Amazon has GEARWRENCH 1/4" Drive 72-Tooth Quick Release Locking Flex Slim Head Ratchet (81030) on sale for $22.01. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.
Thanks to Community Member grazzhoppa for sharing this deal.
Note: Usually ships within 3 to 5 days.
About this product:
72-tooth ratchet turns fasteners with a 5° swing arc
Multi-functional adaptor head converts between bit driver and 1/4" drive ratchet
Locking flex head has 9 positions for maximum access
Slim line head design - 0.73" wide, 0.49" thick for improved access
Flush-mounted forward/reverse lever
Bright, full polish chrome finish easily wipes clean and resists corrosion
This is a 1/4" drive ratchet with an unusually long handle for the tiny drive size. And a locking flex head.
Gearwrench brand, model number 81030 .
$22.01: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078Z3FNX7 .
Looks like it was only cheaper 5 years ago in 2019. It has been around $25 for a few months prior to the price dropping to $22.
Model: GEARWRENCH 1/4 in. Drive 72-Tooth Quick Release Locking Flex Slim Head Ratchet
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"Getting sockets off is a pain in the butt. The center comes out. It is not a "push-to-release". It is a mess with it until you get the three parts apart and hope you do not lose the small driver bit that holds the socket.
I've tried using it once so far. Spent more time looking for the bit that holds the socket when it fell that I did using the ratchet.
Conceivably other hex bits could be used with this ratchet… if the driver has a shoulder to hold it's place on the ratchet; however, none of my very extensive collection of driver bits has a shoulder… most have round shanks that make them incompatible with this ratchet.
I thought I was buying a ratchet but it turned out to be a type of ratchet where the but comes out the ratchet as your switching out various sockets. I was not happy of this product and got another ratchet so I will be sending this Gearwrench tool back and hopefully get my money back."
don't like this one. as the guy above points out, all true. also you don't need or want a long arm on a 1/4 ratchet. get this one for $24, it's much more useful
I just took delivery on that $103 kit yesterday. Very nice ratchets. Haven't used them yet, but am replacing starter on my Sequoia as soon as it arrives from RockAuto. Looking forward to using them. Love the smoothness of the 120 tooth. 3° arc is all it needs to get to the next tooth. The only potential downside to the $103 kit is that they don't have locking heads. They have solid detents, so hopefully they'll stay stiff. But the push-button locking style is available (for $40 more).
Got this a while back and never liked the fact that the bit would come out. I ended up using a cutoff wheel to grind a groove around the circumference of the end of the bit to fit an e-clip onto it to stop it from coming out. It ended up being a really nice ratchet once I did that.
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"Getting sockets off is a pain in the butt. The center comes out. It is not a "push-to-release". It is a mess with it until you get the three parts apart and hope you do not lose the small driver bit that holds the socket.
I've tried using it once so far. Spent more time looking for the bit that holds the socket when it fell that I did using the ratchet.
Conceivably other hex bits could be used with this ratchet… if the driver has a shoulder to hold it's place on the ratchet; however, none of my very extensive collection of driver bits has a shoulder… most have round shanks that make them incompatible with this ratchet.
I thought I was buying a ratchet but it turned out to be a type of ratchet where the but comes out the ratchet as your switching out various sockets. I was not happy of this product and got another ratchet so I will be sending this Gearwrench tool back and hopefully get my money back."
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You could alternatively get the whole set for ~$103
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BTEXPDK