Hmm, I thought there was a warranty. I dropped mine and broke off the **** that you turn, brought it back to sears and they gave me a new one. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten a new one. Guess I lucked out.

I do have a digital vibrating torqure wrench from snap-on that I just love for anything under 100lbs. I would agree that the best type is the beam type.

 

My Norbar 220 torque wrench had its annual calibration check yesterday. The tech handed it back to me & told me it failed so I asked him to show me on the machine. As I turned the handle, it was notchy and it kept going past the min & max scale - he f+++ed it. He told me it was already like that; I said BS as it was okay after I used it the day before & I'm the only person that uses it. The wrench was engraved & presented to me when completed my apprenticeship so I was a tad unhappy. My work offered to buy me a replacement & argue with the calibrator later on my behalf which was nice.

 

See, that's the beauty of the beam style. Just put them back in the tool box. No zeroing, no moving parts to hose up. Like I said they'd have to be bent up in some extreme way to be out of calibration. But there is good to be said about the click style in that you don't need to look as you torque a fastener, which is great on a job where a repeated torque is needed.