Comments on: Fleamarket Tools: The Flexiwrench http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: kyle http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-869098 kyle Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:46:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-869098 as far a a close quarters wrench is concerned go to harbor freight buy the chepest set of wrenches trheat contains the size you need take it home then heat it bend it and weld it until it does the job you want it too and let the company keep as many of thease flexiwrenches as they can as far a a close quarters wrench is concerned go to harbor freight buy the chepest set of wrenches trheat contains the size you need take it home then heat it bend it and weld it until it does the job you want it too and let the company keep as many of thease flexiwrenches as they can

]]> By: Tim http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-348380 Tim Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:29:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-348380 Ah, I love it. A little perusing around the 'flexiwrench' website, and guess who is the inventor of this device... ol' CAPS LOCK GUY himself! http://www.flexiwrench.com/contact.htm Now the atrocious misspellings and poor grammar on his website, his packaging and on his post up above all make sense. Well, I guess education is overrated when you can spend your time inventing a tool, instead. Who needs first grade? (And what great customer relations when Dan Faro is calling potential customers morons. Oh, please sign me up to give him my money!) I hereby revoke my post up above where I said I might actually buy the thing. Ah, I love it. A little perusing around the ‘flexiwrench’ website, and guess who is the inventor of this device… ol’ CAPS LOCK GUY himself!

http://www.flexiwrench.com/contact.htm

Now the atrocious misspellings and poor grammar on his website, his packaging and on his post up above all make sense.

Well, I guess education is overrated when you can spend your time inventing a tool, instead. Who needs first grade?

(And what great customer relations when Dan Faro is calling potential customers morons. Oh, please sign me up to give him my money!)

I hereby revoke my post up above where I said I might actually buy the thing.

]]> By: ryan http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-348346 ryan Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:16:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-348346 Looks like something I would never use. And if I did use it, I assume it would break the first time I wrenched on it. I can think of many more useful things to spend $20 on. Like a set of real wrenches, real sockets, or real screwdrivers. Heck, I could always take a cheap wrench, stick it in the vise and bend it into a curly-q if I ever needed a curly-q shaped wrench. As for caps lock guy(DAN faro). I wonder if he also writes the Nigerian emails I keep getting.... Looks like something I would never use. And if I did use it, I assume it would break the first time I wrenched on it. I can think of many more useful things to spend $20 on. Like a set of real wrenches, real sockets, or real screwdrivers. Heck, I could always take a cheap wrench, stick it in the vise and bend it into a curly-q if I ever needed a curly-q shaped wrench.

As for caps lock guy(DAN faro). I wonder if he also writes the Nigerian emails I keep getting….

]]> By: Tim http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-347583 Tim Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:54:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-347583 Well, the little demo that Grundy did on DIY's 'Cool Tools' show made this thing look pretty darn good, for whatever that's worth. And the price isn't bad. If it does turn out to be a crappy device, however, you are only out twenty bucks, or so (plus tax and shipping). But if it helps me to get that pesky bolt that affixes the strap to the water heater in my garage without having to move the refrigerator first... then it has paid for itself... at least in my case. I may just give the silly thing a shot... poor packaging, misspelling and all. As for the poster above with the questionable language proficiency, you might at least check the status of your caps lock key before posting. Well, the little demo that Grundy did on DIY’s ‘Cool Tools’ show made this thing look pretty darn good, for whatever that’s worth. And the price isn’t bad. If it does turn out to be a crappy device, however, you are only out twenty bucks, or so (plus tax and shipping).

But if it helps me to get that pesky bolt that affixes the strap to the water heater in my garage without having to move the refrigerator first… then it has paid for itself… at least in my case.

I may just give the silly thing a shot… poor packaging, misspelling and all.

As for the poster above with the questionable language proficiency, you might at least check the status of your caps lock key before posting.

]]> By: Zathrus http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-345978 Zathrus Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:41:27 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-345978 Chris -- it's gone now. There used to be a meta-refresh tag (see the discussion for Tooltalk Podcast #40), but the admins must've removed it today. Chris — it’s gone now. There used to be a meta-refresh tag (see the discussion for Tooltalk Podcast #40), but the admins must’ve removed it today.

]]> By: Chris http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-345832 Chris Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:13:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-345832 @Zathrus: Greasemonkey is only going to block what it can see in scripts. This auto-refresh thing isn't in any of the JS I see in the page source here (but it's also not in a meta refresh tag, which is what I was expecting). Either they've turned it off or it's some nasty server-side thing that we can't see (and therefore can't do anything about). cl @Zathrus: Greasemonkey is only going to block what it can see in scripts. This auto-refresh thing isn’t in any of the JS I see in the page source here (but it’s also not in a meta refresh tag, which is what I was expecting). Either they’ve turned it off or it’s some nasty server-side thing that we can’t see (and therefore can’t do anything about).

cl

]]> By: Zathrus http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-344556 Zathrus Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:42:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-344556 Ok, the auto-refresh thing is annoying, but how are you "losing posts" to it? I've lost a word or two at most. But it really needs to be turned off. If it's not gone by the time Greasemonkey is updated for FF3, then I'm definitely going to write a GM script to strip the dang thing out of the pages. Ok, the auto-refresh thing is annoying, but how are you “losing posts” to it?

I’ve lost a word or two at most. But it really needs to be turned off. If it’s not gone by the time Greasemonkey is updated for FF3, then I’m definitely going to write a GM script to strip the dang thing out of the pages.

]]> By: Teacher http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-344524 Teacher Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:11:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-344524 Well, I lost another post due to this automatic refresh feature. I have a feeling Toolmonger and I will be seeing less of each other. This is rediculous. Well, I lost another post due to this automatic refresh feature. I have a feeling Toolmonger and I will be seeing less of each other. This is rediculous.

]]> By: DAN faro http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-331001 DAN faro Tue, 27 May 2008 12:24:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-331001 BEN J. YOU SOUND LIKE A REAL MORON, YOUR BUSTING ON FLEXIWRENCH AND YOU NEVER EVEN SEEN IT , AND JUST FOR THE RECORD STANLEY TOOLS STOLE THAT THAT IDEA FROM FLEXIWRENCH . FLEXIWRENCH SHARED THAT IDEA WITH STANLEY TOOL WORKS ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO . BEN, BOB, FRED, RON , YOU HAVEN'T A CLUE ABOUT WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, THEIRS NOT A TOOL ON THE MARKET THAT CANT MATCH OR EVEN COME CLOSE TO DOING WHAT FLEXI WRENCH PLUS CAN DO. DON'T KNOCK IT UNTIL YOU TRIED IT . LOOSER THERE ISN'T A MORE UNIVERSAL TOOL ON THE MARKET. FLEXIWRENCH WILL ADAPT ANY 3/8 DRIVE TOOL YOU ALREADY HAVE CAN STANLEY DO THAT.NO FIND ME A TOOL THAT DOES. YOU CANT. BEN J.

YOU SOUND LIKE A REAL MORON, YOUR BUSTING ON FLEXIWRENCH AND YOU NEVER EVEN SEEN IT , AND JUST FOR THE RECORD STANLEY TOOLS STOLE THAT THAT IDEA FROM FLEXIWRENCH . FLEXIWRENCH SHARED THAT IDEA WITH STANLEY TOOL WORKS ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO .

BEN, BOB, FRED, RON , YOU HAVEN’T A CLUE ABOUT WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, THEIRS NOT A TOOL ON THE MARKET THAT CANT MATCH

OR EVEN COME CLOSE TO DOING WHAT FLEXI WRENCH PLUS CAN DO. DON’T KNOCK IT UNTIL YOU TRIED IT . LOOSER THERE ISN’T A MORE UNIVERSAL TOOL ON THE MARKET. FLEXIWRENCH WILL ADAPT ANY 3/8 DRIVE TOOL YOU ALREADY HAVE CAN STANLEY DO THAT.NO FIND ME A TOOL THAT DOES. YOU CANT.

]]> By: bob http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-321389 bob Sat, 17 May 2008 19:45:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-321389 It might be useful on that one bolt that you can't reach without removing a bunch of other stuff first. It might be useful on that one bolt that you can’t reach without removing a bunch of other stuff first.

]]> By: Ron http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309815 Ron Thu, 08 May 2008 23:20:15 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309815 Probably ten or fifteen ways to bust a knuckle with these babies Probably ten or fifteen ways to bust a knuckle with these babies

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309389 fred Thu, 08 May 2008 17:59:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309389 Looking at the square drive on the wrench heads - I suspect that their illustrator was even worse than their engineer. If one attaches the head 90 degrees off of the way the illustration depicts the tool - then the application of torque would be possible. Looking at the square drive on the wrench heads - I suspect that their illustrator was even worse than their engineer. If one attaches the head 90 degrees off of the way the illustration depicts the tool - then the application of torque would be possible.

]]> By: Bob http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309368 Bob Thu, 08 May 2008 17:41:58 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309368 I am impressed, their website is having a closeout sale http://www.flexiwrench.com/index.htm I am impressed, their website is having a closeout sale
http://www.flexiwrench.com/index.htm

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309312 fred Thu, 08 May 2008 16:59:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309312 Like some fishing lures that catch more fisherman than fish - I suspect that some tools catch more wanabe toolmongers. Like some fishing lures that catch more fisherman than fish - I suspect that some tools catch more wanabe toolmongers.

]]> By: Blaise Pascal http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309278 Blaise Pascal Thu, 08 May 2008 16:25:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309278 I would think a frequently asked question for the Flexiwrench Plus would be: if it flexes/bends along an axis parallel to the nut you are trying to turn, how do you get any torque on the nut? In other words, how does it act like a wrench? The FAQ doesn't answer that question, nor does the video. I would think a frequently asked question for the Flexiwrench Plus would be: if it flexes/bends along an axis parallel to the nut you are trying to turn, how do you get any torque on the nut? In other words, how does it act like a wrench?

The FAQ doesn’t answer that question, nor does the video.

]]> By: George http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309274 George Thu, 08 May 2008 16:21:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/08/fleamarket-tools-the-flexiwrench/#comment-309274 I'm especially impressed with the typo on the box - "Flexibitly" I’m especially impressed with the typo on the box - “Flexibitly”

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