IRWINTAP WRENCH #1/4-1"ADJ HNDL

Well built and works good. Not as good as a LS Starrett but way better then any other tool maker! Great price !

It is important to note that what is shown in the picture is the final product, but what you actually buy is a bag of loose parts you have to assemble without instructions into a wrench. You are supposed to have six parts. My first kit had only five. It was missing the dead handle, so basically only half a wrench I could not hold properly. I went through the amazon return/exchange process to have a new kit sent out. I held on to the old one, just in case, planning to return it after the new one arrived. Good thing I did. The second wrench puzzle also had only five of the six pieces, but this time it was the dead clamp, so while it had both handles and I could hold it fine, the wrench itself could hold nothing at all. I was able to take the handle from the second kit to complete the first kit and return the second kit, now with only four of six parts. Attached is a photograph, it shows the first kit on the left and the second kit on the right. You can see the left is missing a handle and the right is missing a clamp. The bag they arrived in was still sealed, there is no way those large parts fell out and the screw didn't, the kit was sealed and sent missing those parts, undeniably. After assembly, the wrench performs as expected. The final product itself is of fair quality. I would give it four stars alone, but considering the fact that it comes as a pile of parts you have to figure out how to make into a wrench and that 100% of the kits I received were missing a part, the overall package merits significantly less. The price being what it is, fairly low for the finished product, (but perhaps too high considering the hassle) puts it at two stars for me. If I had known what amount of effort and time were going to be wasted from the beginning, I would not have purchased it to begin with and gone with a different product, even at more expense. As it stands, I have it and it works so I will keep it.

Bought this to turn 5/8-11 taps. The handles are very poorly threaded to the point I was concerned one might fall out during use. I had to use leverage to work the adjuster enough to open past 1/2". Then about a week later this happened. Impressively terrible.

Great tool at a reasonable price. I use it when threading wood for children's toys. The full length handles provide balance for good alignment.

Just realized that the item I received was also missing parts... Review still stands as I used it as it was. The missing parts thing seems to be a common theme with this item. Maybe buy 2 so you can make a complete tool...It works alright. While branded as a tap handle for up to 3/4" it leaves a bit to be desired with the larger tap sizes. I feel that the design also lacks a bit of functionality and durability. No way properly secure tap in handle.My first complaint is that the tap does not get centered when held in the tap handle. While this is pretty small the off center spin was a bit annoying. This also leads to the second complaint.While I was able to complete the job the tap handle started to fatigue and crack on my second to last part. This is mostly my own fault as I should have just spent the extra $$$ and gotten a good one that was capable of withstanding the job, but I think this design, that is only securing 2 of 4 sides of the tap is also somewhat to blame.Even tightening the handle as much as physically possible didn't hold the tap very convincingly. The mouth of the tap handle got rather chewed up from torquing on it and the 2 sides that had proper engagement quickly started to wallow.I suppose if you're only tapping small holes in plastic or aluminum this tap handle will do fine. If you have any serious work that needs to get done save your money and spend it on a proper tap handle that will lastBuy once, cry once is very applicable to this product and my situation.Included are a couple of shots of the cracks that started to form and the chewed up mouth of the tap handle3 stars because it was cheap and got the job done. Do I recommend it though..... No

Its got a cheep fake chrome finnish that just looks cheep but it holds a tap good enough

it works great

Used this for the third time and the handle snapped at the threads. Bought Irwin because I knew it as a hardy product. I'd rather buy 4 cheaper ones than this one again. Handle was hollow and a little bit of torque made it snap while tapping 1-8 threads. Wasn't good for anything but chasing threads.