NexTool's W20 Pro Puts an Adjustable Ratchet Wrench in a Multitool
Almost every multitool sold today is a plier with accessories hanging off it. NexTool built the W20 Pro the other way around: the anchor here is a 25mm adjustable wrench, and the pliers, cutters and drivers are the supporting cast. It costs $49.95 and folds to 4.89 inches, which puts it in the pocket-tool class rather than the toolbox class.
The wrench is the reason to care. NexTool specifies both a standard mode and a ratcheting mode, so you can walk a fastener through several strokes without lifting the jaw off the hardware — the exact motion that makes a conventional adjustable wrench miserable under a sink or inside a bike frame. A 25mm maximum jaw opening covers most household fittings and seat-post hardware, and nothing larger.
The rest of the 12-in-1 list is conventional but complete: needle-nose pliers for reaching into tight spaces, regular pliers for grip, wire cutters, an electrical crimper, a locking knife blade, and a bit driver, all on a steel frame with aluminum handles. NexTool also specifies spring-loaded pliers, which matters more than it sounds — a tool you open one-handed is a tool you actually use.
The honest comparison is against a Leatherman Wave or a Gerber Center-Drive at roughly twice the money. Those tools win on blade steel, warranty and the quality of the plier jaws, and they have decades of field data behind them. The W20 Pro wins on the one function they cannot match: a real adjustable wrench that ratchets, which is a plumbing and bicycle job rather than a camping one.
Verdict: buy it if your repairs involve nuts, fittings and bolts and you want one pocketable object that handles them. Skip it if your day is screws and packages, because a screwdriver-first tool at the same price will be better at the work you actually do.
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