Spanners

Which product turned our heads in the workshop?

Spin bolts and fasteners on and off your car in the narrowest gaps with our pick of these neat ratchet spanner sets

As with the big Clarke set, this Silverline offering got close to the end of the torque test before starting to safely bend

Some of our spanners have slicker ratchets and smaller ends, but this Silverline set is all most DIY mechanics will ever need.

Sealey completes our different budget options – this is a top-quality set.

Uniquely here, this Laser set has flexible heads, giving more options for tackling hard-to-reach nuts and bolts

One fractionally too small open end spanner stopped this otherwise top-quality set from finishing much higher.

Top quality as we’ve come to expect from Halfords’ Professional tools and worth going for if you can afford it.

As on the Teng, one oversize ring spoiled an otherwise good performance.

Bit of a mixed bag from this Kennedy set, which covers 14 sizes in seven wrenches.

There’s a lot to like about this Kennedy set.