That 3/8 stubby is great though. The only thing i can see it being better is having a rocker trigger like the snap on 3/8 impact. Its a nice feature but not worth buying another Snap-on to get. Ive used many brand of ratcheting wrenches. Maybe i can catch these at a good price and try them out.

Old school mechanic here, I ve tried just about all types of wrenches & ratcheting wrenches, 6pt and 12pt. As for Milwaukee from my experience there pretty decent, as for the Snap-on, well there over priced & overrated. If you want a similarity to the Snap-on wrenches, may I suggest the Icon Anti-slip combination wrench set. It does the same thing as the Snap-on but hell of a lot cheaper example Snap-on wrench set $550.00 for a wrench set, Icon $124.99 for a wrench set. The Mercedes mechanic mentioned take some plier to a bolt. Lol! I should suggest the Gearwrench open end ratcheting wrench set.

I like it when other people talk during VCG videos

As a diesel tech i also use the red team stuby 3/8 impact daily for years and love it. They really impress me with all power tools but hand tools I rather snap-on personnaly.

I don’t do auto mechanic work but do commercial hvac so I do use ratchets and sockets quite a bit. I would trust Milwaukee for power tools over Snap-On but, yeah, nothing beats Snap-On for sockets & wrenches.

Maybe I'll try them out once I lose/break something else. I have some snapon but most of my stuff is Japanese(koken,ktc,tone) or German(stahlwille, gedore) and some Wright and Williams. I think the made in Japan or made in Germany are usually the same quality as snapon but at the Milwaukee price. Does Milwaukee do any sort of warranty?

I’m just not sure how the open end of a wrench can have that much “technology”

small correction brother, the stubby EASILY removes lognuts. I use it to remove my truck and suv lug nuts all the time, with extreme ease. I do use the 6.0 battery rather then the 2.0 for more power.

This a logistics RANT but an honest one concerning logistics differences between Lowes and Home Depot: I needed to order some parts for a couple bathroom fans. Lowes hands down, had the best price by far. The parts took over 2 weeks to get but with savings it got, that didn’t bother me at all. I got notified over 13 hours later after my parts had arrived by Lowes. Lowes logistics notification system is slower than a snail. Home Depot has their stuff together in that regards logistics system and it terms of notification speed-Light speed.

Now this is a review i needed. This justifies getting the milwaukee over the snap on for my uses. Now if a mechanic could give a honest review of the milwaukee sockets with the square flats thats what i need. Just spent a pretty penny on a snap on flank drive extra 1/4 socket set that coudlve bought me 2 milwaukee 1/4 & 3/8th socket/ ratchet set in the packout kit. i went with the snap on cause i was worried that i would get annoyed of the feel of trying to finger spin a square socket without a spinner attached, or the fact that a square peg in a round hole doesnt work out too well. Or the fact that i couldnt find any real world testing of how milwaukee sockets do in everyday situations when you dont always deal with brand new hardware. I really still want to get a milwaukee packout socket set for my mobile tool cart set up, would be a heck of alot easier to do that than try to piece together snap on sockets on rails in drawers in a packout ....until then thanks vince for the tool updates.

The stubby isn't meant to take wheels off, but it will! 250 foot lbs of nut busting power. Used it to take off my wheel once. Lugs were torqued to 95 foot lbs. Love it!

I work in the material handling sector as a tech on forklifts and some construction equipment. I bought a set of sae and metric Milwaukee wrenches like 4 years ago now and i have always been happy with them, the organizer is nice and is usually the perfect shape to fit in most tool box drawers. I've used these on some gnarly bolts and put well past the recommended torque.... So far only minor cosmetic damage has shown. Maybe some of the grip cuts have been damaged but I've abused these things and they still keep going. Happy with my purchase

Guys, if you buy something from the VCG store and you need customer support this is the company with the BEST service. The Main Man himself replied in less than an hour @ 7pm. Very Cool Gang👌🏼

The guy in the snap-on shirt likes snap-on wrenches.. who knew?

Man those are some sweet wrenches! My snap on and nice tools got stolen a few years ago Manis it hard to put money back onto all those tools AGAIN

I haven’t really had any issues in a semi professional area with my milwaukee ratchets and so far I love their sockets

Have the Milwaukee ratcheting wrench set metric. Mate are work has Milwaukee combination wrench set both metric and sae. Love them. Fantastic spanners

Well here i am typing this comment while wearing a snap on shirt lol. I have the flexible ratchet wrench sets from Milwaukee. They have served me well. I have zero complaints and am very satisfied that I purchased them. Ive only had my sets for maybe 5 or 6 months. They have done everything i needed them to do. Take care of your tools and use them properly. They will last!

As a Heavy-duty Mechanic, I have quite interesting sets of tools... I don't have anything fancy but most power tools, I go with Milwaukee and any air tools or special tools I go with MAC tools. For wrenches, sockets and ratchets; I use Mastercraft & Maximum (They are cheap but comes with life time warranty). I had these Mastercraft Wrench sets for 6 years; still works.

I think Milwaukee should include the impact boots

Almost all my power tools are milwaukee. High torquexmid torque right angle impact high speed ratchet. Little impact driver I use as my stubby impact. Tire inflator. Jacket I bought for the wife. Love em.

I need a single 2 1/2" drive 8" impact socket. So tell me where can I buy one if I shouldn't buy the sucky snap on one?

I have both and have been a little disappointed by my Milwaukee, I usually prefer my snapon. Both have the teeth for grip, but my snapon always performs better. I am an industrial equipment tech, the main thing I notice is the Milwaukee is a softer steel, after a few months of use the Milwaukee are already starting to become wider in the open end (I don't know the term).

The confusion could have been edited out, but it wasn't... So yeah I'm assuming... Assuming Milwaukee wrenches are good but Snap-on on is better... They better be given their price, and years in the business... Milwaukee on the other hand is branching out with genuine effort and attempting to make quality hand tools, worth a try I think. Not the only set of wrenches you'll buy, not the last either. What was the warranty for the Milwaukee? Snap on basically is forever, I've warranted tools 30 years old, so buy once cry once. PS: they lasted 30 years, so $25 wrench over 30 years, cost of ownership $0.83 per year... Now that same wrench is $53, for free, plus they drove to my location and handed it to me personally... That's worth something, no?

I woke up from a nap and this is the first video I see. I clicked and laughed. I use snap on wrenches only daily. Wouldn't use any other brand of wrenches. A customer of mines gave me the SAE and Metric Non ratcheting wrenches set when Milwaukee first came out with it to me for free, It sat in my tool drawer for about two years and I gave it away free. Just use it once and never like it, then a 10mm went missing as well. Didn't care much for them, off it to a younger Mechanic. Snap on tools for all things wrenches, ratcheting, box end, S curved, all wrenches!!

As an Autobody tech , Milwaukee ratchets are trash the body clam shell comes apart and pulls the threads out of the too short screws/ratchet . And secondly the heads wear out or strip constantly I have two 1/4 inch and one 3/8’s and all three have the same problems . I stuck them in the drawer and bought another snap on . I like the 3/8 socket drive compact impact but the ratchets are a waste of money

I literally gave my half inch cordless impact snap-on gun to pops yrs ago when i got the stubby 3/8" fuel m12 gun. I can bust off axle nuts off the majority of vehicles? Send it. Have had it for almost 4yrs including the m12 1/4" and 3/8" reg m12 wrenches, after 23yrs as a pro, i cant believe i paid snap-on so much for cordless tools. I love it so much my almost 22yr old apprentice electrian step-son....hes all team red baby. Alot of his coworkers have seen how slim and performing team red tools are compared to overpriced dewalts and now even his boss is team red! Go Milwaukee for sure

I use my Milwaukee wrenches every day I literally have thousands of dollars in hand tools (who doesn't right).. but the Milwaukee wrenches in an industrial environment is your best bet.. obviously if you're doing work where you're not wanting to potentially mar a fastener you might want to use some with smooth jaws on the open end..but my Milwaukee wrenches have been great

Milwaukee has one of the best Combination wrenches on the market hands down, plus these flex heads are great , one of the best designs I've ever used besides Snap On for sure

Yes, Milwaukee hand tools design is pretty poor for the price. I have quite a few from Home Depot sales. Project Farm does some detailed tool tests and also had some comparisons.

i removed the clip on my stubby but i like it on my mid torque its not in the way of anything i never scratch myself with it and when i unbolt something heavy and am too far to put in on a bench or what ever i use the clip to clip it on my back pocket. i use both those tools every day

m12 stubby is hands down the best and most versatile tool they sell. when i do car work its my most used tool. 2nd most used is my m12 right angle and 3rd thier m12 ratchets.

Thx for the info

Craftsman fan from back in the day when they made quality equipment. Retired now.

I bought my current set of Milwaukee wrenches because of this video, haven’t regretted it once. Especially when snappy truck rolls in and the other guys go out to make their payments 😂

Wheres your set of snap ons to compare?

I just don’t put my tools on the paint and the clip comes in really handy when you need to take 4 bolts out on a drive shaft say and need both hands to grab the drive shaft so rather than running back to the bench you can just clip in on your belt and keep working. At lest for me every second counts on flat rate

HD has a tool deal for deal of the day, so don't miss out gang 🤙🏼

I’ve used Milwaukee wrenches and ratchets they are awesome.

All comes down to service and availability. If you dog your tools a lot, and break a wrench or two is it better for a snap on,mac,Cornwell, or Matco truck depending on brand to come by and warranty it out instead of having the waiting period to do a claim and wait for it to be approved and shipped. There is some tool trucks that carry those wrenches like my Cornwell dealer does but it comes down to service and availability.

Well, back in the day, Snap-on was about the only wrench you could buy they would last and stand up to the abuse in the trade. My son has Milwaukee wrenches and ratchets, and they work great and I have used them every bit as good as the Snap-on tool. If I was getting in the trade now, I probably look around and buy somebody else’s tools. Just keep in mind, the tools don’t make the mechanic the skill makes the mechanic or technician. I just noticed in your video you are using the open end wrench backwards to loosen a bolt. Yep back in the day we just take a cheap wrench and grind off the sides if we had to to make it fit.

I have many sets of M wrenches, choose to go eat where I want at lunch while the Snap Guys are waiting in line to make their payment to the truck LOL.

You told me what I wanted to hear within the 1st 20 seconds of the video. Thanks

Vise grips thinner than a wrench ?

if you think the wrenches are great you should check out their socket sets the rachets in them are damn near unbreakable and ive put jack handles on the end of the 3/8 ratchet as a cheater bar

Just FYI craftsman makes very slim open head wrenches - they are PERFECT for brake jobs/ caliper work!

I have the non ratcheting version, they're the best wrenches I've owned

Does snap on tools have the placebo effect?

I thought Milwaukee impacts were powerful, then I tried the first Makita XGT and was like yeah that’s good, then tried the latest XGT and it’s just immense. Gotta love snap on wrenches though they are the best.. might try out a set of Milwaukees as I need an imperial set.

great info.

Love to know when he bought those Snap On ratcheting flex head wrenches. Because at the moment, they are only available in a Blue Point wrench.

I am a backyard KZfaq mechanic and I never noticed a difference

Wright tools have been solid for me across the board on par with Snap on lesser known and priced accordingly for now,

Probably a dumb question. But do the milwaukee wrenches fit in a packout box?

I have only watched about 5 videos from this channel but I keep seeing the biggest tool in each one

I sometime grind my wrenches down for custom as frigg👌

Milwaukee has never failed on me, never had snap on and never will, over priced for what it is, my fiends snap on wrench broke when loosing a bolt for alignment and Milwaukee hasn’t and did the job, but his snap on was brand new

Snap-on makes some awesome hand tools....however, their hand tools and power tools don't command the price. How much of that price is the warranty? How many tools do you pay for when receiving one tool? Meaning.....you pretty much buy the tool twice.

The Milwakkee 3/8 M-18 compact blows any stubby away. Add a bigger battery to your stubby and its no longer a stubby anymore.

After doing last min shopping as a student I recieved 50% off snap-on on and now at 8.4k in debt. I'm considering in refunding whole order aside from the 3 digital torque wrenches and look into boxo USA or full on Milwaukee. What I got to spend that amount? (2) digital torque wrenches 3/8 and 1/4, electric impact with 2 batteries and charger set, power ratchet and a tool set that also includes a tool chest... I'm actually regretting because I feel like I can get more for my money elsewhere and still be reliable and convenient for my diesel job.

Now if they would start designing packout for mechanics in mind. The full 15 wrench set barely even fits in a single packout drawer. I'm not putting a single wrench set in their own individual drawers. I'm not gonna use foam and double them up. I want to open the drawer, see all my wrenches and grab the one I need.

I’ll agree that Milwaukee is the best in cordless but I call BS @ 3:40. I’m a diesel mechanic and have a lot of snap on wrenches and snap on doesn’t make a flex head ratcheting wrench with an open end. They make a double box in a flex head. I know there’s blue point but that’s not snap on. And if they flop around snap on will warranty it because I’ve done it.

Hello, I love your show brother. I have a question, would you buy Milwaukee batteries from Amazon or Craigslist? I may be able to guess the answer

Those look identical to my MAC knuckle saver wrenches

My nephew does audio installation and spent at least $25,000 on snap-on tools and a tool box at 18 years old. Sure... The tools are great and will last him a lifetime. The pricing is just ludacris. I don't make money off my tools but I sure don't see a $20,000 difference in quality between my HF box and less expensive tools. Home Depot frequently has the 15-piece Milwaukee ratcheting wrenches for $79 in their daily deals. I think I'm going to finally pull the trigger on an SAE and metric set to supplement my 1980s Craftsman wrenches I bought with my first real paycheck as a kid. They'll have an easy life. I do computer work from home... And yes, I buy my computers on sale too

Benz tech that uses vise grips on brake jobs... Really!!!

My poor eyestrain, I myself love the painted in font

So, this kid just starts out by saying that, since he has never heard of or seen a Milwaukee hand tool/wrench in person, that they must be junk. Talk about prejudging for an absolute ridiculous reason. Why no pick one up and use it before making a silly statement like that? Then he actually used them, and now he sees the quality and value in them being great tools at a decent price.

Snap on actually has thin wrenches or at least they did back when I used to wrench.

The wrenches are horrendous The open end is way too thick not only that but the back drag and inconsistent vac drag is very strong on these

Could DEFINITELY say the same for snap-on and their electric tools

Milwaukee ratcheting screwdriver is pretty sweet. Like the stubby one

milwaukee can make literally every tool better👊

Hello again Vince, Vcg and Nick Thank you for another Great Video 👍 That was very good information. Again thank you

Mine work just fine mind explaining why mine aren’t crap as u say they are?

I like my icon better then my snap off. Snap off warranties are a nightmare and I bet Milwaukee has a lot better warranties. That's why I love my icon it's as easy as go in come out brand new tool no questions asked

You aren't supposed to use the open end for breaking things free unless you have to, if the ratcheting mechanism can't hold up to using the box end for its intended purpose its not worth the money you paid for it

Wera joker makes the best wrenches

5:55 what do you mean? With a 6 aH battery, it will zip torqued lugnuts off with ease

It comes how you take care of your investment,Me I got 2003 Honda crv the only Downside is the A/C I did replaced the A/C twice in 20 years

The kids t-shirt kind of says it all