Have you seen a Locking Adjustable Spanner?

[@owensparks5013]

When a roundin' spanner and a bodger's grip love each other very much...

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Swedish nut lathe?

[@MrJimmyjammmy]

Well there goes £40 I didn’t know I needed to spend this week

[@bobkin611]

I had the same thought but in an American accent 😂

[@rallyzx3602]

Looks like there's an Amazon Basics one for £15

[@aaronbell8527]

😂😂

[@MrJimmyjammmy]

@rallyzx3602You could buy that, but could you live with yourself for not buying the Makita?

[@Alienalloy]

bit steep as a just in case tool for me, I'll stick with a small socket set I keep in my tool chest.

[@r1273m]

May have to wait for Parkside from Lidl.

[@SiAnon]

Or buy proper tools lol

[@brianthorne8609]

Thanks Stuart. I'll be getting one for my toolbox. I'm forever battling with my adjustable on herras fence clips in work. This will help..

[@jimrockford1969]

Thanks for sharing Stuart. This may not be true but ~20 years ago a German colleague told me they called adjustable spanners “Englanders”!

[@ColinMasterson-o6h]

Hi Stuart. Helpful as always. I got a set of Robo pliers when I was in the US 30 years ago and find them useful for doing a similar job. Thanks.

[@26conno]

It's a franken spanner... I didn't know I needed one but I actually do! 😅

[@RailgunRat]

I would be interested in seeing you compare this to the Wera Joker self-setting spanners. I've been eyeing those for a while, but haven't found a good enough excuse to splurge on them yet 😅

[@topgazza]

Good combination of mole grips and adjustable spanner. Clever

[@andyc972]

Thanks Stuart, I bought the Stanley version of this when it first came out ( I think around 4 years ago, could be a little longer ), I quite like it but am not entirely convinced, certainly it's better in some situations than others ! It's a handy addition but doesn't completely replace either a standard adjustable wrench or a ViseGrip/Mole Wrench, having said that I'm happy to have all three, of course you could also include a Knipex Plier Wrench if you can justify the £50-60 price tag, it is a great tool though, I haven't tried the Wera Jokers yet, but they also seem popular ! You start off with one tool to "replace" many and end up with even more tools in the end ! 😉🤣

[@andygardiner6526]

Speed and fit on good heads, the Knipex win. Grip, locking on damaged heads or other rounded stock, Mole grips. If stuff has good heads and is really cranked up I'd either use a spanner or a socket. I almost feel these "grippy spanners" are a solution looking for a problem.

[@apollyonsirius8377]

Craftsman used to make these, when they were still owned by Sears. I've had mine for at least ten years now, and they're definitely better than a standard adjustable wrench. Bit of a pain to constantly operate the lever, but they don't round off fasteners, so it's a good trade off if there's only room for one wrench in the tool bag.

[@PaulFromEarth]

Wrench not wench (in the title) Stu. That would be a whole 'nother video ;)

[@rickeaton2653]

😂

[@dawkinsm]

Out of interest I wonder if Makita also sell adjustable wenches - maybe calipers would be needed to measure these too? 😂

[@TheRealGurney]

Seeing Stu’s sense of humour I suspect he’s done that on purpose…🧐🤣

[@tttt4029]

@@TheRealGurney Ooooh yes, he's a cute cookie 😁

[@PurpleTT99]

@@TheRealGurney I do hope so

[@ToolShow]

Super cool tool! I want one!

[@DaveMHLV]

Handy tool for nuts inside the car and bolts outside. The Wera Joker Self-Setting Spanners are my favorite "adjustable" spanner as the tighter you pull on the spanner, the tighter the spanner grips the nut/bolt head. Not that cheap but a pleasure to use.

[@c.a.g.1977]

Now that's a very useful tool!

[@petergraysmith4052]

Another good review. Thank you. Off to buy one.

[@brianhoward6283]

Brilliant. Tool and demo

[@Graham_Langley]

Have had the Stanley version - the 85-610 - for something like 10 years. Cost £15 back then. Probably not been used more than a dozen times but they've saved the day on many of them.

[@terrytopliss9506]

Big improvement on the adjustable spanner Stuart.👍👍

[@hsduk101]

Could you do a review of the Joker spanners please

[@motchmanjames9347]

Great, I'm going to get one.

[@StuartBeney]

Thanks Stuart, today’s price £49.85 😮

[@kenkennedy5516]

Can’t wait for the footprint version……🛠👍

[@sjanzeir]

Had mine for years. Bought it for the sole purpose of dealing with bicycle V-brake bosses. Now that I might be selling off the last of my rim brake bikes, I may be using far less frequently, if at all.

[@awantamta]

Great tool

[@unperrier]

Thanks Stuart, how about doing a video on *Knippex pliers wrench* they're just awesome.

[@leszek1444]

I wonder how any pliers wrench compares to that one.

[@jamesmitchell2041]

​@@leszek1444 vastley more adjustable, well worth picking 1 up.

[@stevereed5776]

£49.81 now, bought anyway as looks a handy bit of kit

[@steveknight878]

Hmm - I bought (and still have) an old one of these - not Makita, but looks very similar. Probably 15 years old now? Very useful, I must say.

[@StevenMurray-mt7om]

Stuart….Another good review.👍

[@SiAnon]

I chucked all my adjustables in the bin and bought Knipex wrench pliers which have a proper spanner mouth on them. But these look interesting and this is probably how they should have been from day 1.

[@simes205]

I’ve got a Knipex. Very handy!

[@wakayama1991]

also have a look at the Knipex 86 01 250. Amazing tool, outclasses any adjustable anything I've ever used, they can crush the edge of a coin with their grip.

[@SiAnon]

I have 2 of those and 2 of the 180s. All my adjustables went in the bin.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

The lopcking basically just takes up the slack of the adjustor doesnt really close the jaws .

[@hb5777]

It’s now £50 on Amazon. Thanks Stu

[@GRamerDim]

finally, an adjustable WRENCH that won't go off the position you set it the moment you take it off a bolt. next up to make the adjustable thingy more grippy

[@earlyriser8998]

I have used these in anger and wish it was more like a vice grip where I could adjust the clamping force.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

You need to look at the Wera Joker range as well.

[@DeanWall]

Adjustable spanners are called an "English Key", llave inglesa in Spanish

[@IgnatiusZaaijman]

The two dark horses of the toolbox combined...

[@wayward-saint]

Parkside makes one too. Bought it on sale for about 5 euros. Which is probably about 3 euros too much. But it is heavy!

[@tonyfrankcom4527]

Stanley have had one years. Mine is at least fifteen years old.

[@tonysutton6559]

With a bit of luck, Aldi and/or Lidl will be knocking these out for £5.99 in a few months. When they do, I'll buy a pair for my car tool bag and anoth pair for my tool box.

[@johnwilliams2877]

I bought one like this 15 years ago for aroung a tenner.

[@friendlygarfield5627]

great video as usual 🙂 have you gotten to see the Knipex plier wrench Stuart ? granted it is pricey but I am curious - are you not ?

[@alanmartin1949]

If it's from Makita, it's good 👍

[@Dickie2702]

It works, but when you look at it closely, it's not that well made. Certainly not worth twice the price of the amazon version.

[@johnthumble5154]

You spelled garbage wrong

[@ianmarsden8568]

True story, never knew this was how to use mole grips. Never liked adjustable spanner, always getting the direction wrong. Or crescent wrench in US

[@phillipsparrow9940]

Sold

[@hb5777]

Surely a key feature of this tool is the ability to tightly grip rounded fasteners

[@marcross3197]

For the price of that. I would buy a knipex pliers wrenc

[@steventrueman3493]

My biggest problem with the adjustable is knowing which way to turn the adjuster screw, I always get it wrong, I wanna tighten, I loosen and vice versa😂

[@simonmccarthy5512]

I bought the amazon version last year and found it didn't really lock on enough. Seems the tolerances in the mechanism on the Amazon version are not taken up when you clamp. Just measured the jaw movement on mine - nothing during clamping. Buyer beware.

[@matt9855]

Great video! (As per) 😊

[@joehart3826]

Milwaukee adjustable doesn't loose it's setting, use that instead!

[@peterwest7855]

I used to do work at a factory years ago where being found using either Moles or adjustables would get you instantly sacked or banned from site. If you turned up with these I bet the boss there would have gone apoplectic!

[@chrisharper2658]

I have the Stanley 85-610, 10" version. I've used them a few time where I don't want to round off bolt edges of flats and they have worked in most cases, the jaws are very soft and do deform a bit. The tool looks forged so are they not hardened or is it just cheap Chinese steel?

[@richardclarke9966]

Aiden's gonna freak when he sees this 😅

[@anonymouspdg6121]

Hmm, basically a more refined pair of mulgrips?

[@roviwoteap2375]

Neat!

[@unperrier]

You need to do a video on how to use calipers because you didn't use the ZERO digit which avoids making a substraction in your head

[@jello1977]

I don't see how these are any different to vice grips other than they have a spanner look to them and the width adjustment is near the jaws. I won't be rushing to buy one.

[@MrCraigShepheard]

Should you buy a pair of them?

[@antoniolapicca2686]

If you're willing to wait Lidl sells one for 10\euro.Or you can buy a clone of the Knipex pliers wrench for 13 euro

[@garyyoung205]

Decent bahco or rothenburger adjustable are just as good

[@ianspencer3603]

Why would you not just use normal mole grips ?

[@mickeyfilmer5551]

Wait...??? You have a NEW workshop? You didn't tell us- or did I miss a programme?

[@garyrussell5373]

I bought one of these 30 years ago? I will have to go see if I can find it in the man cave.

[@paulwomack5866]

Me too. Stanley MaxGrip

[@stefanp6141]

Stuart what’s the latest on Proper Engineering?

[@richardstevenson2727]

👊👍

[@davidrobert2007]

Are they available in imperial and metric?

[@robertpearce8394]

Also FFF

[@jimw7916]

never heard of "molegrips" we call them "vicegrips" in Australia.

[@zahidshabir4038]

It's the same thing it is like how you guys call flip flops "thongs" which over in other English speaking countries means a type of ladies underwear

[@jimw7916]

@@zahidshabir4038 well "flipflops" is not a proper english term either

[@geoffreycoan]

James May calls adjustable spanners “the work of the devil” as you should be using a proper spanner of the right size not bodging with an adjustable. I suspect he would not look favourably on these either. They do look neat but I couldn’t possibly buy a Makita Blue one as it wouldn’t match the workshop, do they do them in Dewalt Yellow or Bahco Orange?

[@brucelee3388]

Amazon have their own generic offering, in shiny silver. Better spray them to match your workshop, they tend to grow legs....

[@Keepingthefaith72]

I've just clicked the link, And it's £49.81 on Amazon .....

[@Steven-i3n]

Measure the jaws, zero the caliper and then lock the jaws and read the measurement.

[@alexcollins9513]

£49.00 now and it's only been 2 days.

[@nickdawson9270]

If it saves half an hour of frustrated agro, £40 is good value.

[@colinreid7305]

Interesting tool, however, as a qualified electrical/mechanical tradesperson in my opinion these are a tool of last resort in the event that you do not have sockets, ring spanners or even an open-end spanner of the correct size. Keep the tool reviews and indeed other reviews coming.

[@johnw1178]

Hey is that spanner Metric or SAE? 😂

[@mrspudly1]

I've got some real good quality old adjustable spanners, proper machined quality not the crappy cast mass produced stuff with a massive gap between the jaw and the bed and a poor quality worm.

[@Del_UK]

Video title - "Have you seen a Locking Adjustable Wench / Spanner?" Where is the locking adjustable wench? You show the spanner part. What does wench mean? A girl, esp. an unmarried girl, a maiden; a young woman. I know it is a typo.

[@danmolberg]

Guess someone never seen the Knipex Pliers Wrench.

[@SiAnon]

Best tool you can buy. Pay once, cry once.

[@johnthumble5154]

Im not surprised. All makita does now is make usless tools.

[@chris-w4n9w]

50 quid? Its a no from me.

[@tomsanders8714]

Wera joker self setting adjustable and a ratchet... is what you want.

[@Unown_B]

waoow worse vice grips...

[@jayseabie215]

Not seen one of those before. Was it made by Starmer's dad? I guess not as he only makes useless tools.

[@Almond001]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@brian55]

stanley have made these for years, nothing new

[@MusicalBox]

I'm 60 and I've never heard of these before. So that's new to me.

[@jonb3311]

@@MusicalBox Ditto.

[@forgotrafe]

New to me so I appreciate the video.

[@happyundertaker6255]

Pointless…

[@robertpearce8394]

Not until 5.15 pm.