LAOA T-shaped Flat Head Hexagon Screwdriver Wrench

Eight hex sizes, and a handle you can lean on.

You are on your back under the machine, the cap screw is done up hard, and all you have in the crib bag is a folded set of stamped L-keys. The short leg gives you no leverage and the long leg gives you no grip. You lean on it, the key twists in your fingers, and your knuckles go into the frame.

Then it gets worse. A hex key that slips under load rounds the socket out. Once a cap screw is rounded you are not undoing it with a hex key at all — you are drilling it out, or you are standing around waiting on a fitter with an extractor set. A ten minute job turns into half a day and a hole in the schedule.

A T-handle changes the grip. You get a full hand across the bar instead of two fingers on a bent rod, so the torque goes into the fastener instead of into your knuckles. Each tool has a long blade for reaching down into a recess and a short arm out the bottom of the handle for spinning a screw in fast once it is started.

Eight sizes, 2 to 10 mm, in S2 alloy tool steel. Both ends of every tool are plain hex — there is no ball end in this set, so it wants a straight-on approach. If you need to come at a screw on an angle, that is a different tool and we say so below.

What It Does

• Breaks a tight fastener loose: the cross bar gives you a proper two-hand grip, so you can put real force through a seized cap screw without the tool twisting out of your fingers.
• Reaches down a deep recess: the long blade runs 98 to 200 mm depending on size, so a counterbored screw down a hole is still reachable.
• Spins a screw in fast: the short arm out the bottom of the handle turns the tool into a screwdriver for running a fastener down once the thread has started.
• Covers the common metric range: 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 mm handles most machinery, bike, trailer and workshop cap screws you will meet.
• Sorts by size on sight: the hex size is laser marked on every shaft, so you are not holding three keys up to a socket to find the right one.

Key Features

• S2 alloy tool steel: laser marked LAOA S2 on every shaft, and listed as S2 for all eight sizes on the supplier spec sheet.
• Plain hex both ends: flat, chamfered hex on the long blade and on the short arm — full face contact on the socket.
• Two handle sizes: a 75 mm handle on 2 to 5 mm and a larger 110 mm handle on 6, 8 and 10 mm where you need the extra grip.
• Moulded two-material grip: hard shell with softer inserts, shaped so your palm sits across the bar rather than on a bare rod.
• Size marked on the shaft: every blade carries its own size, so a key that ends up in the bottom of the toolbox still identifies itself.
• Bright plated blades: polished finish on bare steel, which wipes down easily after a greasy job.
• Eight tools, 733 g: the set weighs from 20 g for the 2 mm up to 265 g for the 10 mm, summed from the supplier figures.
• Supplier model numbers: LA152089 through LA152096, one per size, if you ever need to match a replacement.

Limits

What this set will not do.

• No ball end: both ends of every tool are plain hex. A ball end lets you work a screw at an angle of roughly 25° off centre; these do not. If the screw is buried behind something and you cannot get square on it, this is the wrong set for that job and a ball end set is the right one.
• Not insulated, not for live work: the blades are bare plated steel with no insulating sleeve and no electrical rating marked on them. Do not put them near a live circuit. Insulated tools are a separate category and we stock insulated electrical screwdrivers for that work.
• Metric only: all eight sizes are metric, measured across the flats. They are not imperial sizes and a near miss on a fastener chews the socket out.
• No case or rack: the supplier does not picture or specify a holder, stand or roll. The eight tools are what you get.
• No hardness figure: the supplier names the steel as S2 but publishes no hardness number, so we do not quote one.
• Hand tools only: no torque rating is published and these are not impact rated. Do not fit them to a rattle gun or extend the handle with a bar.
• No standard marked: no certification or test standard is printed on the tools or stated by the supplier, and none was sighted.
• Returns: faulty or not as described only. Change of mind is not covered.

Q & A

Do these have a ball end for getting in on an angle?

No. Both ends are plain hex. That is the trade — a flat hex end puts the whole face of the tool against the socket, which is what you want when a screw is seized and you are leaning on it. A ball end buys you about 25° of angle but contacts on less metal, so it is easier to round a tight fastener with one. This set is built for the first job, not the second.

What sizes are in the set?

Eight: 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 mm. That is the full 2 to 10 mm range and every size is listed with its own dimensions in the table below.

Can I use these on live electrical gear?

No. These are bare steel with no insulation and nothing on them is tested or marked to an insulation standard such as IEC 60900. LAOA do make a separate insulated range, but this is not it. For live work you want a properly insulated tool, and we carry insulated electrical screwdrivers.

How hard is the steel?

Not published. The shafts are laser marked LAOA S2 and the supplier spec sheet lists S2 alloy tool steel for all eight sizes, which is the standard material for driving tools. No hardness figure is stated anywhere by the supplier, so we are not going to put a number on it.

Does it come with a stand or a case?

Not that we can see. Nothing in the supplier material shows a rack, roll or case, and none is specified. Plan on storing them yourself.

How long will it take to get here?

Ten to fourteen days from the day you order, and allow up to three weeks. Regional and remote addresses run longer again. Shipping is free to Australia and New Zealand.

Specs

Every size below has a plain hex end on both the long blade and the short arm. Dimensions are the supplier figures.

Handle plus short arm is the handle height and the short arm added together, from the two supplier figures.