Best Quality Socket Wrench Set

This is the best selling socket wrench and comes from Black and Decker. It's called an all.in-one because it covers a good range of sizes, located by way of a spinning the rotating heads. It covers both standard and metric sizes and you can also detent the heads to cope with both 45 and 90º angles.

It's color coded and marked - red for standard and blue for metric measurements. It's manufacture is vanadium steel, so we're talking heavy gauge material, plus the grip is covered with a comfortable rubber grip. In all a superior hand tool and the one to buy if you're wanting to do away with rummaging through a socket set for the correct size.

This is the best selling socket wrench set and comes packed neatly in a sturdy made-to.measure hard case. Stanley being the company that they are have managed to deliver a full 60 piece set that meets ANSI standards - which makes this one good enough for the entusiastic home user. The set's constructed out of heavy gauge alloy steel and built to last and last.

The set includes a handle extension bar, adapter, 24 1/4" sockets, 19 378" sockets, a head ratchet arm - and more. It's a comprehensive kit, made for regular every day use and it will cover most requirements re socket wrenches. Whilst it may not be the most expensive set on the market, it's certainly the best value for money product and well worth the purchase price - less than 35 bucks. Nice set, good quality, one to buy.

Another socket wrench set from Stanley - this was is slightly larger and will stand up to a lot of use in and around the home. It covers 69 separate pieces and like the previous product, it's house in a good quality sturdy case. It contains almost the same type of sockets and accessories - extension bar, adaptor, ratcheting head, handle and a wide range of different sized sockets.

Manufactured from black chrome to promote a longer shelf life and a better all round resistance to corrosive influences, this is the set that will last for years to come. There's a nice weight to the socket wrench (once assembled with the correct sockets) and when applying the required torque it feels reassuringly capable. A great all round set, does the job, feels substantial and well made - less than 60 bucks makes it affordable.

This is the best selling deep socket set and comes housed in a durable enough carry case. It's a nicely put together deep impact set, good for automotive work and the construction both looks and feels solid enough to get the job done.

The sockets are 6 points, and the manufacture is tough as it gets solid vanadium steel. There's a hole in the sockets for drive tang locking and though they lack a fancy grip or ergonomic design, they work well when you apply the torque and don't feel second rate when you're doing your best to remove a stubborn bolt. The size range is from 3/8 up to 1-1/4", plenty to go at and overall it's good quality and worth the affordable purchase price.

A fairly expensive socket set - and you get the quality that goes with the price tag. It's a professional grade set, deep impact and full to the brim with different sized heads which will cover a vast array of tasks for both the home and pro user. The manufacture is heavy gauge steel - chrome molybdenum, and forged to an incredible standard of durability.

They're all laser edged for size accuracy and with 86 separate pieces you won't find yourself stuck for the correct size. It's beautifully made and designed, no ifs or buts, the case is standard stuff but tough enough to lug around from job to job. Not the cheapest by a long mile but definitely worth the extra bucks - recommended if you're after a socket wrench set that will perform time and again.