Wera Products - Video Review

[Stone Message]

Hello Everyone

I have a number of really good tools from Wera and want to let you know what I think of them. Take a look at my video....

Wera Screwdriver and Bit Sets - An Introduction

For UK readers - I have bought all of my Wera bit sets and screwdrivers from Screwfix as they are the cheapest and we have several branches in this area.

Peter

 

[Alan m]

i have the impacter version. i got sick of breaking bits every day so i bought that set.
i still break bits but it is a lot rarer now.
i often broke 2-3 in a day driving 4 "screws. now it is 1 a month.
it is getting a bit stiff to take the bit out. might need some oil etc. bit it is easily one of the best purchases i ever made.

 

[andvari]

I have some of the Wera line too. And even more Wiha which I use for messing up electronics - attempting repairs on laptop computers etc.

In fact it was some small Wiha Torx drivers that really began my appreciation for German tools some 25 years ago.

Perhaps my biggest annoyance with Festool is the mediocre support for ball detent tools in the drill line. I could certainly make better use of the combination of Festool and Wera if it weren't for that.

 

[woodie]

Thanks for the review Peter! I browsed their site after watching it and wound up ordering one of their Impaktor sets.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Yes, thanks for that video Peter!  I bought my father the Wera Kraftform Kompakt 26 screwdriver for fathers day.  I think this will be the only gift I've ever given him that he'll actually use!  [big grin]

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Ken

I always found it difficult to get presents for my dad - not because he would not appreciate anything given to him but because I was so desperate to make him happy.

Dad taught me a lot about woodwork but most of all he gave me the confidence to be able to tackle any job even if at the start it was impossible to see how it should end. Dad had a sort of sixth sense and could tell if a machine was not right long before it went wrong. Nothing ever phased him.

Dad died at 98 years old and would have been 100 a couple of weeks ago. It is such a pity that so many of the youngsters today have to grow up in households with no true father figure. I miss Dad a lot.

Peter

 

[RC]

One more thing up the sleeve of the Kompakt is the bolt-like collar on the handle for that little bit of extra torque with a wrench if needed. Came in handy when I was last working on my -69 VW Bug's hinge screws.

Love mine - it's always in my work overall pocket [smile]

I've been eyeing the Joker combination wratchets and the Zyklop wrenches too. They feel a bit pricey, but oh boy do they feel quality too...

 

[Steve R]

I use the Wera regular screw drivers and have not purchased the compact all in one. My dealer does not carry the slick kits that you show. Those would be great to have.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[semenza]

The Kompact you show in the video is the first multi-bit type driver that  looks really good to me. The bit storage doesn't make the handle into a giant  montrosity, the bits don't rattle around in it , short and long driver in one ,, removable/changeable driver shaft... + quality. Hard to beat.

This place looks like they have everything  http://chadstoolbox.com/

Seth

 

[ART at WORK]

Thanks for the review Peter,
I have the Kraftform Kompakt 20 for about 2 years now. It lives in my rucksack because as you say when you are visiting friends there is maybe a kitchen door that could do with a tighten up.
By the time some of my friends have found a screwdriver I have finished the job. I love the thing.
It is one of my all time favourite tools. I dont leave home without it.
Wera do make some lovely kit.
The W in German is pronounced like a V so will sound like Vera.

Pip

 

[peter halle]

I have three sets of Wera screwdrivers and also the Kompact model that another Peter ( [thumbs up] reviewed.  I love the Kompact and found that you can just barely squeeze a Festool Twinbox (remember those?) set of bits in the case also.  This is a great setup for when you grab your Festool drill and also have the BHS-65.

Woodcrafts carry the Kompacts as well as some Wera screwdrivers and sets and about three times a year they go on sale.

Peter

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I got the Kraftform Kompact 3 years ago at a hardware store in a town of like 400, who would have thought?

 

[Ken Nagrod]

I got the Kraftform Kompact 3 years ago at a hardware store in a town of like 400, who would have thought?

Probably German emigrants.

 

[Stone Message]

Thanks for the review Peter,
I have the Kraftform Kompakt 20 for about 2 years now. It lives in my rucksack because as you say when you are visiting friends there is maybe a kitchen door that could do with a tighten up.
By the time some of my friends have found a screwdriver I have finished the job. I love the thing.
It is one of my all time favourite tools. I dont leave home without it.
Wera do make some lovely kit.
The W in German is pronounced like a V so will sound like Vera.

Pip

Hi Pip

Ja. Ich verstehe. Ich lebte für drei Jahre in Bielefeld.

If you watch the video carefully you will see that at one point I accidentally start with the 'V' sound but then remember that I have an English speaking audience.

Peter

 

[Stone Message]

One more thing up the sleeve of the Kompakt is the bolt-like collar on the handle for that little bit of extra torque with a wrench if needed. Came in handy when I was last working on my -69 VW Bug's hinge screws.

Love mine - it's always in my work overall pocket [smile]

I've been eyeing the Joker combination wratchets and the Zyklop wrenches too. They feel a bit pricey, but oh boy do they feel quality too...

Hi Reiska

I am not sure about putting a wrench on the end of the handle but what one could do is use the right size Joker, threaded onto the shaft, if extra leverage were needed (actually I would reach for the tiny ratchet that I demonstrated).

Peter

 

[ART at WORK]

Hi Pip

Ja. Ich verstehe. Ich lebte für drei Jahre in Bielefeld.

If you watch the video carefully you will see that at one point I accidentally start with the 'V' sound but then remember that I have an English speaking audience.

Peter
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What were you doing for so long in Bielefeld Peter?

 

[RC]

This was what I ment - not breaking the end of the tool.

 

[Stone Message]

Reiska

[smile]

Peter

 

[Stone Message]

.....What were you doing for so long in Bielefeld Peter?

I had a NATO job on the outskirts. It was a lovely town in the late 1980s- early 90s. We have many happy memories from our days there. We lived near Kremelman's cake shop - if it is still there.

We go to Germany every year for our walking and cycling holidays. I speak a little German but my written German is awful (I had to use a translation engine to do my quote above but I could say it if you were here).

Peter

 

[Mac]

One more thing up the sleeve of the Kompakt is the bolt-like collar on the handle for that little bit of extra torque with a wrench if needed. Came in handy when I was last working on my -69 VW Bug's hinge screws.

Love mine - it's always in my work overall pocket [smile]

I've been eyeing the Joker combination wratchets and the Zyklop wrenches too. They feel a bit pricey, but oh boy do they feel quality too...

I LOVE my Zyklop set, the quality of that tool is amazing. Likewise with my Kompact screwdriver set, it's become the only screwdriver I ever use.