Germany
Geometry that stops fasteners rounding
Professional hand and pneumatic tools sold through trade channels.
Socket geometry. Their sets are six-point with a named FlankTraction profile, which moves contact away from the corners of a fastener. On a bolt that has been on a car for ten winters, the corners are the part that gives way first.
Publishes the small things: matt satin finish rather than mirror chrome, chrome-vanadium named, a catalog number for every piece. None of it is exciting and all of it is checkable.
At the top of this site on price, and the only brand here whose socket sets are described by their geometry rather than their piece count.
179 pieces · six-point · FlankTraction profile stated · chrome-vanadium · matt satin finish
The trade set: 179 pieces, six-point sockets throughout, and a named socket profile designed to drive on the flats rather than the corners.
Best for: Someone buying once, for a decade, and replacing pieces rather than sets.
Air · 1/2 inch · 1600 Nm stated · 3-stage torque selector · forward/reverse lever
An air impact wrench at 1600 Nm with a three-stage selector — the cheapest way into serious loosening torque, provided you already have a compressor.
Best for: A garage that already has a compressor and needs loosening torque rather than portability.
