Decent adjustable spanners

[Jameshow]

Gave sister a bike and a 6" wrench. Therefore need to get a new one. Used a Kennedy one yesterday which was nice. Bacho and falcon are good or a eclipse pro one.

What do you guys recommend? 8" probably?

 

[Venod]

Do you want metric or imperial ?

 

[Jameshow]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/22442628...tixoXeJTeO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Looks the best value tbh.

 

[Salty seadog]

You need a set of these,

 

[dan_bo]

Bahco. Good and solid.

 

[dan_bo]

When I worked in Germany they used to call adjustables 'Englanders'.....cheeky bstards.

 

[ColinJ]

When I worked in Germany they used to call adjustables 'Englanders'.....cheeky bstards.

Adaptable and widely useful vs rigid and narrowly focussed?

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

Another Bahco vote, had mine years

 

[dan_bo]

Adaptable and widely useful vs rigid and narrowly focussed?

I think they were saying slack and makeshift

 

[newts]

Another Bahco vote, had mine years

Me too, been using the Bahco 6" wide jaw for 15+ years.

 

[rogerzilla]

When I worked in Germany they used to call adjustables 'Englanders'.....cheeky bstards.

That must be their equivalent of the "Brummagem screwdriver".

 

[silva]

When I worked in Germany they used to call adjustables 'Englanders'.....cheeky bstards.

Here in BE they also call them like that: "English key", literally translated from "Engelse sleutel".
Cheap(er) ones have a rather loose adjustable side, alot play, and need to be re-set to the needed gap, every other turn - they'fe an annoyance and a waste of time.
Bahco ones are totally different, looks and handling, once set, they handle like non adjustables.
With a bahco one you can tension a hard to reach nut in the dark, with those cheaper ones, well haha, you smack it on the bosses table and ask a real tool.

 

[Profpointy]

Echo the above: Bahco are sound. For a bike, you likely want 6", though I did once use my 18" to undo cross threaded BB cups.
The 18" was quite a lot of dosh

 

[Jameshow]

These don't look bad to a Yorkshire man!!

https://www.toolstation.com/minotau...CsbvliLQQaAhZmEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#reviewTab

 

[sevenfourate]

“Adjustable spanner”.

Engineer here Shudders at the thought 😎

Bahco are more than decent enough for rounding off a few nuts though 🤣