Wera8100 SA 6 Zyklop Speed Ratchet Set, 1/4" Drive, Metric, 28 Pieces - 05004016001 & 05133164001 950/9 Hex-Plus Multicolour 2 L-Key Set

Great little set to add to my tool kit, not cheap but it has got a quality feel to it and comes in very handy for a lot of tasks. Nice case to keep it all neatly packed away, the sockets have got a nice funky click & turn mechanism to remove and refit back that keep them secured in place.

My wife is reading a book about decluttering and comes across the phrase, "is it functional, or does it bring you joy?"Well, I can happily say that Wera tools do both, and this set is no exception.The set itself is well put together and a mix of sockets as you'd expect from a ratchet, and driver bits.As far as sockets go, you've got nine in total ranging from 5mm up to 13mm, missing out 9mm and giving you a 5.5mm instead. This is a good range for mechanical bits and bobs and servicing of various bits of kit; lawnmowers, pumps, tools etc. They are colour coded using Wera's 'Take It Easy' palette, meaning a 10mm socket has the same colouring as a 10mm spanner or ratchet. That's pretty cool.For drivers, you've got your Philips, PoziDrive, Hex and Torx 50mm drivers. NB: no slot heads here. These don't have the 'Take It Easy' palette on them. If you got the Wera Advent Calendar (yup, it's real), then the bits don't have the coloured collars denoting bit type and size. Hey ho.Now the ratchet itself. This is great. It's got the standard Wera patented grip which is a two density plastic style. I really like it as it's comfortable and seems to fit your hand no matter how you hold it. It also has heft; you pick it up and it feels positive and present, not like a toy.What makes this ratchet really neat is that you can lock it at zero degrees, essentially giving you a straight ratchet driver. The Rapidaptor adaptor allows you to insert any bit and use it this way. The black plastic body around the shaft rotates to allow faster turning action. If more torque is required to tighten/loosen a fixing, just unlock the ratchet, swivel the handle round and use it like a standard ratchet. Genius!It's worth noting that the ratchet mechanism doesn't have a static mode; it's ratchet clockwise, or anticlockwise. Not a big deal for me, but may be important.All this comes with an extension shaft, and a wobble shaft, allowing you to get to nuts, bolts and screws in hard to reach places. The whole set comes in one of Wera's woven plastic cases. These have end pieces that ensure nothing falls out, and a velcro backing that allows it to be stuck to a bag, workshop or van wall. There's a big rubber graphic of the Zyklop wrench on the exterior to make the kit easily identifiable.Overall, yes, you could pay less for a similar kit, but from experience, tools break when you need them most. These are good quality, and unlikely to fail at the most inopportune moment. Ultimately, tools you enjoy using get way more use that ones you don't. I love using these, and I think anyone buying them will probably unbox and go "wow!".

Very well put together set of tools. On the expensive side compared to other brands, but worth the money for the quality.

A joy to use, great feel and action, obviously a high quality tool. Worth it over cheaper tools if you use tools even occasionally. Very nice addition to my tool set- will be buying more Wera tools based on this set

Typical wera doesn't disappoint in build and practicality, compact space saving set, perfect for the tool bag/box. Slight negative is price but as the saying goes buy cheap buy twice.

High quality tools . I always recommend Wera products

A very versatile and well made tool. Expensive but worth the money.

As a satisfied owner of several Wera items, I ordered the SA6 set in March 2018 to save lugging around an old and cheap 1/4" & 3/8" drive socket set.I like the SA6 set very much. The fold-out case is compact, convenient, and well-designed. After 5 months of use the "Velcro" still holds the case shut, the elastic loops are still stretchy, and the plastic socket and bit holders still retain their contents.The bits, sockets, and accessories are of high quality. The set I received had the "Take it easy" coloured sockets, which I find very helpful when selecting the right socket. Since a 9mm socket wasn't included in the set, I ordered one separately, and attach it to the long extension to save it getting lost.I like the idea behind the Zyklop ratchet, and I make full use of the swivelling head. It really helps to speed things up.Up to this point, I have been full of praise for Wera's SA6 set, however I do have some negatives, and they all concern the Zyklop ratchet:Firstly, I find that the sockets are rather stiff to attach and detach from the ratchet. They fit nicely onto the long and short extensions, but fitting them to the ratchet is always a bit harder. You have to press the silver dome of the ratchet head to allow the socket to pass over a ball bearing on the 1/4" square drive, and it feels that the ball bearing doesn't retract enough to allow the socket to pass smoothly over it. A spot of oil/grease doesn't help much, but no doubt it'll get easier as the mechanism starts to wear.Secondly, I find the green serrated knob on the ratchet head is a bit fiddly to operate, and I would have preferred a "fixed" position as well as forward and reverse positions.The third problem relates to the mechanism which holds the head at different angles to the handle. When used for driving screws, a pin inside the saddle drops into a detent in the silver dome of the ratchet head to stop the head swivelling. Unfortunately the detent isn't very deep, and when the handle is rotated and sideways force is simultaneously applied, the pin can walk out of the detent and the head will flop to the side.Lastly, there is quite a lot of lateral movement ("wobble"!) to the bit when the ratchet is used as a screwdriver. This is quite understandable, given that the bit fits into the bit adapter; the bit adapter fits onto the square drive; and the square drive is mounted on a swivelling and ratcheting head, however the amount of wobble still comes as a bit of a disappointment.Despite my complaints, I do love using the set. It has a "feel good" factor, and makes me smile when I use it. If it hadn't been for the third problem, I would have given the set 5 stars, but have had to reduce it to 4 stars because of the occasional unreliability when used for screwdriving.

He absolutely loves the case it comes in. It’s easy to change from a screwdriver to a ratchet set. The hand grip feels very comfortable in your hand. It’s not flimsy, it’s a very well constructed set. A GREAT VALUE for your money! He uses these tools every day so you know they will hold up!

Hesitated for a long while before making this purchase, fortunately it went on sale and I made the purchase. Packaging, presentation and overall quality exceeded expectations. The compactness of the kit is exactly what I hope for.

I had never heard of this tool line prior to this purchase. I was very excited to receive tool set. I have used it several times with great satisfaction.

Buena calidad

Beetje aan de prijzige kant, maar de kwaliteit en het gemak is echt fantastisch en maakt alles goed.