DIY amateurs are only just realising the right way to use allen keys and it’s so much quicker and easier
THOSE pesky DIY jobs can be annoying and fiddly at the best of times.
But there’s something about twisting a tiny allen key around that’s a total nightmare – but it turns out that might just be because loads of people have been using them wrong.
Sidney Raz shared the hack on Instagram, admitting even he didn’t know about the DIY trick until his 30s.
In the clip, he reacted to a video of someone twisting in a screw at lighting speed by using their thumb on top of the allen key.
Amazed by the hack, Sidney had to try it out for himself.
He was instantly shocked to discover just how much more efficient the method was.
So that’s the end awkward allen key twisting slowing down your DIY projects.
Instagram users flocked to the comment section of the video as many of them were equally as stunned by the trick.
One wrote: “Today years old… you couldn’t have taught this a week ago when I built my desk?!”
“I’ve just built a bad and I regret everything now,” another quipped.
A third said: “You’re telling me for 40 years I could’ve been doing this? Ain’t no way.”
However, other more experienced DIY fans were shocked so many people didn’t know about the trick.
“Tell me you don’t work with tools daily without telling me,” one joked.
And someone else said: “How the hell were you doing it before?”
“How on earth did you not know this,” another jabbed.