Identify USA made Socket set? Close out deal...

[Ryan_C]

I am curious if anyone has seen this over at BrownTool.com
They have a 1/4" socket set that's claiming to be USA made. Can anyone identify it? Is it worth the $32.50 + s/h?

http://www.browntool.com/Default.aspx?tabid=255&CategoryID=327&List=1&SortField=ProductName%2cProductNumber&Level=a&ProductID=2885

Excellent quality AMERICAN MADE Socket Set at great closeout pricing! We recently had an opportunity to purchase a limited quantity of this high quality socket set after the manufacturer went out of business. We are offering these sets at a fraction of their original retail price. Quanities are VERY LIMITED and once gone, this super deal will be gone forever.

USA Manufactured 32 Piece 1/4" Drive Socket Set
SAE & Metric​

• Quick Release Reversible Ratchet (with 45 gear teeth)
• 4" Extension
• 1/4" Hex Screwdriver Bit Holder with 7 assorted Screwdriver Bits
• Spinner Handle (Screwdriver Handle)
• 10 SAE Sockets - 6 Point (5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4", 9/32", 5/16", 11/32", 3/8", 7/16", & 1/2")
• 10 METRIC Sockets - 6 Point (4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, & 13 MM)
• Packaged in a rugged & compact case for easy storage and tool accountability.

Post up what you think, I haven't ordered, but considered ordering another tool from this site before seeing this deal. So it may make me place my order faster. Lets hear it.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

man...I can't find jack on google about that. No other pics, no GTI tools...nada...hhmmm???

 

[Ryan_C]

Same here, that's why I thought I would post here on Garage Journal since there's a bunch of tool buffs here. Hopefully someone can figure something out. These would make a good addition to my many different sets.

 

[erswill]

"No warranty for the accuracy of product image or description" ????????

 

[Skin]

Looks like old Stanley stuff to me.

 

[devoncoolman]

If u need it. Buy it. But u get a lifetime warrenty thats useless. Not a bad price if there actually good. Who knows. Im quite a tool afficianato and ive never hered of them.

 

[3xpendable]

Ratty and spinner look a lot like my old husky set I bought in 96"

 

[Higgins]

I saw vendors selling them at car show / fea markets. Didn't pay close attention to them, other than they looked cheap, and kept walking on!

AL

 

[G_P]

Ratty and spinner look a lot like my old husky set I bought in 96"

I agree. They look exactly like a Husky ratchet and spinner I have.

 

[monomach]

I got a GTI 1/4" socket set for $3 at a little country auction once. They had a huge box full of them, but wouldn't open one to let us see the quality. It was Walmart-level garbage...not even as good as Harbor Freight's cheapest set. It definitely looked like the house brand for a discount store or something. I was just barely out of high school, so it would've been in 1998 or 1999.

It was a different set than the one pictured. Mine had a grey case and the ratchet had a cross-hatch type grip. Hopefully that one is a higher product line or something, because the one I had was so bad that I simply threw it away; it wasn't even good enough to sit under the seat of my truck.

It's a shame, but "Made in the USA" doesn't mean anything for quality. We have just as many lazy workers, corner-cutting engineers, and penny-pinching business owners as any other country.

 

[reptilezs]

if this is the old stanley stuff then this is from the time they were marking stuff usa but raw forgings were from taiwan

 

[scaron]

if the image is representative it looks pretty low-quality even from here. i wouldn't waste my time with it.

 

[ChevyEFI]

Missing sizes and has fluff. Skip it and go for a full SK 1/4" set with deeps, extensions & wobble.