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With the kind of rotating barrels and clicking pins that you’d find in a finely engineered workshop instrument or even a bolt-action pen, MetMo Driver was designed to turn your versatile, age-old screwdriver into an intriguingly powerful high-torque tool that’s a whole lot of fun to use too. Equipped with a ratchet drive that gives you satisfying tactile and audio feedback as you rotate the screw, MetMo Driver has a nifty way of making manual labor and physical effort fun. Chances are you’d probably pick this little gadget over your power drill just because it’s so engaging!

Designer: MetMo

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Working on a mechanism that’s quite similar to the one found in your bicycle’s wheel, MetMo Driver is actually based on the design of the ‘Ratchet Screwdriver’ an invention patented by Conrad Baumann back in 1949.

Twisting it one way allows you to tighten/loosen a screw, twisting it in the opposite direction creates that familiar clicking sound that you hear when you pedal backward on a bicycle. MetMo Driver’s reinforced ratchet works smoothly no matter how hard the job, and you can easily flip the direction of the mechanism to alternate between the famed ‘rightey tightey, lefty loosey’ adage.

MetMo Driver builds on the 1949 Ratchet Screwdriver design with a few significant upgrades that truly make this tool an absolute beast of versatility. A magnetic hardened chuck sports a standard 1/4 hex drive on the front, letting you mount any regular hex bits you’ve got onto the driver, although where the device really shines is in its ability to mount drill bits too! Turning the rotary action of a screwdriver into the rotary action of a drill, the MetMo lets you easily drill holes into soft woods with your bare hands. The body of MetMo Driver features a flip-out stainless steel grip that turns the screwdriver into a high-torque twisting device, letting you drill woods and even work with incredibly tough/tight screws, lugs, and nuts (like the one on the wheels of your car). In fact, MetMo Driver has a max torque output of 76 Nm… or about as much as the torque on a 1982 Volkswagen Polo.

Those heavy-duty high-torque chops are all courtesy MetMo’s all-metal design. The screwdriver uses a predominantly aluminum body for a lightweight design, but relies on grade 440 hardened martensitic stainless steel and tool steel for the parts of the screwdriver that see the most action. The ratchet pin is made from brass and comes with a knurled grip that can be adjusted as and when needed, and moves up and down quite like the pin on a bolt-action pen while you rotate the screwdriver.

MetMo Driver is both a powerful and versatile tool and amazingly fun to fiddle with.

Each component interlocks perfectly so you can enjoy the endless motion of MetMo Driver’s moving parts.

Features Autopilot Tech, you can drive screws in without the need of a pilot hole.

Works in the same way as a manual brace, but pocket-sized.

With its arm lowered into wrench mode, MetMo driver can deliver over 70Nm of torque.

Compatible with all standard removable Hex drive bits.

Just from a ‘good design’ point of view, MetMo Driver really ticks all the boxes. It’s compact, versatile, powerful, intuitive, and rugged to an absolute fault. As an added bonus, it has the aesthetic of a Dr. Who sonic screwdriver, and it’s immensely fun to use as the screwdriver’s ratchet action engages your eyes, ears, and your hands, giving you an almost fidget-like experience as you work with your tools!

MetMo Driver weighs 0.7 lbs (320 grams), quite respectable for an all-metal instrument, and measures 6.5 inches vertically. Designed with a steampunk-ish aesthetic, the high-torque screwdriver comes with a black anodized aluminum body as well as a metallic finish. If you’ve got a bit of cash to spare, there’s a 24-carat gold-plated version too, although that’s clearly for social flexing and not muscular flexing! The standard MetMo Driver goes for £99 ($129) which isn’t unusual for a device that’s engineered the way it is. MetMo Driver ships globally, and for an extra $30, you can even snag yourself a leather sleeve to safely store and carry your MetMo Driver in.

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