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Hansen socket organizers at menards

Schwinn68

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Stopped by tonight at menards to buy a new kitchen faucet and wondered thru the tool section. Found that they had all the Hansen socket organizers in all sizes and both sae and metric on sale. I got the whole set for 42.00. 1/2" drive was 7.99 each 3/8 drive was 6.99 each and 1/4 drive was 5.99. This was at the menards in Montgomery IL. They had a bunch in stock. I got a complete set and might get another soon. Price tag said sale was good thru the 24th
 
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yevangelis

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the colors are SAE red, MM gray like sears which has SAE in black

Lowes kobalt is SAE red, MM in blue

HF is all black, like the plague (stay away)
 
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unslow1

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I own the ones from Hansen, Lowe's, Harbor Freight and Tractor Supply. They are all fine. I like the Hansen's the best. Even on sale they are triple the price of the others. Hansen's are just easier to read at a glance. Some of them skip numbers. Some have spaces that are not in common sets. Some people don't like Hansen's because they are easy to break.
 

purpurite

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Picked up the full set today (at 2 different Menard's) for $42 plus tax. I had originally gone to Lowe's for their version which was supposedly on sale for $10 for all 3 SAE or Metrics, and not only were they not on sale, but I didn't like the quality as much as the Hansens. I can't say I'm thrilled about storing my sockets upside down, and they really shine a bright light now on all of my MISSING sockets, but they are really good quality and look nice in the tool box. For $42 for all of them, you can't go wrong. That's $15 cheaper than anyone is selling them on eBay for.

Sale ends on Christmas.
 

yevangelis

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Besides the color what's the difference? is the spacing incorrect? just looking for knowledge

Hansens- the sockets are stored upside down and kept from falling over by a peg that sticks up through the middle, it has the size marked on the end of the peg

lowes kobalt christmas special
- these are stored drive square side down on a hex stub, they also have a peg but it does not protrude above the socket, this is much better than the Harbfrights as they seat easily and dont seize on

the harborfrights
store drive side down as well but have a square that is the same size as the drive (1/4 inch for example) but i've had trouble getting some sockets on as they get jammed, and pulling them off as they seem to be sticking to the plastic, also you cant rotate them to check the size


the trays at Lowes may display the 25$ price tag but should ring up for 10$
 
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