I think I’ll change the name to “Ratchetpalooza” in the future. Drop the “a”. Has a nicer ring to it, don’t you think? Also, I wanted to highlight WhaleSupply.com as the place where I got the Nepros tools. They have one of the widest selections of Nepros and KTC, even some of the items you can only otherwise get from the Amazon.jp site or Japanese eBay vendors. Regarding my defective Nepros ratchet, they offered to swap out the entire ratchet right off the bat. Stand up guys and an excellent customer experience all around.
It’s definitely cool that Wright sells them to the general public. They aren’t that expensive either, at least it wasn’t when I bought it off Amazon a couple years ago.
It’s brand new. The seller opted to just swap it out. Even rebuilding it, I’d have that doubt in my mind seeing as it was defective from the get-go. I did order some JIS 1 bits incase I need to get into one of my Japanese ratchets in the future.
Nepros ratchets suck. They are beautifully finished, and the chroming is phenomenally done, but they are shitty ratchets. I have had several of them do what happened to you in this video and have had several of them lock up in the gearing as well. They come dry as a bone, and they aren't all there chalked up to be. I had a little run where i bought about 7 or 8 of them, and 3 of them locked up on me. I swapped them out and 2 of them did the same exact thing. It seems to be mainly on the flex head nepros ratchets, but i had a fixed head do it too. They came from several different sellers too, so it wasn't all purchased from the same place. The back drag isn't all that great either, and they are super choppy in my opinion. My vim ratchets have better back drag than the nepros. The flex heads are all quick release too, which is a pita. Anybody that says nepros is the snap-on of Japan has never used a koken. As i mentioned, they are gorgeous looking ratchets, but a pretty ratchet isn't what im looking for when purchasing ratchets. Its a nice plus, but not what i care about. After a few months of use, all tools look like shit anyway lol. If you think that sk is the best roto head you've ever used, you should check out the ktc roto head. It's the best roto head on the market, in my opinion. It's funny because ktc is a nepros subsidiary. It's such a nice roto head ratchet though, and the back drag is absolutely phenomenal!! The only roto head ratchet that has better back drag is the koken roto head ratchet.
And you still think that big ass, bulky sk ratchet still wins? Sk made and still makes shitty tools. They were made in the US, but that doesn't mean that they are automatically great tools. Sk has terrible chroming issues, inner broaching problems on their sockets, a ton of QC issues, and their ratchets were absolute trash. They were big and bulky, had terrible back drag, and were way outdated. Even their flagship lp 90s had a ton of problems. There is a reason that they went down the drain and were sold to a Chinese company. Most of their tools sucked. They were usa made, but most tools were usa made back when armstrong was still around. To each their own I suppose. Were all allowed to have our own opinions and like what we like 👍
I think I’ll change the name to “Ratchetpalooza” in the future. Drop the “a”. Has a nicer ring to it, don’t you think?
Also, I wanted to highlight WhaleSupply.com as the place where I got the Nepros tools. They have one of the widest selections of Nepros and KTC, even some of the items you can only otherwise get from the Amazon.jp site or Japanese eBay vendors.
Regarding my defective Nepros ratchet, they offered to swap out the entire ratchet right off the bat. Stand up guys and an excellent customer experience all around.
Aus, you will have to give us a update/review when you receive the new replacement.
Cool Ratchets, I plan on getting one of those Wright Open Head Ratchets.
I have the Proto 3/8 Flex Head Multi Position Ratchet.
It’s definitely cool that Wright sells them to the general public. They aren’t that expensive either, at least it wasn’t when I bought it off Amazon a couple years ago.
Great video 👍
Nice video brotha
Thanks for the video Aus, you could do a video "repairing" the Nepros 3/8 ratchet!
It’s brand new. The seller opted to just swap it out. Even rebuilding it, I’d have that doubt in my mind seeing as it was defective from the get-go.
I did order some JIS 1 bits incase I need to get into one of my Japanese ratchets in the future.
Do you like the newer Cornwell ratchets? I haven't heard anything about them, good or bad. Thanks for the content btw
Yeah, they are nice. I prefer the old school 30 tooth ones but the new ones are nice. Personal preference.
Nepros ratchets suck. They are beautifully finished, and the chroming is phenomenally done, but they are shitty ratchets. I have had several of them do what happened to you in this video and have had several of them lock up in the gearing as well. They come dry as a bone, and they aren't all there chalked up to be. I had a little run where i bought about 7 or 8 of them, and 3 of them locked up on me. I swapped them out and 2 of them did the same exact thing. It seems to be mainly on the flex head nepros ratchets, but i had a fixed head do it too. They came from several different sellers too, so it wasn't all purchased from the same place. The back drag isn't all that great either, and they are super choppy in my opinion. My vim ratchets have better back drag than the nepros. The flex heads are all quick release too, which is a pita. Anybody that says nepros is the snap-on of Japan has never used a koken. As i mentioned, they are gorgeous looking ratchets, but a pretty ratchet isn't what im looking for when purchasing ratchets. Its a nice plus, but not what i care about. After a few months of use, all tools look like shit anyway lol. If you think that sk is the best roto head you've ever used, you should check out the ktc roto head. It's the best roto head on the market, in my opinion. It's funny because ktc is a nepros subsidiary. It's such a nice roto head ratchet though, and the back drag is absolutely phenomenal!! The only roto head ratchet that has better back drag is the koken roto head ratchet.
I own the KTC roto. SK still wins. Nice tool though.
And you still think that big ass, bulky sk ratchet still wins? Sk made and still makes shitty tools. They were made in the US, but that doesn't mean that they are automatically great tools. Sk has terrible chroming issues, inner broaching problems on their sockets, a ton of QC issues, and their ratchets were absolute trash. They were big and bulky, had terrible back drag, and were way outdated. Even their flagship lp 90s had a ton of problems. There is a reason that they went down the drain and were sold to a Chinese company. Most of their tools sucked. They were usa made, but most tools were usa made back when armstrong was still around. To each their own I suppose. Were all allowed to have our own opinions and like what we like 👍