Originally Posted by southpawboston

When I started wrenching bikes, one of the first tools I bought was a sort of nipple multi-tool, with sizes to fit all nipples. It was heavy, and kind of clunky. Then a friend gave me a gift of a set of Park nipple wrenches: each one for a specific nipple size, nothing more. I now use them exclusively. The feel of each wrench is perfect and they have no excess bulk by virtue of not being designed to be universal. Sometimes in the trades, having a "one-size does all" tool is not superior, and having highly specialized tools to do one and only one thing properly is more desirable.