44001 – 8-Piece Metric T-Handle Hex Key Set – 3-Way Spinner Wrenches with Sliding Handle – 2mm to 10mm

Incredible tools. What’s not to like.

I bought these to do one job. I use them for a lot of jobs. They're well built and work fantastically. I work a really niche job, and I need to break parts lose in some word spots. These really do allow me to do don't work in word spaces. The quality and build is fantastic. Highly recommend.

The wrenches look good and are of decent quality. I can not tell what type of metal that it is made from. I have not had to apply a lot of torque a bolt with these yet. But for what I have used them for, they appear to be built with good steel. I like the color difference between the sets and all but the smallest sizes have the size listed on the wrench. The ends are chromed and the paint may actually be a powder coating, but not sure. They don't appear to be able to rust easily. The black holder is more of a rubber than a hard plastic. Easy to see the sizes on the holder in white letters. The holder grips the wrenches enough to hold onto, but not hard enough that you have to fight to get them in or out. Only a few minor things that I don't like. One thing is that the sizes are not in order. The 3/16, 5/32, and 1/8 on the front holder and the 9/64 and 7/64 on the back holder are not in sequential order with the rest of the wrenches. The metric wrenches are in order but not the SAE, go figure. And the Second thing that I don't like is that the sizes are not listed on 7 of the 13 smaller wrenches. The sizes are printed onto the wrenches and are not stamped or engraved.

Makes the job easy

Great in every way except one - the spinning sleeve. It is annoying and makes it harder to use. It seems to be designed for 2 handed operation, but when using it 2 handed, why would you want your support hand so far back? In most cases it doesn't really make sense.

A very innovative tool & nice set! It is strong too. I was able to remove my car seat bolt(the factory tightened one, the anchor bolt) It didn't break! I recommend for all torx related jobs.

Bought the Star/Torx/Security/whatever you want to call it set. Update: A while after using the Star set, I went back and bought the metric and SAE sets. I was happy enough to throw another $50 at the same company so take that as you will. Pretty Skookum. Definitely fit for purpose. Some of the best I've used and I'm picking up both the metric and standard hex keys in the next couple weeks. These should last me a long time and given their unique appearance I won't be losing any anytime soon. I don't see any reason to buy any other set of hex key wrenches. That being said, these are probably being bought from a manufacturer and repackaged. You'll notice there is another set of very similar hex keys in almost identical packaging being sold by a company called Titan on Amazon also. However, instead of listing the material as S2 tool steel, they call it chrome molybdenum somethin' whatsit. Maybe they're both the same. Maybe they're not. S2 tool steel is the industry standard and works very well. You can put chrome and molybdenum in pancake batter and call it a hex key. Both are ingredients of S2 tool steel, but Ares lists theirs by the proper name and that's something you can trust, even if it does cost $5 more a set. An extra dollar a key is fine by me if they're made of the right stuff.

I designed my own 3D printer, where every single screw is torx where possible. I've used this set enough to love it. The steel is good. I had one stubborn screw and the screw's head gave away, the wrench was fine. No problems with durability or stiffness. Never had a problem fitting into a screw. The length gave me torque where needed, and easy access in cramped spaces. This is an incredible upgrade from using "all in one" tools. The green coating feels great, looks great. Easy to find if I leave it somewhere.