GEARWRENCH 1/2" Drive 120XP Flex Head Electronic Torque Wrench with Angle - 85196

This is an extremely well designed torque wrench. Excellent fit and finish, well crafted , great storage case, I have been a fan of gear wrench for a while, and have used some of their other products . I would recommend this product, and I am greatly impressed with how this company is raising the bar and stepping up their game.

Excellent tool. We'll made

It’s well worth more than the $200 price tag just for the angle and flex head features. I purchased the 1/2 model, and it’s long, but not awkward. It lets you reset while still retaining the current angle, it’s perfect for inside engine bays that will not would allow you to get one pull of 90 degrees, or so. You can do multiple pulls, and it adds then saves them even when hitting the bolt from different angles. I scribed all my bolts, and purposely put this tool in awkward situations. All my bolts are dead on at a final pass of 70 degrees. Has a ton of alerts and a very accurate LCD to let you know where the degree is. Handle vibrates, the screen flashes, and the buzzer is very noticeable. Compared to my snap on, this is light years ahead. Also I bought the non-flex head model, while it wasn’t bad, I could never recommend it when this is only $50 more. That doesn’t do angles.

I will start with what i don't like, I am very old school, I still like the click type, its distinct and noticeable, you got to be so out of it to over shoot the torque setting. The new digital ones, yes it vibrates, yes LCD screen changes color, but the vibration is not as noticeable, ( too soft ), yes it beeps, if your working environment is not quite, you are likely to miss the beep, and could lead over torque, specially ones require lesser of torque.. this is the only complaint I have..for this matter its one star off... Here are the things I like I specially like the price, way cheaper compair to ones sell from tool truck.. I like the accuracy of this tool, along with the flex head. I think this is a key aspect of a precision instrument. I like the fine tooth gear rachet head, I like the aluminum handle, its grippy its solid. I like it can do all the conversion from ft lb to inch lb to Nm, of course within the minimum and maximum capacity of the torque wrench. I like it degree setting is also be able to achieve by few press of buttons. I also like It comes with a nice storage box, I take battery out each time I using it for that day.. Over all I like it.

I've used this torque wrench to replace the timing belt and camshaft seals on an iForce 2UZ-FE and a couple of German suspension jobs. The flexing head is really useful for tight spaces and the red and green warning lights are bright enough when you're in tight spaces. Sure, it doesn't have lights on the side of the wrench so it can be a little difficult to see if you're bout to hit your spec, but the rhythmic vibrations kind of help once you get accustomed to it. There is a 90 second shutoff, which can get a little annoying but it does help conserve battery life. The white markings on the buttons must be indestructible because I've covered them in dirt, grease, and oil for weeks and after a quick wipe they're back to bright white. Now, this is still a digital torque wrench which means you need AA batteries. Which sucks because if you forget to take them out, you could destroy this $200 wrench. That said, it's 2024. Rechargeable batteries exist and they don't leak battery acid everywhere. Buy a pack and rotate them out. I still take mine out because it's a good habit to get into. Harbor Freight offers a wrench like this for a bit less but it doesn't have angle and what's the point in buying a digital torque wrench if it doesn't have angle? I'm biding my time to get the GW 1/2 version for a good deal. If you're a DIY guy or a Semi-Professional like me who's not working on cars enough to justify selling both kidneys to pay off a 96-mo lease on a Snap-On digital torque wrench. This is the perfect example of getting more than your money's worth.

I really wanted this to work, 120 teeth flex-head, electronic, and Gearwrench. I was very disappointed, not only in the fact that it did not work correctly, but support was non-existent. I need torque to yield, 6 ft lb + 90°. This unit simply would not reset the angle between uses. Since this was a couple of months old, I thought I would contact GW and get it fixed under warranty. They have a service provider, I understand. When I contacted them, they said it is generally a replacement item, not repairable. And in Jan 2021, there is a backorder and they have no idea when they will have more available. REALLY? The electronics seemed too jittery. Set for 6 ft lb, at 5.5 and 5.71 ft lb it would start beeping and the display would turn red. To get to 6, I would have to ignore the indicators and watch the numbers myself. It took forever to get tech support for this torque wrench. The unit I received did not have a manual, or even an instruction sheet. I could not find one on their website. I was able to speak to a human, and she sent me a link after a while. The short, I expect there to be a link on their website so I don't have to wait on hold, wait while someone can't find it, can't find it, can't find it, oh, there it is, tell me your email address, wait, wait, wait. The final thing that garnered this 1 star rating is that it has too much aluminum. I am careful with my tools, especially ones that are calibrated. But, I do use them underneath a vehicle. With limited use I had nicks and burs on the end, and scratches between the head and electronics. At 1/3 the price of Snap-On (I own and use the 3/8 and 1/2 techangles) I don't expect it to be the same as Snap-On. But I expect Gearwrench not to have such a colossal fail. If you are going to swing for Snap-On, you better be able make contact, not fowl out. I recently sent one of my Techangles in for repair and recalibration. Communication was great and turn around was fast. Gearwrench, if you are listening, please step it up. I hope that you will 6 Sigma this and get it right. Please consider more plastic and over-molded rubber. And figure out why the barrel scratches so easily. This product is needed, and you can do so much better with support.

Bought it to ensure our tires were tightened to the appropriate twerk given that sometimes they don’t always do that when they should. This is an added piece of mind to make sure my family is taken care of definitely would buy the product again it does serve its purpose and so far is upheld issues.

I’ve had many situations where it was hard or impossible to get a torque wrench in there and this looked like it should help that. 120 effective teeth, narrow head, and a little bit of flex in the head seemed like just the ticket to solve a lot of those situations I couldn’t get to before. I’d say all of that worked great. Definitely can torque bolts that I couldn’t get to before. And I know it’s not really 120 teeth, but it sure feels that way. It’s tedious but I can torque down bolts that don’t have much swing clearance in the only approach where I can get the wrench in. That 120 feature is the best thing about this wrench. That said, this is going to be my torque wrench of last resort for a bunch of reasons I didn’t even think would be a problem. Setting a torque is a hassle. First it goes so slow but if you hold the button down it speeds up so fast you blow past the desired setting and have to go back to it and if it’s going too slow and you’re tempted to just hold the button down it blows past your setting again so your stuck endlessly pushing buttons to get the torque to set. Next it just keeps turning off. You carefully thread this thing to your bolt and you start turning it but the wrench isn’t giving any indication you’re approaching torque. That’s when you realize it turned itself off sometime when you were trying to get it on the bolt. But the most annoying feature is the nonsensical flashing, beeping, and caterwauling when you’re trying to hit torque. I like a wrench that gives you some beeps warning you you’re getting close to torque but then turns red and a solid tone once you hit spec. Bonus points for tactile feedback, too. This wrench has all those things but as you approach torque it’s sending out all kind of tones and vibrations and flashing lights long before you get to spec. I guess it’s trying to warn you you need to be watching the display at that point to avoid overtightening but in a lot of situations where I’m accessing some hard to reach bolt I can’t see the display. It does record the peak torque so I can’t pull the wrench out and see how close I got, but often it says I didn’t get there yet despite the bells and whistles to the contrary. Or it tells me I way overshot my target and the cacophony was no different than the times it came up short. There’s just no excuse to have this much confusion from a torque wrench about whether or not it hit spec. Their programmers just didn’t know what they were doing when they designed this. The one thing a torque wrench needs to do is tell you for sure whether or not you made torque and this thing doesn’t do it. I might as well be just gutentite it.