Which Center Punches Brand Wins?

performed better than average, no visible damage

moved into the lead, least bounce of the manual punches, no damage

pretty good dent, no visible damage

no damage

same as the Mayhew, no visible damage

same as the Wilde Tool, looks as good as new

not quite as good as the Mayhew or the Wilde Tool, no damage

no damage, small bounce

no damage to the tip

best of the automatic punches, hit harder than the Mulwark and Lisle

best yet for this style of punch at that point

tip looks as good as new

held up fine

looks as good as new

about half as deep as the manual punches, no damage

relatively low spring force and a blunt tip hurt performance

second place behind the Stahlwille, no visible damage

second place behind the Stahlwille, no visible damage

matched the Starrett, no visible damage

moved into the lead at that point, no visible damage

very close to the Mayhew, no visible damage

moved into third place, no visible damage

moved into second place at that point, no visible damage

looks as good as new

still no damage

just as good as some of the manual punches, tip still very sharp

performed very well for an automatic punch, tip looks as good as new

pretty good sized dent, no visible damage

second place among the automatics, no damage

not as deep as the Mulwark, no visible damage

at a huge disadvantage with only 15 lb of spring force, no damage

moved into last place among the automatics

second largest dent at that point, no visible damage

second place behind the Stahlwille, no visible damage

better than average, no visible damage

no visible damage

almost identical to the Williams

very good condition

looks as good as new

handled the extra force just as well as the Mayhew, no visible damage

tip had a small flat area present since new

best of the automatic punches

more pointed tip than General Tools helped leave a deep dent, no visible damage

tip looks as good as new

quite a bit better than Mulwark and Lisle but not as good as Spring Tools

same as the Mulwark

really struggled, no damage

performed very well, no visible damage

tip held up very well

tip held up very well

left only a very small dent, experienced quite a bit of tip damage, the hard steel was too much for it

delivered a really hard blow, tip still looks good

similar sized crater to the Wilde Tool, quite a bit of damage to the punch

dent a little larger than the Mayhew, with a little less tip damage than the Mayhew

tip experienced a lot of damage, ended up as blunt as the Starrett automatic

best of the automatic punches, small amount of tip damage

had outperformed General Tools up until this test but the hard steel held it back

made a little bigger dent than the Neiko

came up short of the Spring Tools, very small amount of tip damage

made a very small mark, no visible damage

barely left a mark, soft swing likely prevented tip damage

barely made an impression, tip became a little more blunt from the hard steel

at lowest setting, 44.8 lb at highest setting

at lowest setting, 47 lb at highest setting, most of all automatic punches tested

at lowest tension, 41.9 lb at highest tension

to 14.8 lb

at lowest setting, 27.3 lb at highest setting

tied for 2nd place with Starrett, average finish of 2.2

tied for 2nd place with Snap-on, average finish of 2.2

finished first in every category except damage, which the host excluded from ranking since it does not seem logical to penalize harder hitting tools for greater damage