HAZET vs Harbor Freight 1000NM Challenge Too Much Force said Everyone! 1/2 Drive

Today we have the HAZET 1000NM Challenge and we throw in a Harbor Freight Pittsburgh Pro just for fun. This all started because box and marketing material for Hazet Tools made in Germany has load capacity test confirmed by both VPA Remscheid and HAZET-internal quality tests to have the 916 HP meet 1000Nm. This new tool was released in 2018 and is completely “Made in Germany” at HAZET, from development to production. With a load limit of 1,000 Nm, the reversible ratchet 916 HP is setting new standards in terms of power. With approx. 95%, the ratchet is thus considerably above the norm, which stipulates 512 Nm. The HiPer reversible ratchet has super-fine interlocking with 90 teeth, which enables a minimum opening angle of just 4° and is thus suitable for the tightest of work areas. The 916 HP thus offers more power at similar dimensions to standard 1/2“ ratchets.

So let's find out if it can really meet and exceed the 1000Nm marketing and lab tested number. Word of caution, don't try this at home ever and always choose the right tool for the job.

Hazet 916HP Fine Tooth 1/2" Reversible Ratchet HZ916HP

Hazet 916HPL Fine Tooth 1/2" Reversible Ratchet, Long HZ916HPL

Hazet 916HPLG Fine Tooth 1/2" Reversible Ratchet, Extendable HZ916HPLG

Harbor Freight PITTSBURGH 1/2 In. Drive Low-Profile Ratchet

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[sparkypdx]

I switched to Hazel HP for all of my work rachets over two years ago. Unbelievable specs, fine tooth, smooth, and comfortable handles. You can stand on them, wack them with a 2x4/hammer. Even the 1/4” drive ones. They never give me that “lock-up” when applying high torque. Of course I don’t use a 48” cheater like you! Keep up the great work.

[jeffharper]

1000 NM = 737.5 ft.pounds. on a 1/2 Anval.
That's more than 2x what Snap on customer care recomends for their breaker bar with another 100+ extra !
From a fine tooth rachet no less!
German engineering Rocks.
(The Pittsburgh pro went to 470ft.pounds!)
That shows you even Chineesium is getting better with modern metallurgy and heat treat processes.

[heavymachinery]

Hazet and Gedore tools made in germany and austria are my favorite tools i love those brends 👍

[rwgidqb]

I really really want to see a comparison between the Hazet 1/2” ratchet and the Snap On 1/2” ratchet.

[Hazeyone]

You sold me! I was looking for a good 1/2 so I just bought it! Great video!

[Hipsters_N_Hippies]

Just so everyone realizes something. 2:28 That Pittsburgh took 641nm, which is 472.7ftLbs before it bent. 3:55

the cheap 72tooth ratchet pawls, the anvil gear, and teeth could reach and it appears between this video and the other 1/2 72tooth Pittsburgh pro torture test videos. That the 1/2 version of the 72tooth ratchets can hold 500ftLbs. Its just the ratchet shaft or cheap screw in the flex head that gives out.

Not too bad. When you consider how much force that is. I mean your never going to be able to apply that much force by hand. And you should be grabbing a breaker bar not a cheater pipe for the ratchet if your are applying that much force.

So what we learned he today is that when it comes to a 1/2” drive ratchet about 10”-18” long. Well ironically the cheap one it’s exactly what you need. Because you need a cheat pipe with a lot of force applied to break it. and well you should have switched out the ratchet for a breaker bar, before we got to the step that involves at the cheater pipe.

And even more food for

If a 1/4” drive is “easy” to shear off by hand. Than do you really need to buy a brand or manufacture that has the best internals? Because if even SnapOn can shear before 90ftLbs, do I really need internals that can take 150ftLbs. Sometimes a cheaper ratchet with internals that only take 100ftLbs will shear off within a few ftLbs of the SnapOn.

Now if we are talking about long neck ratchets in both 1/4” and 1/2”....well I actually suggest taking it up the poop shoot and getting the SnapOn ratchets.

Now anything under a foot long. is less than a foot from the pivot point. So I would have to apply 500ftLbs of force out of my hands to break it...so, just get the cheap one. Because not going to happen.

...unless it’s a long handle one you buy for leverage. That’s the one you spend the money on.

But you can definitely save some money on most of your the 1/4” and 1/2” drive ratchets.

Only spend good money on those that will see excessively hard duties for their respective drive size.

Good talk.😂

[chrisjones]

Good to see my welds are still holding up, needed to cut some 1 5/16 sockets in half at work and weld a pipe in between to raise our pipe hangers and everyone said it wouldn't hold with big milwaukee and I said I disagree. Sending em this to show a stick welded socket to steel holds up with stick welding, everyone said needed to be tig welded with an inconel filler

[CPthetooladdict]

You need to eat your Wheaties if you're putting a 1000nm on fasteners lol great video hazet is fantastic stuff

[kentuckyteck]

Hazet makes some really nice stuff I don’t have any yet but I will at some point. Congratulations on 40k buddy

[heikopanzlaff]

For this kind of applications I use the HaZet 6397 a 600 mm long lever together with the 14 x18 mm inserts from my big torque wrench. No need to break a ratchet ...

[_Ptat_]

I love my snappy 1/2 long handle ratchet. Not the extra long handle, but it’s long enough!

[kevinblankenburg]

Because in Germany tools are tested before you use them. Those labs are run by non profit associations, solely there to test products. Those are stats, not marketing.

[dieseldoctor]

Looks to me that those Hazet ratchets are a hell of a good ratchet!!!

[georgeferlazzo]

Hello again Chris and Mrs. CG
Thank you for another Great Video. And thank you for sharing the Hazet line of tools. Now I have another entry to maybe add to my Toolbox. Now after the test. What are they like to get warranty? Normally, I would would never need a Cheater bar that long. But when the time comes that you need it, it's nice to know....

[Grimmeute]

I like that German stuff really good quality. America needs to get back to building with pride not profit.

[jeffharper]

The pawl broke but held, the anval went last.
You can see the pawl broke in half and Jammed into the cog.
It is still a great rachet but if you are over 300ftpnds. It's time to move up in drive size to 3/4.
Liz from Snap on customer care gave me the recommended limits for each drive size.
1/4 * 30ftpounds max.
3/8 * 100ftpounds max.
1/2 * 300ftpounds max.
It's not that it will break the 1st. Time you exceed working load limits, it's that every time you do it, the steel is stretched, like bending a wire you may do it several times but sooner or later it will yeald then break.
If you stay in limits and use a breaker bar to loosen the stuck faceners first . Then use the rachet .
Tools can last a life time.
Well grease those rachets from time to time aswell.
3/4 drive is said to 900ftpounds to 1, 000ft.pounds max working load limit.
But that did not come from Snap on customer care. So why not invest in a 3/4 breaker bar. I have a you tube up, useing the Icon 3/4 inch 36" with a cheater bar.
A very good tool for the 💰.
I have some Hazet stuff, love it.
Great Rachet Hazet!

[FAMOUSSLICKRICK]

At 7:01… Man Down Man Down!!! LOL!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[Enonymouse_]

Surviving over 500 ft pounds of force with minimal flexion or damage is remarkable for a ratchet tool.

[Saltamontes]

After seeing the proofs of the video, I became more convinced of the quality of Hazet's tools. I'm going to buy the Ratchet in the video to make it easier to change the car's tires. The 916HPL exceeds all my expectations.

[dioclau]

Well said at 8.33. 👍
Great ratchet
Great vid!!!! 👍