trition vs westling socket holders

[jo4gj]

so i found these two options as the best as of now for magnetic socket holders. if there are any better options or experience with these that can help me decide what i should buy. i really prefer a socket holder that can hold the socket up side down as most of my tools are in my portable tool bot. i have no garage i work out of.

triton

westling

also today i fooled around with these

lowes kobalt

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-Deep-Magnetic-Socket-Organizer/1000093427

 

[WWheeler]

Best is VIM Magrail TL

Pretty pricy though.

 

[Whiskeymike]

Sorry, I don't have either, but I'm currently looking for a solution myself. Both look like interesting solutions.

I'm not sure I'd want magnets attracting filings and metal dust. Seems like it would be a pain keep it clean. Also looks like it consumes a lot of space.

The westlings are cool. But doesn't look like you can flip them over and have the sockets stay in place. There are a couple threads talking about them here. Some of the comments wished they had interchangeable pins for socket size. Also they have an issue with different sizes.

Makes me wonder how hard it would be to create some of these with square pins the size of the drive and aluminum plate. Doesn't seem too tough.

 

[firworks]

I've never used those Tritons but they look like they take up a pretendous amount of space for how few sockets they hold.

 

[Whiskeymike]

On those vim magrails, what are the posts made of? Can't tell in the photos and videos I saw.

 

[jo4gj]

On those vim magrails, what are the posts made of? Can't tell in the photos and videos I saw.

the pices look like metal to me im going to call them today in like 8 hours lol.... there web site make me feel like its a **** company and not a legitimate place to make a order....

now for my situation in starting to think plastic with a twist lock bight be better. save on weight and lowes home depot and tekton have really lesifair hassle free warranties. the vim **** looks like im going to have to buy more of those peg things.

 

[Mr_B]

I would look at twistlock, magnetic is a pain with metalic debris. I use stainless clip rails, quite secure but deeps will fall off if handling transporting a lot so good twistlock rails would seem best match for your scenario.

 

[shawhite]

Also check out mechanic time saver lock a socket rails. You can find them on amazon for $117 for 9 (3 of each size)

 

[Rickster]

Yup, the Mechanics Time Savers are nice especially for the 1/4dr sets.

 

[PowderKeg]

so i found these two options as the best as of now for magnetic socket holders. if there are any better options or experience with these that can help me decide what i should buy. i really prefer a socket holder that can hold the socket up side down as most of my tools are in my portable tool bot. i have no garage i work out of.

triton

westling

also today i fooled around with these

lowes kobalt

The Westlings aren't magnetic - dump them over far enough or drop them and sockets are gonna fly. That said, I've got the full set and really like 'em. I can pick a tray up by pinching a few sockets together until getting a hand under the base, and the vid is no joke about how well sockets stay on with rattling/jostling of trays.

Second choice to these for me would've been Ernst with twist locks. the MTS twist locks also look good, but they sit too high for me and would've interfered with drawer clearance. I no longer have a need to carry whole sets around outside of a box/tray (used the cheap spring clip chrome racks for decades), so the Westlings fit the bill nicely. They're practically indestructible as well, with no plastic or thin tin clips to break/crack/split/deform.

(edit) Huh, just watched a Tekton socket rack vid (same guy that did the Westling vid). Guess Ernst is now Tekton, or are Tekton's a copy?

 

[LXCam]

the pices look like metal to me im going to call them today in like 8 hours lol.... there web site make me feel like its a **** company and not a legitimate place to make a order....

now for my situation in starting to think plastic with a twist lock bight be better. save on weight and lowes home depot and tekton have really lesifair hassle free warranties. the vim **** looks like im going to have to buy more of those peg things.

I'm pretty sure the VIM stuff was developed by a guy from here. And I'd suggest not judging the book by its cover. When I opened the doors on my performance company it ended up costing me almost 10 grand to do a cool site since I don't have that ability. It was very tempting to not go that route and do something simple and cheap. For someone offering a limited product that doesn't carry a large profit margin, ya do what ya gotta do.

 

[bagged150]

Those westlings look real nice. I also like the look and functionality of the VIM Magrails.

 

[T45]

VIM is legit but also is legitimately pricy - $2 an inch basically for the setups.

Thats very expensive for sockets -- many would budget at $5-7 an inch for the tools so its hard to pay up for the organizers and keep any kind of budget. Youre looking at an upgrade to the tools or box forgone to get some slick socket organizers.

That said, the plastic rails are still like $1/per inch and not trivialy inexpensive eithe if you buy a lot, or use the nicer setups. Blending expensive and inexpensive organziers of course can average down your costs.

 

[Whiskeymike]

The pegs seem very reasonable. I'm thinking of buying a few dozen, and then cutting my own t-slot in aluminum bar stock

 

[jo4gj]

hey im now thinking about mechanic the time savers, craftsman twist lock and torin twist lock.... they all look like clones of each other.... any one have a opinion of the difference in quality.

 

[jo4gj]

On those vim magrails, what are the posts made of? Can't tell in the photos and videos I saw.

THE PEGS ARE PLASTIC ON THE VIM MAGRAILS

i called vim and the rails are sold like this

1/4 20 pegs

3/8 15 pegs

1/2 12 pegs

i asked about warranty they said if i brake a peg they will replace it... sadly the lady on the phone seemed a little clue less and not informative- she put me on hold to ask about warranty

 

[texasprd]

The Westlings and the Tritons (sp?) are space-wasters. I have the older Vims - they are good because you can go small-to-large on one rail, then make your neighboring rail large-to-small, for best drawer usage. The only complaint I have on the Vims is sockets can get knocked off. Those Kobalts look good to me - they look like an MTS look-a-like, and offer the good drawer usage, while holding the sockets more securely

 

[BFHtime]

hey im now thinking about mechanic the time savers, craftsman twist lock and torin twist lock.... they all look like clones of each other.... any one have a opinion of the difference in quality.

I have the craftsman twist lock and the Snap-On which are similar. Craftsman are plastic rail which have held up quite well. The Snap-On have metal rails and are available in different lengths. You can order extra pegs from Snap-On but they came by 10-12 packs only.

I really like these as I can put them in a roller cabinet, put them a tool bag, or out to a car, or in a building by the stick. The twist lock holds them secure like carrying a tool at into the junk yard. They take up more space than cheap metal rails. Good metal rails work well, the cheap ones... You get what you pay for.

I suggest buy one of each and see what you like better. They each have advantages. I really like the twist lock. I would like to try the Westlings , but they take up a lot of space for me, right now .

 

[M6erfan]

VIM Magrail is good stuff, pricey, but it's a buy once cry once kinda thing...