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  • Bondhus Wrench: Missing Ball

    Around the beginning of the year, I updated my collection of somewhat worn hex wrenches with a set of metric and inch ball-end hex wrenches from Bondhus sold by and shipped from Amazon:

    Bondhus hex wrenches - missing 7-64 ball
    Bondhus hex wrenches – missing 7-64 ball

    When I applied the 7/64 wrench to a setscrew, the missing ball came as a surprise.

    Even though the inch wrench set doesn’t get a lot of use, it’s possible I broke the ball off during a previous adventure, but a look at the end shows the black oxide coating covering the end:

    Bondhus hex wrenches - missing 7-64 ball - detail
    Bondhus hex wrenches – missing 7-64 ball – detail

    Yeah, it was born that way.

    I wonder if and how their lifetime guarantee works.

    [Update: It does!]

    Protip: as of this writing, the Amazon listing has two other “sizes” showing exactly the same set at significantly higher prices from two randomly named sellers:

    Bondhus hex wrench set - Amazon listing
    Bondhus hex wrench set – Amazon listing

    It is safe to assume Amazon no longer has its customers’ best interests in mind.