The Best Adjustable Wrench of 2024 | Reviews by Wirecutter

A good adjustable wrench can crank hex-shaped fasteners from the teeniest nut on a child&#;s toy to the bolts on your boiler. After testing 15 over the years, we&#;re sure the Channellock 8WCB WideAzz 8-Inch Adjustable Wrench is the best one for your home toolbox.

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With an elegant, unique design, this wrench uses two handles to grab (rather than cradle) the nut; it works well for stuck bolts and eliminates any slippage.

This wrench is well built and usually about half the price of our current top pick. But it lacks the wide jaw capacity and is harder to use in tight spots.

This wrench has a wide jaw but lacks a padded handle, and the jaws are a hair thicker and a hair shorter, so it&#;s not as good in the tightest of spots.

The Channellock 8WCB is a manageable 8 inches long but has the jaw capacity of a much larger wrench, so it can handle everything from precision work to a fat garden-hose fitting. Because the jaws are narrow and come to a point, they can work in tight spots where other wrenches are too bulky to fit. The thumb turn is smooth, the lower jaw has little wobble, and the padded grip is comfortable. And after consistent use over three years, the wrench is showing hardly any wear at all.

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If the Channellock is unavailable, we also like the Milwaukee 48-22- 8-Inch Wide Jaw Adjustable Wrench. It has the same length and the same wide mouth as the Channellock 8WCB, but the jaws are a little fatter and don&#;t come to as narrow of a point. The Milwaukee model also has no padding on the grip area, and even though the all-metal handle is comfortable, we think most people would prefer the added hand protection of the Channellock.

If you&#;re not looking to invest much and just want a wrench that can handle the basics, we like the Irwin Vise-Grip 8-Inch Adjustable Wrench. It opens to about 1&#; inches, so it can&#;t fit around larger plumbing connections or even a garden hose. But its comfortable handle and solid build quality make it a nice choice for general around-the-house tasks, such as assembling furniture or attaching training wheels to a bike.

If you&#;re willing to invest more to have the best there is, we recommend the Knipex 86 05 180 Pliers Wrench. This tool combines the best elements of adjustable pliers and adjustable wrenches, and the result is that the smooth-faced jaws of the Pliers Wrench grip a nut like a pair of pliers rather than cradling it, as our other picks do. Where the tool differs from regular pliers is that the lower jaw moves parallel to the upper jaw (instead of like an alligator mouth), ensuring an even clamping force along the edges of the nut regardless of the sizing. The engineering of this unique tool is simply outstanding, and the build quality is excellent. In fact, of all the hand tools I&#;ve used in a nearly 25-year career of working in construction and tool reviewing, the Pliers Wrench is among my favorites. The Knipex 86 05 180 is comparable in size to the 8-inch wrenches we recommend, but larger sizes are available, like the 10-inch Knipex 86 02 250.

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