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A quick update: Contacted Chris at CryerTool to inquire about the restock timeline on the 15mm long pattern wrench, turned out he had 2 of them in stock at his warehouse, but not on the website yet. He put together a 10mm-19mm set and tacked on a 10% set discount for me! Also picked up an...

I had in my mind that Power Torque and Powerbuilt are much better than Performance Tools, but probably because performance tool makes some really low end stuff along with some decent stuff. I probably bought some lower end performance tool stuff at one point and incorrectly wrote off the whole...

I think powerbuilt is pretty decent stuff at their price, I think you might be thinking of performance tool?

Seems like versatility is key, so I think I'll go ahead and grab a set of long metric combination wrenches first. I'll pickup a stubby set as well before upgrading my standard set as I remember some circumstances over the years where a stubby would have been handy. Will probably only grab a...

Thank you for your insight! I have a standard combo set and a set of long zero offset double box ends(in the sizes I typically need them in). I was wondering if people bothered getting long patterns if they already had a set of the extra long zero offset double box ends and a set of standard...

I thought about these, the only place I could track them down at a reasonable price was $99 on Amazon. It's about $62 for the super torque wrenches in 8-22mm before taxes from Cryer. If I add SAE some wrenches from Cryer(1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8), it comes out under $95 including...

Sorry for the long post again, TL;DR below! This is somewhat of a continuation of my last post regarding adding some wrenches to my collection. Background: Home gamer, I currently have a Tekton standard combination wrench set from 8-22mm as my main wrench set. I don't have any SAE wrenches...

I see them mostly in cylinder head bolts and axle nuts, but those are very specific sizes and you're likely in to the job for more money than a set of sockets will cost you(assuming you do some timing components and other gaskets while you're in there). I do agree about Semi Deep sockets...

I don't see a reason why you would need to add them if you've never had the need for them, but it probably won't hurt your wallet too much to pickup a 3/8" 6 pt deep socket set from Harbor Freight :dunno: You run into them sometimes when you need to use tools like harmonic balancer puller and...

I believe that Williams wrench and the bigger set is made in Taiwan. Most decent ratcheting wrenches are made in Taiwan, with a few ratcheting wrenches made in the USA by Snap-On and SK. Although I'm sure some of that stuff is "Made in USA with Global Supplied Parts" situation. Even most of...

I have an older brushed Dewalt impact driver that I use sometimes with an adapter for 1/4" square drive and 3/8" square drive adapter. I'm sure it only does about 30 NM even if I were to let it rattle for a while, but I use it to just run bolts in, and I snug them up with something else after...

This is now the top contender for a stand in while I wait for Astro to release their long flex ratchet since it's affordable to boot! I wonder what the warranty is like, but looks decent enough for me to give it a try with the nano sockets. Stuffing a piece of paper or some thin plastic was my...

Well, that's sad. I hope the new one is reversible. Otherwise I might pickup the regular DBEs, then pickup a separate flexible reversible wrench in 17mm. Seems like the only one readily available nowadays is a Williams 1217MRCF

Seems like the consensus is to get a setup that provides a regular double box end for breaking bolts loose and a flexible and/or reversible ratcheting end for running it out. I'm in no rush, so I'm leaning towards picking up the Astro Nanos now(I don't have any 3/8 shallow impact sockets...

Those would have been perfect, but they're $250-$300 for the set, which was my reason for trying to figure out a wrench to pair with the Astro Nano Socket set.

TL;DR: Looking for recommendation on a versatile set of wrenches for a home gamer. Already have a set of regular metric combination wrenches 6mm-22mm. Under $150 if possible. Thank you! Background I'm a home gamer, working on mostly Japanese cars. Wife and I recently bought a new car, so I...

I agree pretty much 100%. Tekton's socket sets are good, but if you shop around, you could find better or equivalent sets for cheaper. You could also end up getting a more expensive set that's not as good Tekton. Not sure if their pliers are worth it, I know they get some of them made in the...

No worries. I am guilty of upgrading since I recently upgraded from some HF Pittsburgh chrome sockets to Koken, but only in 3/8 drive metric. It definitely wasn't necessary. The Pittsburgh shallow 3/8 sockets were 12 points, so that was my main excuse to get the Koken set. Got the 3/8 metric...

Yeah, I picked up a Gearwrench 84T 3/8 and 1/4 locking flex heads for about $40 a few months ago. I also gifted some Gearwrench socket sets: $45 for the 1/4 set and $60 for the 3/8 set, included both Metric & SAE 6 point sockets shallow and deep, along with 120XP ratchets, a couple extensions...

I'm confused. I'm just expanding my set, such as adding a flex head 3/8 ratchet when all I had were straight 3/8 in the standard length. Not sure what broken knuckles has to do with anything.