The Strapinno is the best retractable ratchet strap in this comparison, with
a 2.0 average finish. It won three of the five measured results outright:
4.55 lb of tension for every pound of handle force on a full spool, where no
other strap managed even 1.5; 730 lb held after five minutes at 750 lb; and
a 5,160 lb break load that exceeded its 5,000 lb rating. Its 1.54 mm
webbing is the thickest of the twelve and the strap is two feet longer than
the rest. At $40 a strap it is the most expensive here, and the results
justify the price.
GREATMAG is the runner-up at a 3.8 average, $29 a strap. It was second to the
Strapinno on both a full-spool leverage ratio of 1.45 to 1 and 709 lb of
retained tension, and third in break strength at 4,360 lb. Its one weak
result was abrasion, where the webbing lasted 30.32 seconds. Riubal takes
third at a 4.0 average for $25 a strap, with the toughest webbing in the
review at 81.5 seconds on the sander, third-best leverage once the spool was
unwound at 4.13 to 1, and a 4,073 lb break load. Piokiol, also $25, is close
behind at 4.6 with the second-highest break strength at 4,419 lb, and either
is a sound pick if the top two are not available.
Two results deserve a mention on their own. HOKINETY's ratchet is the most
efficient in the review once a few feet of strap are paid out, at 5.10 to 1,
and its webbing finished second on abrasion at 69.59 seconds. And the $19
VEVOR beat its own break rating at 3,260 lb and lasted 55.38 seconds on the
sander, finishing sixth overall ahead of several straps that cost far more.
At the other end, the DEWALT finished last in tension retention at 643 lb and
abrasion at 17.03 seconds, and its strap tore away from the mandrel at
2,820 lb, well below the 3,300 lb rating. The SmartStraps failed lowest of all
at 2,220 lb, and the JIIMEE broke at 2,374 lb, 626 lb short of its rating.
Seven of the twelve straps fell short of their published break strength, so
the rating on the box is a weaker guide than the results above.