Up Close: GripEdge Tools Long Hex Key Sets

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Application

The GripEdge Tools 9-pc Long Metric Hex Key Set, No. LKHM9S, and 13-pc Long SAE Hex Key Set, No. LKHS13S, are designed for professional technicians performing fastening and loosening tasks in automotive, heavy duty, industrial, and maintenance environments. They are ideal for working with standard and damaged hex fasteners, particularly in confined, obstructed, or hard-to-reach areas where additional reach and pivot angle are required.

Features and benefits

• Extra-long bar design provides improved reach and leverage, reducing technician strain and fatigue.  
• Up to four hundred percent more grip on damaged fasteners compared to standard hex tools, helping prevent fastener rounding and rework.  
• Ball hex geometry allows up to a 20-degree pivot angle, enabling access in tight or obstructed spaces where straight hex keys cannot engage.  
• Ergonomic round bar with knurled grip section improves comfort, control, and precision during use.  
• S2 steel construction ensures high strength, durability, and long service life.  
• Black manganese coating enhances corrosion resistance in harsh shop environments.  
• Large laser-etched size markings improve visibility and quick identification.  
• ColorEyeD color coding allows instant visual size differentiation, saving time on the job. 
• Locking, folding wallet-style hex key holder integrates a compliant grip interface through patented C-Grip slot geometry. 

Origin

This product was developed to solve common technician frustrations with traditional hex keys — limited reach, poor grip on worn fasteners, uncomfortable handling, and keys slipping or rounding hardware. The design focuses on improving access, control, and fastener engagement while reducing hand fatigue and lost time on the job. 

Manufacturing/engineering specifications

• Material: S2 steel bars for enhanced strength and durability  
• Finish: Black manganese coating for corrosion resistance  
• Geometry: Ball and ball hex ends have GripEdge Tools' patented tip design that prevents rounding.    
• Design: Extra-long round bar with knurled grip section  
• Identification: Laser-etched size markings with ColorEyeD color coding 
• Holder: Injection-molded, chemically resistant folding wallet-style holder with patented C-Grip slot geometry for secure retention and controlled removal  
• Drive identification:  
  • Black & Grey – Metric 
  • Black & Red – SAE 
  • Black & Green – Star