Comments on: SK 84414 3/4-Inch Drive 6 Point Standard Fractional Impact Socket Set 14 Piece http://www.homehandtools.com/sk-84414-34-inch-drive-6-point-standard-fractional-impact-socket-set-14-piece/ Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:22:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Claude H. Suddreth http://www.homehandtools.com/sk-84414-34-inch-drive-6-point-standard-fractional-impact-socket-set-14-piece/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Claude H. Suddreth Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:33:23 +0000 http://www.homehandtools.com/home-hand-tools/sk-84414-34-inch-drive-6-point-standard-fractional-impact-socket-set-14-piece/#comment-1126 Sockets are in my opinion a serious STRONG POINT of the S-K tool line. To the point - S-K makes, in my opinion, some of the very best professional grade sockets to be found anywhere, no matter the brand or the price. Point blank - period - they are comparable to the very best, and as good as it gets. <br /> <br />In my personal tool box I have literally hundreds of sockets. Standard height - tall - chrome - impact - 1/4 - 3/8 - 1/2 - you name it - if you need it to work on a car - good chance it's in there. I have sockets from Snap-On, from MAC Tools, Matco, and Cornwell. And I have sockets from S-K. I would say S-K sockets make up at least 25% of all the sockets I own - and they are absolutely fantastic. They grip bolts with rounded off corners with ease. They will turn anything that the big boys sockets will turn. I have put my impacts on 1/2 inch Dynabrade pneumatic impact guns without any deforming on the square attachment hole. What can I say? THEY WORK! They hold up! And they do everything and anything you ask of them to do. <br /> <br />The WORST think I can say about them is that it IS possible to scratch the chrome on the deep well sockets for example if you use them to loosen up a lug nut on a wheel. I did NOT say scratch THROUGH - just a superficial mark on the chrome itself. Now if you used the impacts instead - that is not a problem. I just needed a thin wall socket because of clearance on a Porsche, and noticed this later. Probably any of the others - no matter the brand - would have gotten a mark also - so I do not criticize them for this. Their Chrome seems to be as hard and as thick as any on my Snap-Ons or Macs. <br /> <br />All in all - a stellar superstar product - at a price the average home mechanic can afford. I give this product 5 stars - only because I can not give it 6...... Sockets are in my opinion a serious STRONG POINT of the S-K tool line. To the point – S-K makes, in my opinion, some of the very best professional grade sockets to be found anywhere, no matter the brand or the price. Point blank – period – they are comparable to the very best, and as good as it gets.

In my personal tool box I have literally hundreds of sockets. Standard height – tall – chrome – impact – 1/4 – 3/8 – 1/2 – you name it – if you need it to work on a car – good chance it’s in there. I have sockets from Snap-On, from MAC Tools, Matco, and Cornwell. And I have sockets from S-K. I would say S-K sockets make up at least 25% of all the sockets I own – and they are absolutely fantastic. They grip bolts with rounded off corners with ease. They will turn anything that the big boys sockets will turn. I have put my impacts on 1/2 inch Dynabrade pneumatic impact guns without any deforming on the square attachment hole. What can I say? THEY WORK! They hold up! And they do everything and anything you ask of them to do.

The WORST think I can say about them is that it IS possible to scratch the chrome on the deep well sockets for example if you use them to loosen up a lug nut on a wheel. I did NOT say scratch THROUGH – just a superficial mark on the chrome itself. Now if you used the impacts instead – that is not a problem. I just needed a thin wall socket because of clearance on a Porsche, and noticed this later. Probably any of the others – no matter the brand – would have gotten a mark also – so I do not criticize them for this. Their Chrome seems to be as hard and as thick as any on my Snap-Ons or Macs.

All in all – a stellar superstar product – at a price the average home mechanic can afford. I give this product 5 stars – only because I can not give it 6……

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