HF Icon impact sockets

[NSXRguy]

looks like HF has the new ICON on the site

https://www.harborfreight.com/merch...ional-deep-impact-socket-set-13-pc-56211.html

1/2" 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, 19mm, 21mm, 22mm, 26mm, 27mm

$70

they look nice but ill be honest. the set missing sizes is making me flaccid

 

[Jaysreal]

looks like HF has the new ICON on the site

https://www.harborfreight.com/merch...ional-deep-impact-socket-set-13-pc-56211.html

1/2" 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, 19mm, 21mm, 22mm, 26mm, 27mm

$70

they look nice but ill be honest. the set missing sizes is making me flaccid

Same old HF! skips 24mm but gives you 26mm???

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[m6z]

Sunex FTW.

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[1982fxr]

Same old HF! skips 24mm but gives you 26mm???

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Their set is more compact. It's part of how they blow Snap-On away!

 

[yrly]

Thanks but no thanks. My gripes about Icon remain the same. They hardly carry any Icon stuff at my closest store so I’d have to drive like 30 miles to the next HF so I don’t even get to see most of the stuff. It isn’t what I’d consider a good value. I like the finish they use on these but why skip 24mm?

 

[Professional Tool User]

Sunex FTW.

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It's funny how the size skips are the same as on the equivalent Sunex set. Regardless, Sunex is actually cheaper.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002SR9R2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[ChrisLS8]

Meh the skips are still omnipresent

 

[driz]

Meh the skips are still omnipresent

Yup, just the way it is. Just gotta live with it like the all the quirky things about [emoji1785] price point.


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[Mr_B]

So many choices for sets with better sizes branded and unbranded at more and less the price point with proven in use ability and design points favour most requirements it really doesn't warrant wasting time looking at HF for too long .

 

[Bretny]

Why would you pay $70 for impact sockets? My $20 set work just the same. For the looks? The name? That's not something I look for in tools. Function

 

[CJM8515]

IDK besides not being stamped my 1/2 pitts pro impact sockets for a whopping 20 bucks (thank you coupon) have had no issues for years

 

[Mr_B]

As a professional 70bucks is nothing for a set of impacts, paid a lot more than that for MAC set and have since found better effort taiwan ones around 50bucks that hold up better and nicer design .

 

[M635_Guy]

Meh the skips are still omnipresent

For $120, I got the Sunex set that doesn't include that skip (has 23mm, 24mm, 26mm, 27mm and 30mm) and has deep and regular sockets.

Why would you pay $70 for impact sockets? My $20 set work just the same. For the looks? The name? That's not something I look for in tools. Function

I don't know enough about sockets to say what the differences are - do yours have radiused corners? Etched and stamped size markings? I'm sure there are other differences (mass, metal, whatever) possible, but there's no doubt that a lot of the least-expensive options are fine for most non-professionals.