According to new product listings on Amazon and other online tool stores, Dewalt has launched new ToughSeries combination wrenches.
Dewalt ToughSeries line of hand tools, is advertised as being designed with industry-shattering innovation.
These new wrenches feature “powerjaw technology” that delivers “30% more torque on rounded fasteners.”
There are grooves on the open end, and similar ridges on the 6pt box ends. We’ve seen wrench profiles like this before – more on that below.
The smaller wrench sets ship in a plastic tool case with removable tray.
Price: $79 for the 8pc set
Models: DWMT45426 for metric, DWMT45427 for inch
I could not find any list where Dewalt specifies the sizes of wrenches you get with each set.
Discussion
We’ve seen very similar if not identical wrenches before, such as in Craftsman Overdrive. (Craftsman and Dewalt are both part of the same company, Stanley Black & Decker.)
From just the online images, the Craftsman and Dewalt combination wrenches look the same to me, aside from branding and minor differences in aesthetics.
It’s unclear what “industry-shattering innovation” was done to differentiate the new Dewalt ToughSeries wrenches from Craftsman Overdrive.
Amazon has the 11pc SAE set and 11pc metric set at $69 each, and Lowe’s has the 11pc SAE set and 11pc metric set at $75 each.
If you don’t need the Dewalt tool case or tray, $69-$75 for 11 combination wrenches is a much better value than $79 for 8 wrenches. The craftsman sets come with a compact carrying case.
Here are closeups of the Dewalt ToughSeries and Craftsman Overdrive wrench open ends.
And here are the closed ends.
Can you tell which is which?
The Craftsman Overdrive wrenches are very good. As they’re less expensive than the Dewalt ToughSeries tools, with no clear indication of if or how the Dewalt wrenches are better aside from a different storage case option and brand association, I’d just get the Craftsman sets.
I wonder if we’re going to see more Dewalt ToughSeries adaptations of Craftsman hand tools.
