Small torque wrench.

I would say not too good...Princess Auto is cheap chinese crap for the most part.
If you want something cheap and likely +/-10% at best accuracy go there by all means.

In my day job I use Tohnichi torque wrenches in all sizes, they are available from a tool distributor in Barrie.
http://www.fkmachinery.com/

Be prepared to pay for accuracy though.

Snap-on, Gray and Proto have all gone downhill in the past 10 years as the import garbage has clouded peoples judgement of what good tools are vs a good price.
 
I don't have the 1/4". but I do have the 1/" PA torque wrench. I tested it against a recently calibrated Snap-On at work one day. I torqued a bolt with the Snap-On, then put my PA on it. It didn't move. Then I torqued the next bolt with my PA, then put the Snap-On on it. The bolt didn't move this time either. The 2 had to be pretty close for that.
 
I have the 1/4" one and it works pretty well. Sometimes I feel like it might over torquing in which case I just increase the torque in small increments.
 
I have the PA product as well. Bought it on sale for $19.99 and it works just fine, I also used a friends snap on to make sure because I agree with Spiider, the PA tools are crap. For the at-home mechanic, the PA products get the job done. It's a quality for intended use thing.
 
Spiider said:
I would say not too good...Princess Auto is cheap chinese crap for the most part.
If you want something cheap and likely +/-10% at best accuracy go there by all means.

In my day job I use Tohnichi torque wrenches in all sizes, they are available from a tool distributor in Barrie.
http://www.fkmachinery.com/

Be prepared to pay for accuracy though.

Snap-on, Gray and Proto have all gone downhill in the past 10 years as the import garbage has clouded peoples judgement of what good tools are vs a good price.
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While I would largely agree, my PA torque wrench was made in Taiwan, not the P.R. China. For the home mechanic I find it acceptable. I have tested it against a Grey and they both came out with the same torque spec.
 
I have a the digital torque adaptor from CT. Someone lent me a needle display torque wrench, that was calibrated two months ago. I tested the CT adapter and it was surprisingly accurate. Even at 10 NM it gave perfect readings. Now this adapter is too big to use for my valve adjustment job, but it awesome for checking a low end torque wrench before each use. Il get the princess auto one and test it.
 
For home occasional use the PA product is ok - if I was working in a shop as a pro, I'd use Snap On or Grey. Buy it, check the specs, then use it. If you're not happry -return it - no problems.
 
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