Rolson socket set testing

[monkeyspanners]

Got this for about £5.99 on ebay

 

[Gotmayhem]

Damn, was that adapter made out of cheese or are you at the gym every hour of the day?

 

[gtlaw]

sweet speeder ratchet

 

[ArcStyles]

Wow! That is the most impressive unimpressive thing I ever seen.

I'll tell you what impressed me more, was his calm demeanor throughout the entire presentation.

Hats off to you fellow tool man!

 

[jim faston]

Damn, was that adapter made out of cheese or are you at the gym every hour of the day?

Torque limiting adapter.

 

[Rico.]

Damn, was that adapter made out of cheese

No of course not....

They would definitely be more expensive if they were made out of cheese.


You have to wonder how a company can get these socket's made, ship them half way
round the world all the way from Gollum's cave... market them, package them, distribute
them and then retail them for £6.00 and everyone makes a profit along the way.

My educated guess is that these set's probably have a landed cost of £1 each
and amazingly enough, they would be more expensive if they were literally made out
of chocolate.

 

[Pumpman1968]

I knew it was gonna be bad when I saw the blue plastic finger adapter in the box.

BTW.........the part where he breaks the 1/4 x 3/8 adapter.......righty tighty, lefty loosey.

 

[TDLMOMOWERS]

POS. Were these made in Khazicstan or one of those other stans?

 

[markduncan93]

Now that's a serious socket set.

 

[kunkernator]

Looks like a rebranded HF $3 set.... Right down to the blue plastic spinner thingy.

On another note, where can I get one of those "speeder ratchets" that you are using, in the States?

 

[Dave455]

Yep, those set's aren't even worth the £5.99, but you still see 'em in the DIY shops for twice that!

Speeder ratchet looked like a Ko Ken to me! Good tools!

 

[monkeyspanners]

On another note, where can I get one of those "speeder ratchets" that you are using, in the States?

Its made by Koken, i got it from UK tools but would expect they are available in the States too.

http://www.uktools.com/3834-square-drive-speeder-ratchet-p-40381.html

Koken is my latest favorite make, just got a 10mm nut driver which i'm pleased with.

I did buy the Rolson set with the idea of seeing how long it lasted but was very surprised how quickly it failed