are Allen made wrenches any good?

[AndeiH]

the local hardware store that still has some Master Mechanic US made tools has some wrenches made by Allen. i bought a 16mm for $5, says U.S.A on the wrench. any good?

thanks

 

[allinon72]

Yes quite good, made by Danaher

 

[AndeiH]

hmm.......i might go back to pick up some more i think the 15/16"-1" combination wrench was only $9 .

 

[rsanter]

Yes, they are an industrial brand

Non

 

[sonvolt]

They are good quality wrenches no doubt

 

[Zrexxer]

Despite having a dozen other wrench sets, I bought a 7mm-22mm metric set awhile back at a swap meet. I just couldn't pass up nice US made wrenches for cheap.

 

[southalabama]

I'd vote yes for the USA Allen wrenches which are older.

The newer ones are china and I'd pass on them.

 

[SMKS]

The USA ones are fine. They're basic, no frills wrenches that were made by Danaher, and may still be made by Apex, that's not fully clear.

They're basically the same as Craftsman RP wrenches without the raised panel. The same wrenches are still sold by Menard's under their Masterforce brand and they've been sold under the names K-D, Armstrong and probably others I'm forgetting.

 

[RM209]

Yes, they are an industrial brand

Non

Very good quality, and since the brand isn't well known to everyone, you can often pick them up at good prices.

RM209

 

[metaldad]

yep, allen is made by apex, which are rebranded as masterforce. just picked up a 5 pc. set of USA box wrenches for $25ish
http://www.apextoolgroup.com/brands-faceting/handtool

 

[AndeiH]

ooooohhhh....i like that pouch those wrenches are in . i'm gonna go back tomorrow and see if they have any sets .

thanks for the replies everyone

 

[sberry]

Its a glorified Sears but there isn't anything wrong with them, I got a metric set.

 

[nicksnothereman]

the local hardware store that still has some Master Mechanic US made tools has some wrenches made by Allen. i bought a 16mm for $5, says U.S.A on the wrench. any good?

thanks

Not for that price. The craftsman sets were in the 20 buck range for a bunch of them and these are quite similar in construction. They're not BAD, that's just not a good price point. The armstrong industrial stuff on clearance was cheaper than that...as I recall.

Look for a set in the 20 dollar range of these maybe don't go crazy and buy individuals for 5 bucks a pop.

 

[fourtythree]

I bought a metric set from Cripe a while back, like the set pictured above only in a black finish. They were dirt cheap and have served me well.

 

[sberry]

I bought 9 at Menards for 26. but its been quite a while. I wanted 5 piece china for 8$ but they didn't have them they had some real pitiful stamped for 14,,, hahaha