00:00Alright, so if you've ever been halfway through a welding job and realized you grabbed the wrong
00:04filler wire, you already know why I went digging for the best wire thickness gauges out there.
00:09I found five that metalworkers are actually buying, thousands of units sold,
00:13ratings north of 4.8, and honestly, a couple of them cost less than a coffee.
00:18Let's get into it. First up, the one I'd hand to any beginner,
00:22this 0-36 round AWG and SWG wire gauge. It's a stainless steel disc with every slot cut right
00:29in, you slide the wire in, find the snug fit, and you instantly know your gauge.
00:34No batteries, no fuss, nothing to break. It's $5 in change, and with nearly 4,000 sold at a
00:41perfect 5-star average, it's the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy for your wire drawer.
00:46Number 2 is a little different, and it's the one I keep in my pocket,
00:50this portable nut and drill bit thread checker that does standard in metric.
00:54One side identifies your imperial threads, the other handles metric, plus it covers drill bit
00:59sizes, so you're not guessing at the drill press anymore.
01:037.45, almost 4,000 sold, 4.8 stars. For the price of lunch, it saves you a trip to
01:10the hardware store.
01:12Third is the shop-all version, this multifunctional bolt, nut, and screw gauge with quick identification
01:17for both inch and metric threads. What I like here is the speed, you're not flipping through a chart,
01:23you just thread the nut on, and it tells you the size.
01:26It's $7.28, over $3,300 sold, and holding a clean 5 stars. Perfect for the garage where things get
01:34sorted fast. Number 4 is the upgrade, and yeah, it costs more $38, but this identical thread checker
01:41covers 28 bolt sizes in standard dimensions, and the labeling is big and readable, which matters
01:46when your hands are oily. This is the one for the guy running a real shop, or anyone who's tired
01:51of
01:51mismatched hardware coming back to bite them. Nearly $3,300 sold at 4.9 stars says it earns its keep.
01:59And number 5, back to the wire side, a round stainless wire gauge in metric and imperial,
02:04so you're covered whether your spec sheet is in millimeters or inches.
02:08Same simple slide-in check design, rust-proof steel, 643, 3,000 sold, 4.8 stars.
02:15If you work with both systems, and most of us do, this is the one that lives in your toolbox
02:19permanently.
02:21That's the list. All 5 are linked in the description below, with current prices and where to grab them
02:27and if this saved you some time, hit that like button and subscribe, because I dig through these
02:31deals every week so you don't have to.
