Best Socket Sets For Your Home Workshop

DEWALT 3/8-Inch Drive Socket Set is a very useful socket set which is ideal for being transported from one job to another. It contains an interior tray which can be removed – it will also fit into regular height drawers, which is useful. The DEWALT brand actually has a whole range of stackable sets that are able to interlock, so you can mix and match between sets. The overall weight of this set is 5 pounds (2.27 kg), and its finish is a highly durable polished chrome vanadium. It has permanently stamped markings, for long-term convenience, while its knurled control ring provides excellent grip and torque, for those more heavy-duty jobs.

This sturdy and serious AmazonBasics Mechanic Socket Tool Kit Set is perfect for home or auto repairs. It has a wide range of popularly used sockets, hex keys, and screwdriver bits, with sizes in both SAE and Metric, for your convenience. Its storage case has a useful carrying handle, allowing you to take it on the road and use it for a range of tasks when home. The chrome-vanadium steel forged body of each tool provides maximum strength and torque, while it is resistant to corrosion due to its polished-chrome. Its two-piece 1/4-inch and 3/8-inch pear-head ratchet means it is handy in narrow corners; it has a quick-release switch for maximum focus and control, and the ability to work both ways, ie. in reverse. The one year warranty gives you extra peace of mind.

This robust TACKLIFE Drive Impact Socket Set is suitable for impact drivers and allows you to access cramped spaces without having to go through the convoluted steps of disassembly. Its ten-inch extension bar is superior to regular plain extensions, while its laser-inscribed size markings make it easy to tell each one apart; locket each one in fading light. It comes with three pieces of extensions – three, five, and ten-inch. Its black coating is usefully painted on with an immaculate finish; the wear to the inner wall is negligible. It also boasts an original six-point design; this actively grabs onto the fastener’s flat sides. Meanwhile, the contact surface between the fastener and the socket is extended. The case in which it comes has sturdy locking clips and a solid hinged design.

This smart and attractive EPAUTO 45 Pieces Drive Socket Set has had each and every tool rigorously tested by professional experts in Taiwan; it is therefore absolutely suitable and safe for use on your bicycle, motorcycle, truck, or car. Its 3/8″ Drive 72-Tooth Ratchet is composed of high-grade steel that has a mirror-polished finish. It has both Metric and SAE and Metric for convenience – all 45 pieces can do exactly what you require of them. Happily, the material is resistant to corrosion, being made from Hardened treated Chrome Vanadium steel alloy (Cr-V). It even has a solid plastic storage case, so is able to be taken with you in your vehicle.

This meticulously well-organized Stanley 40-Piece Socket Set presents you with an impressive array of metric and SAE drive tools and sockets; it has 85 pieces and is fit for a professional mechanic. The robust carrying case makes it perfect to take with you from job to job if needed. The ratchet handles are wonderfully designed, allowing you to use it in either direction (reverse-switch) just at the flick of the thumb. Not only that, but you can easily take off sockets or extensions with just one hand, thanks to its quick-release system. Its material is anti-corrosive, thanks to being polished chrome. It is composed of high-alloy steel which has been rigorously tested, thus giving you 15% more torque and exceeding ANSI standards.

This attractive Neiko Hex Bit Socket Set is replete with precisely machined bits that incorporate chamfered ends that beautifully attach onto fasteners, preserving the bits and the fastener of damaged or compromised edges. These tools are reassuringly resistant to corrosion due to their chrome finish; they also come in a fetching blow-molded case which is aesthetically pleasing. This case is slim enough to slot into your kit bag, allowing you to go from job to job with peace of mind. The material they are composed of is high-quality S2 alloy steel; this gives you extra hardness and should last well in the hurly-burly of the garage or workplace. It also grants you better torque for more potent turning power.

This very robust Great Neck Hardware Machinery 40-piece Socket Set is perfect for furniture assembly, computer parts, automotive or appliance repairs, cabinet drawers or doors, all of which have some form of bolts and nuts that keep them in one piece. This set includes the most popular metric and standard-sized sockets, and the 1/4-inch and 3/8-inch drive sockets come with a 3/8-inch reversible ratchet wrench plus accessories. For corrosion resistance the sockets and wrench are chrome plated; triple chrome, in fact, meaning that they should last for a very long time. The ratchet is reversible, something that is potentially very useful. Meanwhile, there is a lifetime warranty so you can have that extra peace of mind.

This represents a comprehensive and full range of 3/8 inch Drive Sockets, with 45 pieces – everything from 5/16 to 3/4 inch and 8 to 19 mm, in terms of shallow and deep lengths. TEKTON 3/8-Inch Drive Socket Set boasts a six-inch extension, something not often found in similar sets, and a universal joint. A brilliant six-point design grabs the fasteners’ flat sides instead of corners, so there is no round-off. Being a 72-tooth ratchet you only need five degrees of movement within which to operate it, and so narrower corners are no problem. A mirror chrome plated finish and high-end chrome vanadium steel mean that it should last for many years to come, not being subject to rust or corrosion. The case is very robust and keeps the tools firmly clipped into place, easily identifiable when needed.

Due to a special radius corner design, you get 15% more torque with this Stanley Black Chrome and Laser Etched 69-Piece Socket Set and it is easier to strengthen and fasten, rounded corners presenting them with no difficulty. As result, you get less slippage when it comes to rusted or frozen fasteners. They are also made with premium alloy steel, heat-treated so as to be ultra-strong. It contains 69 pieces, each of which meets or exceeds ANSI (American National Standards Institute) specifications. The sockets are laser printed so as to be able to identify them easily, black chrome being less prone to corrode than normal chrome sockets. The two-piece case has lids which can be removed, and even used as a handy tray if desired. There is a Quick Release mechanism that enables you to use the ratchet with just one hand; extensions and sockets stay put on the drive until liberated by a quick-release button. The modest 7-degree arc-swing is also really useful in terms of reaching into narrow, awkward fasteners.

Neiko 44 Piece Drive Impact Socket Set is composed of impact grade chrome vanadium steel, enabling you to loosen the toughest of fasteners. In the set, you get both deep and shallow sockets and extra things such as a u-joint adapter for awkward placed fasteners and extension bars. The robust blow mold case keeps all your sockets perfectly poised for action, while the cutting-edge ‘six point’ hex drive grips fasteners and eliminates rounding corners. The sockets are coated in black phosphate to guard against grease, oil, and dirt; this is superior to regular black oxide which is commonly used. Laser-etched markings are another advantage; these help you to instantly identify which socket is which.