Gifts for Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Men,Super Universal Socket Tools

I love this tool. No more broken knuckles or straining your hands.

It's well worth that $6 now I'm about to look for the other size. It was the perfect Father's Day gift.

I typically use a regular socket set for most applications, but I have only one set with one socket for each size in my home/hobby toolkit. Sometimes there is a need for two sockets of the same size, for example the bicycle seat mount I used this product for. It had two identical nuts on opposite ends of a rod. I knew what size socket I needed for both, but I needed to apply torque on one while keeping the other locked to avoid slipping or turning in place. Normally I would have made do with an adjustable wrench for the second nut, which would be annoying to fit and hold. Ideally, I'd use two identical sockets and wrenches, but this kind of use case isn't common enough to justify keeping a whole other socket set just-in-case. That's where this universal socket became handy -- it's like a second socket set (for common sizes) that fits in a pocket and is inexpensive. But I wouldn't expect to drive it as a primary socket in my toolkit. It doesn't feel like it would survive for too long that way. Best to save it for occasional use or as a spare socket where two are required or when you don't have quite the right size. (I imagine if you mainly use one of metric or imperial and have sockets for it but rarely use the other, this could fill in to cover the one you use less and maybe don't have a socket set for.) I also wouldn't try to apply a lot of torque or tighten things very much with it -- it tends to slip or fail to grip certain in-between nut/bolt sizes or ones that get too tight. So it's a fine secondary tool and handy to have around to use in a pinch -- possibly saving the cost of a whole other socket set that you'd rarely use. Would make a good gift for anyone to enhance their home/hobby toolkit.

Nice little tool...

Just buy a couple, seriously have one in your tool box and one in the car and gift one. Easy to use. Has really saved us in time of need and limited on tools. Great buy and not expensive.

Received this as a gift from my wife who thought it would be a good addition to the tool-chest. Overall, it's not a bad little socket, but as the title says, don't expect a miracle. As the ad for this shows, the socket is surprisingly versatile, with the pins able to grab a variety of things to provide torque. I've grabbed a couple damaged bolt heads, some eye-bolts, and hooks with this and it's done a decent job for me. The main drawback to this socket is that the individual rods that make up the head are small, which allows versatility, but also easier to damage. I've used this a couple times to loosen a well tightened hook and felt like I was going to break those rods before I got leverage to turn. I ended up having to go back and get alternative means for driving them that we're as easy as this socket could've been. Overall I'm very pleased to have it, and it does have it's uses, but don't expect to buy this as a miracle one-size-fits-all cure for tool problems. You'll be sorely disappointed if you do.

Excelente me funcionó súper bien

es genial para medidas de tuercas, que no sabes definir rapido, esto te hace olvidar esa busqueda!

Great universal tool

Very good quality, easy to use and reliable..

Great quality and a great gift.

Love it.0, it makes it easier than looking for the Right size socket/spaner

Not as good as a correctly sized socket of course. But a compact alternative to lugging a whole socket set with you. I take it with me in the camper trailer and it’s been very handy in that context. Does tend to round off bolts a bit.