Ingco Offset Ring Spanner 8x9mm HOSPA08091

Our review

This is a double-ended offset ring spanner from Ingco, sized 8mm at one end and 9mm at the other, with a fine polished finish across the body. The offset shape is the point of it: the ring sits at an angle to the handle, which lets you turn a nut or bolt where a straight spanner would foul against the workpiece or your knuckles. It suits someone doing light mechanical work, bicycle and motorcycle maintenance, or general assembly jobs where 8mm and 9mm fasteners turn up often. Before buying, check the fastener sizes on the job, since a combined 8x9 covers only those two. Compare with a straight ring spanner if access is open, and with a flexible-head or ratcheting ring type if you expect to work in cramped, awkward angles. Also weigh single-size spanners against a combined one like this, which saves space in a small tool roll but gives you no backup if one end wears. Ingco sits in the budget-to-mid range, so judge it on how the ring seats on a bolt head and whether the chrome holds up with use. Available on Sokonia.