The Torqratchet Pro Deluxe is a torque wrench and ratchet multi-tool combo that is suitable for home and pro mechanics alike, and will make a highly useful addition to any workshop.
The "genius" scale provides a long window at the side of the tool, with a white marking showing up as you increase the torque to tell you when you've hit your desired number. Our reviewer found it quick and easy to use, and the compact size means you can use it even in restricted places like between the seatstays and rear brake callipers. The parts included are a Philips screwdriver, T-10, 20, 25 and 30 Torx, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8mm hex.
If you need a compact and light torque tool that is easy to read, the Torqratchet Pro Deluxe is hard to beat. So hard to beat, we gave it a rare 10/10 score in the full review.
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Thanks for the Merida recommendation. Ordered it from Certini and it arrived the following day. As you say, it is a little odd that you need to use another tool to adjust it but it's not a big deal as I would always have something else with me as you would not use it instead of a mulittool. It makes a really satisfying click - more of a clunk really.
I have a few others. The generic traditional type is good but I find it fidly to make sure I have the right settingand the click is too subtle. The little Topeak ones you use with another tool are good for travel but need one per torque setting. My favourite is probably the free one that comes with a Ribble bike which is a small one of the beam variety. It can be used up to 10Nm and its readings accord with my other ones. I don't know if they can be bought from anywhere else but they are really effective and light.
The good olde beam type torque wrenches are cheaper and *much* more robust, no less accurate (least, at common bike tool price points), easier to use to get a desired accuracy, often more flexible in range of accuracy, and don't need to be recalibrated all the time.
The Silca is not that great, if you go online to Silca and look at the scale they use it is very poorly designed with the readings far to close together for any degree of accuracy. I noticed this at my LBS where I could see it better in live in person, even the store rep didn't like the way it was designed, and that thing cost $125?
I had the store order a Lezyne Torque Drive Bike Multi-Tool with 11 bits because that's the one that the rep uses at home, but you can add bits as you need them since any hardware/home improvement store sells those bits. The scale reading on the Lezyne is a lot better spaced, much easier to apply torque and get it correct. The Lezyne cost around $50, a full $75 cheaper than the Silca, and the Lezyne is better.
I don't think the Park Tool THT-1 Torx wrench set is a torque wrench set.
Yeah - but torx is obviously the plural of torque, so you're getting more for your money.
For the home mechanic, how often does the torque wrench need to be reclibrated?
The usual heuristic cited is once every 12 months or every 5000 uses, whichever comes first. Personally I can't really see what the passage of time is going to do to a well-stored tool and so I work more on the basis of a number of uses; I probably only use my torque wrench 50-100 times a year so basically don't really bother having it recalibrated apart from when I know the bolt has been tightened accurately, e.g. by a bike shop or by someone with a new/re-calibrated wrench I might test the wrench against it if it's handy. Is this heretical?