Park Tool AWS-9.2 Fold-Up Hex Wrench Set Reviews

2.3 Rating 3 Reviews

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Park Tool has been manufacturing bicycle specific tools since 1963. Based out of St. Paul Minnesota, we are the world's largest bicycle tool manufacturer. A long-term dedication to quality, innovation, and customer service has made Park Tool the first choice of professional and home bicycle mechanics around the world.

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6517776868

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5115 Hadley Ave N,
Saint Paul
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“HANDLE WITH CARE: BIKE TOOL MAY CONTAIN TOXIC MATERIALS The Park Tool AWS-9.2 is lightweight but made with materials flagged by California as potentially cancer-causing. Park Tool claims it can't use recycled or non-toxic materials at scale, but other companies like Cane Creek and Leatherman use safer alternatives like steel and wood. There’s no good reason to keep using mystery plastics, especially for tools we handle frequently. Park Tool is based in Minnesota, home to major petrochemical companies like 3M—perhaps not a coincidence. Cycling promotes health and sustainability, and toolmakers should reflect those values. I hope future Park Tool products use metal handles anodized in their signature blue, not toxic "composites" made from forever chemicals that shed microplastics overtime. OPPORTUNITIES I'd like to address Kathy K's negative review of this tool not having the hex, philips, or Torx that she needs. A feature that I like about this product is that the bits are secured to the handle by a screw. This means you can remove the screw and replace the bits with different ones. Perhaps part tool can sell different bits for customers to customize their AWS 9.2?”

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Posted 1 month ago

We get this misunderstanding of this from time to time. We don’t put bad things into our products. That warning is due to something in California called “Prop 65” California’s Prop 65 applies to EVERYTHING within the state or brought into the state. If you ever visit there, you will notice that every building open to the public has a “Prop 65” warning notice by the front door. This is because something inside the building might contain lead or any of several hundred other substances that are listed by the State of California as hazardous materials. It is also because California allows private parties and their attorneys to enforce the Prop 65 law against anyone that they find is exposing the public to, or selling anything that contains, one of the many regulated substances. This is why every building owner has a sign – so they don’t get sued. The bicycle industry like all other industries has repeatedly been a target of these lawsuits. These lawsuits are typically resolved by manufacturers paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to the private parties and their lawyers, without any actual proof ever being presented that the public was ever harmed or threatened with harm. It is unfortunately just cheaper to settle than fight in court. Prop 65 gives manufacturers two choices to avoid potential liability: (1) Design products and conduct rigorous and ongoing batch testing to ensure that no component part of any finished product ever contains more than a mere trace of lead (or any of the hundreds of other regulated materials), or (2) attach a warning label to inform consumers that there might be one or more chemicals in the product so they can take appropriate measures. Due to the variability of the content of metals and raw materials, it is virtually impossible to produce any product that would consistently pass testing, and the added and ongoing testing costs to do so would make the product unaffordable. The result is that manufacturers who sell products into California now use the warning label option even if the product poses no risk to the consumer. Manufacturers who do not do this are simply future targets for Prop 65 lawsuits. The result is that manufacturers who sell products into California now use the warning label option even if the product poses no risk to the consumer. Manufacturers who do not do this are simply future targets for Prop 65 lawsuits. In a nutshell, your AWS-9.2 is safe, we don't conspire with 3M to put bad things in the handle.

Posted 1 month ago

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“I bought this tool for my MTB. It does everything I need plus more, great build.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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“Why why why did Park take off the Phillips on this fabulous tool? I have NO use for the torx but I use the phillips on my derailleurs. Whose bonehead idea was this?”

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Posted 4 years ago