This ratchet works like any other ratchet but with a unique extra feature. You know the situation, you can get your socket on the nut but there's hardly any room to ratchet the handle. That's not a problem any more- just twist the handle to drive the socket until the nut is home then give it a little tweak to harden up. Magic! If there's no room even for the tweak then use the 1/4"drive socket on the end of the handle to apply torque via the twisting handle. The Mini Flexhead is ideal for this as it can lock onto the handle and fold flat for storage. Brilliant pair of tools!