I have been on a high end tool kick as of late.The sting of the price is really driven away with the knowledge that I have a tool that is backed with a lifetime warranty, and that I will probably in fact use for a lifetime. Life has so many irritations in it, I love buying tools that can at least eliminate some of the smaller ones.Up until now, I had been using some Husky ratcheting wrenches. I didn't really have any problem with them. They got the job done, they took a beating and wore out or broke. When I saw these wrenches though, I had to have them. The Wera wrenches are slightly lighter than the Huskeys', which I like considering I do commercial HVAC and I am constantly climbing ladders. The open ended side has so many great design improvements. There have been many times in the field where I was violently cursing out a machine because a bolt was in such a position where I had to constantly do the flippy doo of changing the direction of the wrench just to tighten it by a fraction of a turn. With the 12 point, non-crooked open ended side of the Wera wrench though, this problem has become much less tedious. I also really like the "toothed gripping plate" that is on one side of the open jaw side. So many goobers out there have destroyed bolts that are such a pain to remove. The gripping plate at least gives you a chance of gripping these bolts. Not to mention, the gripping plate also holds nuts in place for you without them falling through. A great feature.If I had to criticize anything about these wrenches, it would only be on certain aesthetics. Personally, I like laser etched EVERYTHING. The wrenches do have the sizes stamped into the metal, but I wish the logo and turning arrows for the ratcheting side were also etched rather than printed. Like I said, I only say this if I am forced to say something negative about these wrenches. They are basically perfection.My advice to everyone is, buy these wrenches. Ignore the price. If you are professional, you owe it to yourself to own professional grade tools. If you aren't a professional but just enjoy having nice tools, Wera tools are just so damn beautiful. You can buy them and display them while you think of a reason to use them. Hell, even the box and tool bag they come in look great.I purchased this set to use at work. I'm 100% satisfied! Most of my coworkers use snap on and they all love my Wera's!I purchased these after watching videos of these wrenches on the manufacturer site and thought I would give them a try. I really liked the hold and stop function of these wrenches that was advertised. Well right out of the box the 7/16 wrench didn't hold nor act as a stop on the proper sized nut. I even made sure to try a brand new nut but the added metal tang installed to act as the hold/stop mechanism did neither. I was highly disappointed seeing as the price for these is not cheap. All the claims of German engineering and precision were ruined by poor manufacturing and quality control. On the plus side these wrenches are of some quality materials and finishing and would probably last a long time. I never tried any of the other wrenches because if one doesn't work as described why bother. The standard Joker wrenches without the hold function are less money and probably a better buy.I initially loved the concept behind these wrenches and was very excited to buy them. Now that I have them I am a little less impressed than I expected. The finish on these wrenches are a dull grey which I like because I'm tired of the slippery polished chrome finishes but the finish has a few imperfections, the 'Wera Joker" logos aren't even centered on a couple of the wrenches and the color coded labels don't even wrap around the entire wrench, they have small gaps on the sides. The visual imperfections I do not care much about since I plan to use the set more than look at it. However, There are a couple functional problems here too. First, the ratcheting box end has a very well machined fit but the drag on the ratcheting action is higher than I expect in an expensive set. Secondly, the thickness in all directions of both the open and box end are larger than most wrenched which can be a problem in very tight places. Finally, while the joker design can eliminate the need for offset wrenches but there are some limited access applications where you must attack the fastener straight on and the design will not work as wera expected so it would have been nice to see the standard offset instead of the straight open end of these wrenches. That being said, I still very much like the Joker wrenches, I was removing some AN fitting in a hard to reach on a Citation and the Joker wrenches held very well and very much appreciated no having to flip the wrench each turn. I am also excited to use the holding function to sneak a nut behind panels to get started instead of my normal style of holding it between my index and middle finger where I might accidentally drop it and spend thirty minutes chasing the nut. Overall I like the set very much and am happy I finally pulled the trigger, Just know they aren't perfectIf speed wrenches were strippers, you'd buy German ones. I love these things, they are good looking, expensive, fun to hold - they're even useful for twisting nuts and bolts! Seriously, these are top of the line German made hand tools. They come in a handy pouch that keeps other brands from touching them, because, you don't want Huskies or Kobalt's to even associate with these beauties. They have lots of neat features and colors too; for example, when your Apprentice doesn't know what a 7/16th is you just tell him "the blue one". They seem to get along with my Knipex and PB Swiss tools. A little bit of sewing machine oil and they click right along.My husband is foreman electrician and absolutely happy with this wrenches, they are top notch quality and very competitive. Wera is definitely something he is going to use going forward. His work truck full of Milwaukee brand but something tells me I’m going to see more of Wera products arriving to our household. He uses them for work and said they absolutely do the job & he would highly recommend them.Hugely disappointingI’m a plumber and I’ve had this product for over 2 months, not 1 of the spanners fits a single nut I have tried to undo.I don’t mind spending money on good tools but I can honestly say this is a massive disappointmentGood wera qualityVery fine!Internal surface finish on the open end flats was chewed out with a dull tool that picked up the metal it cut and dragged it along with it leaving awful gouge marks on the faces. It was not on all but most, I have Joker switch and other Joker spanners that I bought in one go. For the money they have a very poor manufacturing quality. My Britool , snap on and even Famex have a better finish. Perhaps it’s me just being picky but I find it irritating when things are not made consistently.La marca no la conocía bien (si conocía Baco, Bellota...) pero después de comprar sus destornilladores me quedé impresionado por su relación calidad precioA nivel usuario "manitas" intensivo son una máquina de herramientas muy por encima de otras marcas más "populista"Son de muy buena calidad, ergonomicas y bien presentadas