On Oct 13, 4:43*pm, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I dunno if I should send it back. *Maybe my testing is not as accurate
as I think (although there's not that much room for error). *I can
pretty easily add 15% to the torque setting (e.g., set it for 23 when I
want 20). *Opinions?

The things you observe (including "memory") exist in almost all torque
wrenches. They're just ten times worse in the HF stuff.

My gut feeling is that out of the bunch HF has, you got one of the
better ones.

Do you need a 4% accurate torque wrench because anything you do
actually matters? If so, you'd get a good one. If you just want "a"
clicker torque wrench you got the HF one.

I personally don't send any HF stuff back - it just goes into the
metal recycling bin when I get fed up with it or it breaks. I think
that as far as cheap crappy tools go there is some value but only as
long as I regard it as throwaway. Often I toss them not because
they're actually broken but just because they feel, in use, so much
inferior to the good quality tools.

Tim.