Allen 3/8" Metric Socket Set

[BiltFordTuff]

My neighbor gave me this a while back. He said it was stolen from the coal mines and are some of the best sets you can find. Opinions?

 

[blue dog]

Looks a good complete set to keep in the truck.

 

[BiltFordTuff]

i keep a HF 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" SAE and Metric Set in my truck, personally these are too good to keep in my truck where they could get stole out the toolbox.

 

[RM209]

Allen tools (originators of the Allen hex wrenches) are good quality. Owned by Danaher, I wouldn't be surprised if the brand eventually disappears.
They're definitely worth keeping.

RM209

 

[tonydanzah]

same as craftsman

 

[reptilezs]

same as craftsman

ratchet is way better than current craftsman

 

[Hiball]

ratchet is way better than current craftsman

Assuming your talking about the Handle? Because im sure the Guts are interchangable with the Quick Release Craftsman brands.

 

[otis66]

Assuming your talking about the Handle? Because im sure the Guts are interchangable with the Quick Release Craftsman brands.

The guts are interchangable.I've taken the guts from my Allen, NAPA and Craftsman ratchets and interchaged them all.

 

[woody 73]

Allen tools are very nice tools I have a few of them and they have never let me down.

 

[Tatsuya]

The sockets and good and the ratchet is ok. I had the KD version of that ratchet but didn't care for it so I gave it to my neighbor. I'd keep it in the car or truck.

 

[SMKS]

They're decent-quality Danaher, from before the Apex tools period. Allen and K-D were two of Danaher's mid-level brands. Good stuff, but often not very flashy. Along the lines of the USA-made Craftsman wrenches/sockets.

Some Allen branded tools are still USA made, but K-D stuff is now pretty much all imported under the Gearwrench brand.

 

[trainwreck]

My neighbor gave me this a while back. He said it was stolen from the coal mines and are some of the best sets you can find. Opinions?

I'm no OSHA inspector, but wouldn't something from a coal mine be non-sparking? Those look like every other Cr-V toolset I've seen.

Not to say that they're not good tools. I just doubt that they came from a working coal mine.

 

[davesnothere]

i dont know why my neighbors dont give me stuff.

 

[BAREIN97]

Hello first post here! A couple years ago I was looking at some Allen socket sets in a store, I was looking at a packaged set of 1/2 drive shallows and the 9/16 was a Craftsman! I assumed that they must be madi in the same factory.

 

[Roots]

They're decent-quality Danaher, from before the Apex tools period. Allen and K-D were two of Danaher's mid-level brands. Good stuff, but often not very flashy. Along the lines of the USA-made Craftsman wrenches/sockets.

Some Allen branded tools are still USA made, but K-D stuff is now pretty much all imported under the Gearwrench brand.

+1, albeit I thought Allen was on Danaher's lowest tier, of acceptable industrial work place tools.

I actually have, what appears to be the same set, although SAE and in a plastic storage container. They're quite acceptable, worth keeping, albeit the ratchet is is a bit sub-par IME. Granted, it shouldn't be compared with premium ratchets, at it's price point.