MightyTorque Wrench - Black

Edit: 1 year after buying ~ I e upgraded from 3 to 5 stars. Yes the design leads to a little over~tightening, but you can adjust for that. The quality is superb, and I’ve avoided ruining countless bike bits with this little beauty. In truth this is now may favourite and most important bike tool. I love it ~ hence upgrade to 5 stars!! Original review is below;Nice set of hex keys and star drives. Materials used are of solid quality, and there's a very pleasing snap fit for the attachments, (you press the button on the top to attach or release the hex keys - means that they don't drop off, which is very nice).I have only given 3 stars because although the quality and feel is very nice - and indeed worthy of 5 stars - I am disappointed with the design. I particularly wanted low-torque ability - and this one goes down to 2nm, which should be perfect. The way this device is meant to work is that you apply pressure until the desired torque is reached, and then it sort of clicks, and the handle gives way a cm or so to let you know you've reached the desired torque - however this means that you apply steady pressure until you reach your desired pressure, and then it clicks on - giving an extra bit of tightness each time. This is actually very annoying. Absolutely not the end of the world - and this torque wrench is massively better than no torque wrench and just guessing the pressure, (as I have been doing up till now), however I do wonder why they designed it this way...Based on the design, I would have probably given the set 2 stars - however the quality of materials and the carry case really is first rate.If you are not fussed about the lighter settings, then this set is lovely, and please don't be put off by my review.

Although this is the only torque wrench I've ever used I think it's really very good for the price. It definitely has that precision feel but of course I cannot judge its accuracy as I don't have any way to calibrate it. I use it on a carbon road bike for the seat post and stem mostly. It's so easy to adjust bolts with confidence now. I even used it on the bottle cages because why not?! Obviously it will not cope with pedals but I'm not lucky enough have carbon cranks or a power meter so it's not critical for me.It did take a bit of practise to get it right though. As others have said it doesn't feel like a ratchet turning backwards. What happens is that the head pivots ever so slightly when you hit the required setting. Call it a pivot or a click or a snap - it is not so obvious at first and not at all clear in the instructions - yet it is very obvious when you know what you're looking for. The easiest way to see this in effect is to set it to the lowest setting of 2Nm, take hold of the arm in one hand and the head in the other. You will easily be able to apply enough force to feel the pivot/click/snap and SEE IT TOO. Don't do what I did and set it on 2Nm and find a bed bolt to test it on. You will not see or feel the pivot as it will take effect immediately and allow you over-tighten while wondering if it's working. Once you've tested it at 2Nm in your hands you can move on to bed bolts at a higher setting and it will be so obvious what's happening. I have no issues now and complete confidence even on silly things like an out-front Garmin mount and a saddle-bag QR. Even though these are little bits of plastic that warrant no more than an Allen key I think it says something that I would reach for the wrench first as it's just so easy and assured.

For a torque wrench it seems pretty good value. A good number of attachments (more than shown in the image; I got a T25/T30 Torx and a long 5mm hex) .There IS a locking nut at the bottom of the handle, but I cannot get it to lock the torque setting in. I get around this by either loosening it off, so that the plastic twist part of the handle can be pulled downwards, which seems to disengage the setting mechanism, or just taking care not to twist it as I'm tightening bolts.Other than this, it's easy to operate, once you understand how it works - as mentioned in other reviews the handle/head slightly pivots when the desired torque is reached. Just take it slow and you can feel it. I haven't managed to break anything with it, and the reverse ratchet feature is handy for undoing bolts, but the drawback is you cannot torque reverse threads.To fit or remove the attachments, simply press the button on the back of the head and they slide on/off easily and are nice and secure once fitted.I'm not sure if mine is faulty (due to the not locking out properly) - so I may send it back to Amazon, but I'd be happy with a replacement, if that works fine. Other than that, can't really fault it.

I bought this as I have a full carbon bike and was worried about over-tightening the screws and risking cracking the frame.I wasn't too sure about buying this kit at first and did my homework and found a lot of reviews to be pretty good so I bit the bullet and went for this.What can I say, it is a great (must have) add-on for anyone with a carbon bike and really good value for the price. Definitely holds its own against some of the higher end torque wrenches and unless you wish to spend silly money and go for a digital one, this little baby is definitely the way forward. Presented in a nice hard plastic box so as to keep all the pieces together (nice touch).It has a ratio variance of +4%/-4% which is what a lot of the high end wrenches have also so you can rest assured that it is pretty precise.I must admit that I torque just a fraction below the number specified, though this is probably just be being overly cautious.