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Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by zibby8 »

chunkles wrote: post #27
dt3ft wrote: post #19

Looks rather bulky for a screwdriver. Kudos on launching, hope they can at least make the cost that was sunk on the injection molds.

Out of curiosity, did you watch the video or just look at the title image and make a call on the size? They actually spend a portion of the video discussing the size and how it is smaller than other ratcheting screwdrivers on the market specifically to fit well in all hand sizes.

It's not just the ratchet that is bulky. It's the shaft that is bulky as well, which is necessary to accommodate the bit at the end. I inherited a screwdriver with this type of shaft, and it just doesn't work for a lot of screws due to clearance issues. As a result, I have a set of normal screwdrivers, which makes the one with changeable bits totally redundant for all but the most esoteric bits.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by snapplebobapple »

hollywood_court wrote: post #106
omega3 wrote: post #99

For the same price you could get a Wera screwdriver, small screwdrivers and a bottle opener. https://products.wera.de/en/kraftform_kompakt_kraftform_komp... https://products.wera.de/en/screwdrivers_series_kraftform_mi... https://products.wera.de/en/tools_for_bicycles_and_e-bikes_f...

Wera makes quality stuff. I keep a small set of Wera drivers and sockets in each of my vehicles. And I keep one of their multi drivers upstairs in my office and one downstairs in the kitchen. They get used weekly.

I love wera too, their tool check plus stuff is so portable and so versatile. I keep a set in each of my vehicles and a set in the house (that solves 99% of my tool needs, I break out my big tool box maybe once a year at home now that I have this).

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by rkagerer »

selectodude wrote: post #147
_HMCB_ wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you buy their stuff in the USA? Looks amazing.

Support our friends at Klein. They also make exceptional screwdrivers.

Yeah after reading some of the Wera reviews on Amazon.ca I think I'll stick with my Klein.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by jgoewert »

hotcoffeebear wrote: post #118
tmh88j wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Seems like the juicero for screwdrivers... over-engineered tool that without the "LTT" branding could probably sink in the stores. I haven't used one so I don't know how durable they are, but I got the opposite impression. The juicero served no purpose. If you don't need a multi-purpose screwdriver that's one thing, but it does have plenty of use-cases and there are a lot of competitors which they showed so they ar…

Plus, it’s probably for computer builders and stuff (like ikea things or similar). I don’t think those meant for heavy duty or home building.

Should watch the video they did just before this one where they did a live popup shop and had people trying to torque the hell out of this and it stands up.

Or even during this exact video where he says that if you hit the max torque that this screwdriver can survive, you better have seen that your steel pc case now has a hole in it where the screw used to be.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by soperj »

colechristensen wrote: post #138
_HMCB_ wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you buy their stuff in the USA? Looks amazing.

You can buy things from other countries and have it shipped here. But yes, Amazon has Wera products.

Maybe, could be a chinese knock off brand posing as Wera, you'll never know until it's shipped.

edit: looks like Wera tools specifically are sold by a bunch of different people on Amazon, NEMobile, and BCFasteners are a couple that I've seen, so really no idea what you're getting.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by Dylan16807 »

philliphaydon wrote: post #81
KptMarchewa wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Video claims it's the other way around. Taiwanese manufacturer screwed them, they changed to Chinese.

The Taiwanese company was bought out by another company who is focusing on their own products. The original company had megapro as a long time customer which is why LTT used them initially. Originally company isn’t the issue. The new company is who screwed over LTT. But we don’t know who the new company is.

Well unless it was a hostile takeover or something, I think the original company shares the blame for not taking care of their customers.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by Dylan16807 »

bigmattystyles wrote: post #154
flopit wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

plus 23,000 $250 backpacks in the last few weeks

Is that expensive because it’s a way to support the channel or is it a really nice backpack?

Mostly the latter.

Or at least, it has really high design goals and is expensive to produce.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

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Post by O_H_E »

causi wrote: post #156
SadWebDeveloper wrote: post #103

Seems like the juicero for screwdrivers... over-engineered tool that without the "LTT" branding could probably sink in the stores. Personally i like my tools rugged, kinda like Klein does it because "on the job" i tend to thrown them away either on purpose or by accident, this tool looks fragile, if little margins stuck the ratchet mechanism i can not wait what is going to happen when it suddenly falls from the 2nd f…

The half-height bits also make it very hard to curate the selection for your specific use cases without buying directly from LTT.

Just for people who didn't watch the video. They could only fit 12 bits in that they determined to be "optimal size" handle by making them half-size. But they disliked the idea of locking people into their bits, and changed the design so that a little rotation can adapt the storage area to 6 standard-sized bits.

Here is a link to the relevant section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K5Gqp1cEcM&t=819s

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