Customer Reviews

Lisle 40990 Holder Socket 1/2" Drive Green"

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I've tried a number of different methods for holding sockets: the tiny metal clips-on-bars, loose in small toolboxes, and the useless box that the socket set came in. These magnetic holders are by far the best solution: the sockets never fall out by mistake, the sockets are easy to grab with greasy hands, and you can replace the sockets with a single hand, almost by feel (important when your head is still under the car ;-). I use red trays for standard, and green for metric, and a complete set of 3 trays (1/4, 3/8, and 1/2) will fit nicely in a standard 26" tool chest drawer.

Out of a half dozen or so different socket organizers the Lisle suits my needs the best. The big tray type that sits in a drawer is not portable, ands like the block type, the sockets stand upright. These will only fit in the bottom few drawers of my roll-away. Most of the rail types require both hands to remove a socket. The Lisle socket organizer is both portable and easly fits in shallow drawers. Standard and deep sockets together and works with one hand. With two colors to choose from, I have my metric sets in green and SAE in red. The 1/4 and 3/8 inch organizers have a magnet on the back that keeps it from moving, the 1/2 inch does not. This is a sturdy well made product.

A MUST HAVE !!..Well,you can live without it,but if you don't mind spending $20-$25 bucks for a skt. holder,this is the one.Well made,versatile,and it does what its supposed to....HOLD the sockets in place.Magnets make it handy as a shirt pocket.

Works great. Would be nice if they would make labels or a version with labels, since my sockets are kind of hard to read. Also, don't drop this on the floor. My high school auto shop students demonstrated that a rack of 1/2" drive sockets weighs enough to crack the plastic. Darker colors are better if you have sockets that get greasy. The grease will not always come out of the plastic completely.

I've been using this for about 3 years now. Very sturdy construction. The magnets are strong enough to hold the sockets in place while carrying them around by the handle. The magnet on the back is strong enough to hold the entire rack vertically on the side of a tool box or work piece. Eliminated the clutter in my tool box. In the past I've used the metal strip clips which don't hold the sockets in place very well and plastic trays with the rods that show through the center of the socket; these take up a lot more room and require a deep tool box drawer.