Ridgid Model 2006 Faucet and Sink Installer
If this were being advertised on 3 a.m. TV, we might have our doubts. But seeing as how it comes from the 85-year-old Ridge Tool Company of Elyria, Ohio, a subsidiary of the publicly traded, multinational Emerson Electric Company, and whose Ridgid brand of plumbing, electrical and HVAC tools are what Joe the Plumber would use if Joe the Plumber were a properly licensed, legal-in-Toledo professional, then we figure there must be something to this multipurpose tool. For any super or handyperson who gets called to fix residents' sinks or to work on water lines, this roughly $21 device promises to make tightening hex nuts as easy as hex.
Would this tool be so useful if all it could do was work with hex nuts? Of course not! That's why it's designed to fasten and remove plastic basin nuts and supply-line nuts as well. The open slot allows easy access over existing supply lines, and there are two aluminum inserts — one for turning angle-stop handles, another for holding sink strainers (a.k.a., strainer baskets) in place while you're tightening the strainer nut.
At 10 ¼ inches long, the lightweight (¾-pound) tool can get to hard-to-reach mounting nuts on faucets, sprayers and ball cocks. Yes, yes, moving on. An additional feature, according to the company, is that "the notched ends engage 2, 3, 4, and 6 tab basin nuts," whatever those are, and you, in the back, stop giggling.
Ridge Tool Company • 400 Clark Street, P.O. Box 4023, Elyria, Ohio 44036-2023 • (440) 323-5581 • toll-free (800) 4-RIDGID • E-mail contact form here