Product Description

When you find yourself in a tight spot, trying to tighten a hard-to-reach nut, this Black & Decker 8" Automatic Adjustable Wrench will save the day. Powered by 2 AAA batteries, the AAW100 helps you get a grip in cirumstances where you normally couldn't. What a helpful home maintenance tool! Battery Life - 650 Cycles Black & Decker 2 Year Warranty

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1 in Home Improvement
• Color: ORANGE
• Brand: Black & Decker
• Model: AAW100
• Dimensions: 1.83 pounds

Features

• 8-inch automatic adjustable wrench, autowrench
• Automatically adjusts to any size nut or bolt up to 1-1/4-inch at touch of button
• Professional heat-treated hardened steel provides 220 foot-pounds of torque
• Includes wrench and 2 AAA batteries
• 8-inches long; 1.3 pounds; 2-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Manually adjusting a wrench to fit particular nuts and bolts can be a real hassle, especially in tight spaces. Enter Black & Decker’s battery-powered Auto Wrench, a phenomenally handy tool that opens and closes with the push of a button. Boasting 220 foot-pounds of torque, this wrench is powerful enough to handle most household tasks, from car repair to fixing leaks.

The Auto Wrench is not meant to replace specialty tools like pipe or torque wrenches, but the jaws open wide enough (up to 1-1/4-inch) so that it could conceivably replace a range of manual wrenches sitting in your toolkit. This is an ideal product for someone looking to buy a wrench that’s both easy to use and versatile. At 8-inches, you could toss it in the silverware drawer and whip it out when you need it.

The area where this wrench really shines is in hard-to-reach spots where mobility is obscured, such as under sinks. A typical situation where the Auto Wrench would help might be one in which you’re awkwardly reaching for a nut underneath the kitchen faucet. With a comparable manual wrench, it’s conceivable you would fumble around with the adjusting mechanism for minutes on end, and then toss a fit. With the Auto Wrench, you’d simply press a button (positioned where you rest your thumb) and the jaws would open or close to your specifications.

We were a bit skeptical when we learned the Auto Wrench takes AA batteries and doesn’t include a rechargeable battery. This means you’ll need to keep some extra batteries around the house – or buy some rechargeable batteries -- if you use it frequently. However, the wrench isn’t a power hog by any means. Black & Decker says you can get 650 cycles out of two AA batteries, which should be plenty for most people.

What’s in the box
Wrench, AA batteries

The Black & Decker Story
Two young entrepreneurs, S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker, founded a small machine shop in Baltimore, Maryland. They called it The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company. Their shop has grown beyond anything they could have imagined. Today, Black & Decker is a global marketer and manufacturer of quality products used in and around the home and for commercial applications. It is also a major supplier of information systems and services to government and commercial client’s world-wide. With products marketed in over 100 countries and approximately half of its revenues from outside the United States, Black & Decker's product lines hold leading market share positions in their industries. The company is the world’s largest producer of power tools and accessories. Its household products business is the U.S. leader and among global competitors in the small household appliance industry

From the Manufacturer
Reach for the wrench that automatically provides the right fit every time with the new 8 Auto Wrench from Black & Decker. The Auto Wrench, with its patented technology, opens and closes its jaws with a push of a button to quickly loosen or tighten nuts and bolts ¿ even in tight spaces. The Auto Wrench is the first battery-powered adjustable wrench to offer the convenience and speed with the push of a button. No more guessing which direction to turn, or fumbling to manually adjust your wrench. With some wrenches it can be difficult to know which direction opens or closes the wrench. The Auto Wrench eliminates the guesswork by automatically opening and closing onto nuts and bolts with just one hand, making quick work of plumbing projects, bike repairs, grill and swing set assembly, and more. The Auto Wrench is also great for loosening garden hoses, shower heads, and for furniture assembly. Manual wrenches leave little room for your hand to adjust the wrench in tight spaces such as behind sink pipes. With the Auto Wrench's one-touch adjustment, turning nuts and bolts in tight areas is both quick and easy. The Auto Wrench fits onto both small and large nuts and bolts, and its extra wide opening accommodates nuts and bolts up to 1 ¼ wide. The Auto Wrench can also be manually adjusted. Because the Auto Wrench adjusts up to 1 ¼ wide, it can be used to replace a set of up to 50 standard and metric wrenches. The Auto Wrench is made from professional heat-treated hardened steel and is engraved with both standard and metric measurements scales.

Customer Reviews

Nice idea, bad execution
I got one for my birthday in June 2008. The wrench jaws operate smoothly but the wrench is not strong enough to loosen tight bolts. Many a time, I've come close to tearing apart the claws, and have had to throw it aside to use a real wrench that got the job done. So, for easy jobs like loosening nuts on a bike, this will work, but for real work, this wrench is not worthy of sitting in my tool box.

Black & Decker auto wrench
Thought I was getting a good deal until I saw the same item in sawgrass Mall in Ft. Lauderdale for $10.00. That was upsetting!

Great Gift
This was purchased as a Christmas gift for my son-in-law, so it's hard to review. I know he'll love it! Service was great and arrived as promised.