Wera05002900001 Vario 80 Handle

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Très bonne prise en main, très bon grip, mes lames Wera déjà anciennes s'adaptent parfairement

6mmの専用シャンクしか使えませんが、その分しっかりしているのでぐらつきも無く力をかけられます。シャンクを揃えるは高く付くかもしれませんが、省スペースを求める人には良いのでは無いかと思います。グリップはWERA独特の物で、握りやすいと私は思います。

be aware that this is a 6mm handle not 1/4" - I must have missed it when ordering so had to order a 6mm to 1/4" adapter - At the end of the day it worked out fine as 6mm is much beefier than smaller size -Good purchase in end.

Why there aren’t more bit holder handles like this on the market I do not know.Let me specify what I mean by “like this”:A non-ratcheting handle that firmly retains hex bits and also has a built-in bolster to allow the user to apply extra torque with a spanner where necessary*. Driver handles like this are a rarity on the market, which you will know if you have ever sought them out.This Wera 80 handle appears to tick those particular boxes. I say “appears to” because actually it only does so in a very limited sense.Let me explain.The most common size of driver hex bit out there has a 1/4” shank. There are also 4mm hex, 5/16” hex and 10mm hex shank bits out there as well but these are far less common than 1/4”.So, what size hex slot do you think it would have been logical for Wera to give its Wera 80 handle in order to cater to the largest possible number of users? 1/4”, you’d think.Well, they didn’t choose 1/4”, or 4mm, or 5/16” or 10mm. Instead they chose 6mm.Yes, you read that right: 6mm. In other words, no 1/4” bit will fit the Wera 80 handle; you have to buy ones with 6mm hex shanks instead. And who makes those, for heaven’s sake? Well, Wera do, though nobody else appears to. Understandably, they’re designed specifically for use in the Wera 80 handle.Now these Wera 6mm hex bits are excellent quality: very well made and very durable. I should know because I’ve been using several of them for several years now.The major drawback of course is thst you can only ever use them in either the Wera 80 handle or in a standard 3-jaw drill chuck; just forget the idea of using them in either an impact driver (unless you can find one with a 6mm hex chuck - good luck with that!) or any hex bit holder designed for 1/4” hex bits.Clearly, Wera have been clever up to a point inasmuch as they have forced the purchaser of a Wera 80 handle to buy any hex bits they might want for it from Wera too, but in narrowing down the choice of bits so drastically they have surely shot themselves in the foot; this product will be of very limited appeal out in the real world where the 1/4” shank hex bit rules.Yes, you can buy a 6mm to 1/4” adapter (also only from Wera) that will allow you to use 1/4” bits with the handle, but given that this adapter is typically over twice the price of the Wera 80 handle itself, you might be forgiven for wanting to skip on that.So what is there left to say about the Vario 80 handle?Well, quite a lot actually. An experienced user of hex bit holders will want to know how ergonomic the handle is. Well, it’s a good shape for the human hand and made of two different sorts of material that give reasonable grip as long as oil and grease aren’t present, but for my hand (which is far from huge) the handle is way too small. Lucky the 10mm bolster is there then to allow you to exert the extra torque the handle alone won’t allow you to exert.Perhaps even more important than the ergonomics of the handle is the handle’s bit retention qualities. How well does the Wera 80 hold those rare as hen’s teeth 6mm shank bits that happen (almost unfortunately) to be of very good quality?Well, not well, is the answer. There appears to be no magnet inside the handle, but only a piece of spring steel that exerts a lateral force on the inserted bit and stops it from coming out. I’ve no objection to this in theory; as long as the spring steel does its job, no magnet should be necessary. In practice, the retaining power of the spring steel inside the Wera 80 handle is abysmally poor. It wasn’t abysmal in the first few weeks of use, but several years down the line whatever retaining power the spring steel had has now virtually disappeared. If you’re not careful the long and therefore rather heavy bits slide or completely fall out of the handle with irritating ease. As a result, using the Wera 80 in real world situations is as frustrating as going on a speed march over rough terrain with full kit on and your boot laces keep coming undone every mile or so. It’s a drag, basically.So no, I’m afraid I can’t recommend the Wera 80 handle, even if the bits designed specifically to go with it are of excellent quality. All told it’s a flop, a lemon, a turkey - take your pick.* Yes, very often you can apply extra torque on the hex shank of the bit itself, but this will require a 1/4” spanner, and British and European people at any rate don’t typically have imperial spanners in their toolkits. Also, 1/4” is a bit of a measly diameter to be yanking on with a spanner.