Basic Ratchet Bender

I was but an apprentice at one time when I was introduced to the art of tool-assisted lineset bending. This was the style of benders I got used to right out of the gate, and I have made effortless bends ever since! I love this little thing! Comes with all the common sizes, and works perfectly when paired with a tubing straightener, also a really good deal on here. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to get an upper hand instead of bending really crappy lineset bends on finished work. Not really a good look for you, nor your future paychecks.

I recently decided to install a heat pump on our new home rather than pay more than twice the cost to have it done. I was a HVAC professional in my youth (long ago). We used to use the tubing springs to bend the tubing and that is fine if there are no fittings, it is not flared already, and you are working at the last few feet of the line. I had need to make bends outside at the condenser, under the house in less than 24" of space and then a tight bend at the air handler. The documentation is not written by an English speaker so is a little lacking but will get you by. They could have done better with explaining "How" to use it. There are places where you can bend from the inside of the curve but others where you must bend from the outside of the curve. That is what the two attachments are for that they do not explain. All in all I was able to make the correct angles outside to align perfectly so there was no binding. Under the house I was easily able to put a 90 degree bend in a 3/4" line where I only had enough room to drag and not crawl. At the air handler, it made a very nice 90 degree bend that had to bend away from me in both the 3/4' and 3/8" lines. I think this tool was worth the cost in time saved as well as the frustration you get when you finally kink the line you are so carefully trying to bend. At the price of copper now, you can not afford to buy another line set. If I only use it once (I doubt that) I would count it worth it on the installation cost.

The bender worked great for 3/8” tubing but had a tendency to kink 5/16. Includes other useful tools like deburring tools and a pipe cutter.

Great bender for 1/3 the price of name brand ones. Perfectly bends 7/8”, 3/4” and 1/2” soft copper into 90° bends with zero kinks of flaws in the bend. I bent the copper both inwards and outwards and had PERFECT 90° bends everytime. Well worth the money!!! It’s easy to use and set up. I’m an HVAC tech and I highly recommend

Works great

Nice tool. Worked perfectly.

Bought this to straighten out a stainless steel 7/8" pipe. It is obviously at the tool's limit but it got the job done. The wing nut bolt needed to attach anything to the main tool body is a joke. After the first few pulls it totally deformed and was difficult to even remove. This allowed the "arm" to shift out the main tool body's groove. Cut a high quality bolt to size and replaced it. Problem solved.

Used this bad boy on my 4 head mini split install for my own home. I’m a professional hvac installer and these work just as good as others that are 3X the cost. It would be nice if it had lines to tell you where the bend will end up but you can eyeball it if you are used to these type of benders

It met expectations

Yo la utilizo doblando cables gruesos y funciona muy bien

so good

Excelente producto si me funcionó muy bien 👌