 Worth it? Its available for £55 from a well known internet supplier
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 well.... will you get the use out of it... if not then maybee not buy it. If yes then buy it..
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 Yes. £55 - good deal. Where?
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 Yes also - and where also. I take it you could buy additional sockets for it as well?
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Found it on Parkers.
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Cheers Adam.
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Would i use it? Well as you know i tinker a lot with my bike and i would be able to use it (its 3-15Nm) on Shimano crank arm bolts, stem, rear mech, front mech band/braze on, cable pinch bolts, brake callipers, seatpost clamp and bottle cage bolts (cant think of anymore). Its no use for SRAM crank set, BB's, pedals. How do i calibrate check it? Is it accurate? Will it remain accurate? Decisions, decisions. Im intrigued to know how tight i do things compared to spec!
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 Nah, no need for a torque wrench, if you're beef enough just tighten them all the way up. It'll hurt when the bolts snap, but then you've saved yourself £55 anyway.
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Cheers M@, that'll do for me-straight to the point if not scientific!! See i do trust you 
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Yeah, wicked. That's how I do my bike and everything. Doesn't really help though if you don't do the bolts up in the first place as I've found out!
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Crank arm hanging off your foot?!! I know someone who had that happen
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l was watching the pro techys at the tour start in London, just a great big allen key to tighten up the crank arms on Shimano HollowtechII but then loads of experince, and if it goes pear shaped they just go to the back of the truck for another crank arm
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"l was watching the pro techys at the tour start in London"- that's the first place I'd go  Of course what is also essential is routine preventative maintenance to keep things tightened and all in order ....
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 How do i calibrate check it? Is it accurate? Will it remain accurate? Calibration will be checked before it is issued by the manufacturer. The quality of torque wrenches for the home market has increased dramatically and should be plenty accurate for what your doing( unless your building a space shuttle, which going by your avatar you might). The actual amount of usage will be dependant on whether it remains accurate, for use on your own bikes it will be fine.
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"unless your building a space shuttle, which going by your avatar you might", strange that is, I'm just about to go and eat some cheese. That's a persuasive post kps and a stark contrast to M@'s approach. To really get kitted out I'd need one for up to 50Nm and compatibility to use it on BB cups and the SRAM 8mm crank arm bolt. Accuracy is claimed at +/- 4%.
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I have never seen a torque wrench that would go from 3Nm to 50+. Syntace do one from 1-20 and another from 10-80 which looks like a badged up norbar model who make some of the best torque wrenches available. I've had a quick look to see if I could identfy the manufacturer of the pro one but nothing so far(I'm reckoning someone else makes it for them). What would your low range torques be? Could a ritchey torque key and 10-80 (like this? ebay draper) be more suitable?
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 Are the beam type torque wrenches (Park Tools type) inferior or more difficult to use? Draper do one, widely available online for less than a tenner.
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Shimano crank arm bolts 12-15Nm stem 6Nm rear mech 8-10Nm front mech band on 5-7Nm cable pinch bolts 5-7Nm brake callipers securing bolts 8-10Nm, shoes 5-7Nm, cable 6-8Nm All above generally 5mm Allen Key SRAM crank set 16mm @ 12-15Nm, 8mm @ 48-54Nm BB cups 35-50Nm (Shimano), 34-41Nm (SRAM) Needs adaptor socket pedals 8mm ?? Nm Wrench in question is 3-15Nm
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Just tight enough then?
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 yep a tourque wrench is a good buy for anyone !!!
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