3/8 metric allen key socket set ?

[Arclikeharrypotter]

Gedore are probably best I’ve used, Kennedy and the like are alright until something is tight and then the slight difference in quality becomes very apparent

 

[Trevorleach]

I’ve a Kennedy set that have survived 25years
And gedore which are good

I have a 14mm 1/2 gedore Iallen socket have totally beaten the crap out of for the past 20 years, only ever used on the 1/2 snap on air gun undoing truck caliper slider bolts, and when that fails it gets the snap on 3/4 air gun with an adaptor, which always gets the job done, how it keeps going I have no idea.
Think it is the only Gedore tool I own.

 

[keithski122]

I used to be a mechanic and had some snap on ones but found the ends would round quite easily(maybe using in impact wasn't a great idea). These at the time were really cheap and seem to be a lot harder, not rounded or snapped one yet. The balls do fall out of the socket bit so a wrap of insulation tape stops that.

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[graffian]

The local dealer when I was an apprentice 20 years ago would swap the standard insert bits, hex or torx for heavy duty under warranty. I prefer the gradual failure over the more brittle cheaper bits.

To be fair to snap-on. I put that picture on a website, with some waffle and I got an email from snap-on(wonder if I can sell the email on ebay?). They wanted to know where the van was that refused to give me a replacement? They said to go to a snap-on man and ask for a replacement and let snap-on know if I had any problem, or if going to a van wasn’t convenient they would get the UK distributor to sort it out. I just settled for whinging about it.

 

[Ian X]

I bought several sizes of KS Tools 5/16" shank large flat bits and a 3/8" holder, they withstand a rattle gun nicely. If you are earning your crust with them daily I recommend Stahlwille, they seem to have truly mastered tempering.

 

[Ruffian]

Koken allen sockets have been excellent.
Bounced off them alot and I usually end up snapping bolts before the allen key let's go.

 

[Farside]

To be fair to snap-on. I put that picture on a website, with some waffle and I got an email from snap-on(wonder if I can sell the email on ebay?). They wanted to know where the van was that refused to give me a replacement? They said to go to a snap-on man and ask for a replacement and let snap-on know if I had any problem, or if going to a van wasn’t convenient they would get the UK distributor to sort it out. I just settled for whinging about it.

Any time I've managed to break a S-O piece I've just handed it to the first random S-O van man I came across and had it replaced, no problem. Very seldom it happened, though.
Last bloke I dealt with was in Luton, he replaced a broken screwdriver bit without a word of protest, and I later bought a timing light and compression gauge from him.
I presume S-O HQ had some sort of record of me going back years (and hundreds of miles), because it was no problem to arrange paying him off weekly, even though I wasn't in the trade any longer.
That timing light is worth its weight in gold, same as the compression tester kit. There's no substitute for decent tools.

 

[8ob]

Any time I've managed to break a S-O piece I've just handed it to the first random S-O van man I came across and had it replaced, no problem. Very seldom it happened, though.
Last bloke I dealt with was in Luton, he replaced a broken screwdriver bit without a word of protest, and I later bought a timing light and compression gauge from him.
I presume S-O HQ had some sort of record of me going back years (and hundreds of miles), because it was no problem to arrange paying him off weekly, even though I wasn't in the trade any longer.
That timing light is worth its weight in gold, same as the compression tester kit. There's no substitute for decent tools.

Same here, never had a snapon man refuse a replacement. I keep spares so when he does turn up he normally gets a few ratchet kits to install and a handful of bits.

Bob