[adouglas]

I've never used a beam wrench because of parallax* . I wonder if it's really possible to get a proper view. You need to be looking at it dead-on to see what the pointer indicates, right?

Do you find this to be an issue at all? I know that most of the time I can't position myself to be able to see. Drain bolts, fasteners low down on the side of the engine, etc.

So yeah... clickers have an admitted advantage here but is my perception that you're rarely able to really see the beam-type scale/pointer overblown?



*For those who don't know the term, it refers to visual misalignment... if the pointer is hovering at some distance above the scale--which it is--and you look at it from an angle you won't really see what it's pointing at.