Turbo/twist sockets?

[Dieselhammer]

Hey guys, i have an older set of craftsman turbo sockets that i find pretty handy, but my set does not go up as large as i would like. I would like to have twists that go up to atleast 1". I've had my eyes on the SK set because i love SK products and they have an easy warranty, but the way i understand it Hudson Bolt makes all of these turbo sockets and everyone else rebrands? Are the Hudson Bolt ones warrantable? Who makes the best set that you can warranty pretty easily if need be?

 

[LB-1911]

AJ Manufacturing Co., Inc was the OEM.

We currently provide our products to a number of customers including Snap-on Tools, Matco Tools, MAC Tools, Sears, and Wal-Mart as well as a number of WD’s throughout the United States.

AJ Manufacturing Co., Inc
Upper right Products them select Twist Socket

You'll have to contact them as to warranty.


Re Hudson Bearings’ TURBOSOCKET About tab - Where To Buy - scroll down the page - along with SK, Snap On & Omega Technologies are sources as well.

Omega Technologies Turbo Sockets®

edit to add - ToolSource® offers sets & individual sockets

 

[gatlibs]

It looks like http://www.ajmanufacturing.com/ makes the ones that were(/are?) Rebranded by Craftsman. Those I have and they work great.
It looks like https://www.hudsonbearings.com/products/turbosocket/ makes the ones rebranded by SK.
LB-1911, can you disconfirm this?

 

[KnurledNut]

In 2016 Hudson Bearings acquired Turbosocket Co. and IIRC manufacturing was moved to OH. Not sure if that affected quality or not. Just an FYI.

 

[gatlibs]

In 2016 Hudson Bearings acquired Turbosocket Co. and IIRC manufacturing was moved to OH. Not sure if that affected quality or not. Just an FYI.

To be clear, is that the same or different as the ones from AJ Manufacturing?

 

[LB-1911]

To be clear, is that the same or different as the ones from AJ Manufacturing?

Hudson Bearings aqquired H.B. PRODUCTS.

HB, based in Chicago, Illinois, was formed in 1978 by two brothers, Jim and George Hamann. HB operates as a business specializing in tool and diemaking as well as special machinery building.

The Company’s Turbosocket line, a tool made for removing damaged fasteners, was first developed in 1997 and has grown significantly since then.


https://www.footprintcapital.com/hudson-bearings-acquires-turbosocket/

 

[gatlibs]

Hudson Bearings owns the company that first produced TurboSockets. To me it appears that TurboSockets are a different product that the Twist Sockets that AJ Manufacturing makes. It appears to me that the Craftsman are re-branded AJ Manufacturing. Is that correct?