Customer Reviews

6 Pc. Hansen Socket Tray Organizer Set 1/4",3/8",1/2"

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Socket storage has always been a problem for me. The metal boxes with tapered trays provided with most sockets sets rapidly become a mess, with no way of identifying the socket other than staining one's eyes trying to read the etchings on the side of the socket. This consumes a lot of time.

Hansen has solved all this with a nifty post identification system that I thought would solve my dilemma; however, it fell far short of this goal. Here's some of the problems I've encountered with these socket organizers:

1. They are inflexible, that is, even though my socket sets (I have about a dozen different sets) are complete, there are too many posts, which wastes a lot of space with empty posts on both ends. It would be better if the posts could be added or removed.

2. Some posts are missing, for example, an 11/32 post for 3/8 drive or similar "oddball" socket.

3. Deep sockets are oftentimes too deep for the post, covering up the label. Some sockets will not even fit on the posts, though the label say it will.

4. Sockets aren't handled delicately, but these organizers are, and I don't believe these thin posts will hold up to rough useage. It's only a matter of time before they break.

5. These things should sell for a few dollars each, not ten or more, given their plastic composition.

All in all, I believe it would be better to drill a neat row of holes in a piece of plywood that fits your tool box and pound in short lengths of wooden dowel pins, 1/2 inch, 3/8 inch, and 1/4 inch, with their ends cut at an angle and labeled.

This made my sockets so much easier to access and organize. I love this tool and am about to buy another set, however it is not without its flaws.

Some of the sockets do not fit on the pin, depending on the brand of socket. The 1/4 tray seems a little flimsy for the tool draw.

The price seems quite high for some plastic trays.

This is by far the best socket organizer that I have seen so far.

Pros: The sizes are well marked on each spool. The tray is made well, and can be picked up with all of the sockets in place over the spools, without fear of breaking the tray.

Cons: A couple of the spools for the smaller size sockets (3/8 in especially) are too fat, and the socket will not go over the spool. There are not enough sizes on the 1/2 in. drive trays. I have a few in-between size sockets. I haven't found any organizer to address this though.

For me, this is best product on the market for organizing sockets.

I did receive the six trays for all my sockets, however they are all red trays and not gray for metric and red for SAE, and they were not the same type that was being shown in the picture of the item being sold. The one in the picture here shows the number of the socket on the end of a center piece for each socket that rises above the socket. The ones I received were flat and the size is listed on the lip on the bottom of each socket and on the back behind the sockets. The only problem with this is that i cannot see in my tool box drawer what size I actually have at a glance, I have to pick up each size and read it to see what size i actually have. This does cause a problem every once in a while but I can usually eyball the size I need and at the times I cant i end up having to return to the tool box a few times.