We use it all the time not only for fasteners but on the back of folks gang box lid handles locker locks steering wheels and mostly in gloves left lying around.
Flex but my set of Blackhawk ratcheting locking flex head has 2 wrenches that has the locking teeth stripped off and will not lock. I would stay away from the locking flex heads.
The Rigid pipe extractors are the best I have used, they work great, much better that fluted or straight. I work on a lot of pneumatic air cylinders that can cost thousands of dollars and have used the Rigids without issue.
I use Proto roll pin punches, they are a must for drifting roll pins, I had been using standard drift punches for years until I got a roll pin starter punch set and roll pin punch set to assemble AR15 and AR10 rifles. After using them on several AR's and seeing how much better they work I put in...
I use Proto at work every day and have had to replace one 1/4in xtra long one so far in 3 years
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PROTO-Socket-Set-1AF35?Pid=search
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PROTO-Socket-Set-1AF34?Pid=search
We use Kennedy boxes at the paper mill I work in for roll around boxes, I've got a Waterloo stack also but the casters pulled out of the bottom box from moving it around with a towmotor so I retired it. You cant go wrong with a Kennedy, some of our Millwrights are still using the same Kennedy...
Re: There is a reason that Craftsman is also called CRAPS-man now!!!
Using CM sockets with an impact I assume and bitching because they cracked.:tard:
Welding a socket then bitching because it cracked around the weld.:tard::tard:
HF Pittsburgh SAE ratcheting stubby wrenches. PASS
I've been using these in an industrial environment every day for a couple of months and have no complaints about them.