Black & Decker AAW100 8-Inch Auto Wrench Adjusting Wrench
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| Manufacturer: Black & Decker |
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| List Price: $51.19 |
| Sale Price: $15.79 |
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| Manually adjusting a wrench to fit particular nuts and bolts can be a real hassle, especially in tight spaces. Enter Black & Decker’s battery-powered Auto Wrench, a phenomenally handy tool that opens and closes with the push of a button. Boasting 220 foot-pounds of torque, this wrench is powerful enough to handle most household tasks, from car repair to fixing leaks. The Auto Wrench is not meant to replace specialty tools like pipe or torque wrenches, but the jaws open wide enough (up to 1-1/4-inch) so that it could conceivably replace a range of manual wrenches sitting in your toolkit. This is an ideal product for someone looking to buy a wrench that’s both easy to use and versatile. At 8-inches, you could toss it in the silverware drawer and whip it out when you need it. The area where this wrench really shines is in hard-to-reach spots where mobility is obscured, such as under sinks. A typical situation where the Auto Wrench would help might be one in which you’re awkwardly reaching for a nut underneath the kitchen faucet. With a comparable manual wrench, it’s conceivable you would fumble around with the adjusting mechanism for minutes on end, and then toss a fit. With the Auto Wrench, you’d simply press a button (positioned where you rest your thumb) and the jaws would open or close to your specifications. We were a bit skeptical when we learned the Auto Wrench takes AA batteries and doesn’t include a rechargeable battery. This means you’ll need to keep some extra batteries around the house – or buy some rechargeable batteries -- if you use it frequently. However, the wrench isn’t a power hog by any means. Black & Decker says you can get 650 cycles out of two AA batteries, which should be plenty for most people. What’s in the box
Wrench, AA batteries The Black & Decker Story
Two young entrepreneurs, S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker, founded a small machine shop in Baltimore, Maryland. They called it The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company. Their shop has grown beyond anything they could have imagined. Today, Black & Decker is a global marketer and manufacturer of quality products used in and around the home and for commercial applications. It is also a major supplier of information systems and services to government and commercial client’s world-wide. With products marketed in over 100 countries and approximately half of its revenues from outside the United States, Black & Decker's product lines hold leading market share positions in their industries. The company is the world’s largest producer of power tools and accessories. Its household products business is the U.S. leader and among global competitors in the small household appliance industry |
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Product Details |
- Auto wrench includes a push-button adjustment to fit nuts and bolts up to 1-1/4-inch
- Perfect for tight spaces with limited visibility, such as under kitchen sinks
- Designed with heat-treated hardened steel to provide 220 pounds of torque
- Measures 8-inches long; weighs 1.3 pounds
- Includes 2 AAA batteries
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 They must have some geniuses working at Black and Decker! |
| Review Date: June 22, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Dennis W. Mau, |
| This is the best new tool to come along in twenty years. What a great idea and excellent implementation of it. This is the coolest crescent wrench I have ever seen. It makes it so easy to work on projects where you have different size nuts to tighten and especially when working where space is limited. The electric adjustment on the wrench is amazingly quick. I mean you hit the switch and it's snug up against the nut ready for you to start turning. This wrench is not fragile either. It can apply as much torque as a regular crescent wrench. It is amazing that it is not that much bigger than a regular wrench. It will fit in all thoses tight nooks and crannies where sometimes you need to get a wrench into. Amazon doesn't have any in stock yet so I found mine at Lowes Hardware. The Thornton Colorado store sold their whole display in one day. I drove up to the Longmont Lowes to get one and it was well worth it. GREAT TOOL! |
The Gift for the Tool Hound that has Everything
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| Review Date: December 6, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Atomicwasteland, North Bethesda, MD USA |
I bought this for my father, a "toolhound", who has every old-timey tool on earth. Originally I sort of bought it as a gag, but when I got in the mail and tested it out after opening, I was actually impressed.
First of all, this thing is huge. You can use it to tighten relatively big bolts. (There are measurement marks carved on the jaws of the wrench and it shows that it can accomodate a bolt head 1.25 inches wide.)
Second, the opening and closing is almost instantaneous. I thought it would be a lot slower. No. Instead, when you open it (by the press of a button) the wrench shoots open, and when you close it, it slams closed.
It seems perfectly safe, as I put my finger in the "maw" of the device and closed it (just to see what it would do...) As soon as the jaws reached my finger, they stopped immediately -barely applying any pressure. So, if there are little kids around this is not likely to pinch anyone's fingers...
One thing I was thinking about after I bought this was how useful it would be to someone who had problems with their hands. You really can see how you could easily wield the tool with one hand, and with a limited range of motion.
I was pleasantly surprised by this product, and think it makes a great Christmas gift! |
Best gift for your TOOL MEN!
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| Review Date: July 25, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Pambi S. Camacho, Rockford, IL |
| I saw this on t.v. right before Father's Day and come from a "Tool Man" and am also married to a "Tool Man." On my search over the internet the next day, Amazon was the only place that I could get this but wasn't sure it would be in time for Father's Day, but amazingly enough they made it by Friday. BOTH my TOOL MEN were awed, my father, that shows a custom 52 Ford pickup, could hardly wait to take it to the show on Father's Day to show off his NEW TOOL. by the way..... IT WORKS TOO. BOTH my Tool Men, thought it was the best tool they had gotten in years. |
Black & Decker AAW100 Auto Wrench 8" Automatic Adjustable Wrench
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| Review Date: August 3, 2006 |
| Reviewer: D. Cook, Long Island, NY United States |
Great Wrench!!! Everyone should have one! One touch and it sizes for you!
I gave my Dad this for Father's Day and he loves it...and he's one of those people that are really hard to shop for.
As this is a new item, I tried for weeks to get this new adjustable wrench through all the big, local hardware stores and they just didn't have it and couldn't predict when they were getting it. Even the manufacturer on-line was temporarily out of stock. However, Amazon got it to me really fast.
Gadget people have to have one...it's really cool! |
Great tool
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| Review Date: December 13, 2006 |
| Reviewer: M. Murray, MD, USA |
| Even the very occasional handy man/woman can't help but love this product. I'm actually looking forward to using it again, and plan to change out a car battery over the weekend with it. Ladies who can't think of what to get for the "guy who has everything" take note. These were recently rolled back at Walmart to the same price as they are here, but with free shipping to your door and avoiding the crowds I'll stick with Amazon. |
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