Impact sockets

[wafrederick]

Grey Pneumatic is another choice,I never broken one of their impact sockets yet.Have a lifetime warranty on them too and reasonably priced.Problem with IR's sets,most of the sets have no 18mm in them which is one of the mostly used commonly used metric sizes.

 

[firebox40dash5]

Alot of dears hardware have USA old stock on the selves. They dont move alot of stock. My sears department store is all Chinese sets but still has open stock in USA

I have 2 sets of USA Craftsman deep and refuse to get rid of tne extra

Wonder if that was why my Sears had all their impact sockets stuffed in a cart in the back last time I went in. Haven't been in a while, since every time I do, it reminds me more and more of Wally World (both in Chinese products, and stupid people).

I wonder when my USA Craftsman stuff will be collectible enough to sell it and buy SO or Matco with the proceeds.

 

[dirtydogintex]

nawww - CM will be manufacturing again in the USA before it's all said and done....

 

[wrenchr]

GP's and be done with it.

 

[Haveblue]

I have some 10 or so year old Craftsman impacts that get used daily, Ive been very happy with them. couple of guys at work use HF impacts, and they really like them.

 

[dsmnickk90]

Im sure the HF will be fine but I refuse to support that company. Same with walmart.

 

[redline380]

GP's and be done with it.

agreed. i have sae and metric 3/8 grey's. seem to be pretty damn good quality. at my neighbor's diesel shop, they buy large grey impact stuff. the 3/4 and 1 inch impacts seem even better quality than my little ones

 

[Armstrong1720]

Hey my dad used to have a saleman from hf call often sellin us tools for the peanut farm and dairy. They was in california then its been over 20+ years ago my uncle uses hf sockets on his semi and has held up really well. But for us we have blown out to many craftsman sockets and dont have a clue why Bad batch ?

 

[fourtythree]

Take a look at the duralast set from autozone. $ 25 for the set and no skipped sizes. Also has a lifetime warranty. I prefer them because the size is actually stamped on the socket and won't wear off over time.

 

[sberry]

Sears really made some **** in the 80's, had an issue witha fair amount of chromes, do not recall a case with the impacts and they really got beat hard.

 

[belvedere]

When I was researching impact sets, I ended up going with this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HGKR6O/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I found that no other set was so complete (3/8 and 1/2 drive, metric and sae, standard and deep) for the money.