Lisle40990 Holder Socket 1/2" Drive Black

Used this brand as a technician at work and at home

This socket holder from Lisle is exactly what I was looking for. I bought an entire socket set of regular and deep-well sockets from Harbor Freight (I don't mind going to Harbor Freight for simple things like these). When purchased, they came in this ridiculously hard to open bracket that I needed a screwdriver and cutters to open up. Once the bracket packaging was opened each individual socket was attached to a main holder via some black plastic clip that held the sockets tighter than a drum. I had to use a hammer and screwdriver to remove the socket holder from the socket itself. Very very frustrating and I did not want one of those metal rails with the small square holders because I have had issues with those for most of my adult life. Since I bought a set of 8 regular and 8 deep-well sockets, this Lisle holder was the perfect size and I can even add a few more if need be. Once it arrived, I knew it was of good quality because it had some substantial weight to it. I don't mean that in a bad way, to me this meant that it would actually hold the sockets in place and not go anywhere if I moved it or dropped it on the workbench. I plan on mounting this to the wall and so the magnet that holds everything in the middle needed to be rugged and durable, which it has proved to be so far. This is as neat and clean as you can ask for with a price that is cheaper than some of the other socket holders I have seen. I am very happy with my purchase and might buy another one for when I get a full metric set. Highly recommend.

Replaced my other one I had for many years. Very strong well made

I'm a soulless heathen who kept his most used sockets loose in a tool box. I admit it, feel free to hate me as much as you want. Yes, every time I needed a socket I needed to dig, but I could easily grab the one box and have 90% of what I needed to work on the car with me, and believe it or not it's pretty amazing how many sockets, unis, extensions, wrenches and pliers you can carry in a single box when you just throw them in all loose.I once was a complete man, with a well organized chest. All of my sockets were on rails, everything easily locatable, and life was good. Then .... others in the house started using my tools and .... well.... apparently my tool chest has some advanced biometric technology built into it that will allow anyone to *remove* a tool, but only I can put one back in : (I decided my life needed a change. I had been looking at rails and thinking about rails for a while, but ... I don't know. I have metal rails; they're solid, they'll last forever, the spring clips are dirt cheap, you can build the rail out however you want. They're extremely space efficient, cost efficient, but there's just something about rails that always bugged me... kind of fighting to get the socket off, fighting to get it back on. It's really no surprise sockets ended up just being loose in the drawer so often. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I really liked the tray that my 3/8 deep Craftsmen came in (pictured). No fighting to get sockets in or out, and also easier to keep in order because the tray was fit for each socket diameter. This tray was really just sturdy enough to transport and sell the sockets but I kept mine in there for about a decade, maybe 15 years or so, and really enjoyed it.When I saw this Lisle case I figured this was the one for me, and I put my sockets in it tonight. I'm giving it four stars for now and will change over time as I see how it holds up long term.I've read that the magnets aren't strong enough for some folks. Perhaps they've changed the design, or maybe there are QC issues with their magnet supplier, or maybe different sockets just have different metallurgy. Mine or a combination of Craftsmen and I believe some Huskey, as well as a couple just cheap crap ones. I'm still looking for the rest of my 3/8's (I know...) so the tray isn't completely full, but as you can see it has two magnet rails on each side, as well as one long strip magnet on the back. It holds to my chest perfectly - securely, but breaks free easily enough when you go to take it off. It holds the sockets in strong enough for me, even upside down. It does take a lot of space, but I can still put it in my shallow tray on top of other crap and close the tray.All in all I think it's pretty damn good. Big, for sure. I won't be able to fit all my sockets back in my portable box with these, so I've decided that my torx and extractors will stay on rails. This has definitely really helped organize my sockets though and I'm looking forward to my next job with it.

I’ve had one for years (red one) that I used for my metric sockets, might have been a gift. Then I was hacking though my tool box and had an epiphany, that if I got another one for my US sockets, I’d be much more organized and if I wasn’t sure size I needed remotely, I’d just grab the set that’s all magnetically coupled. So, bought another on in Black, so easy to tell metric from US. I love them. The ONLY thing that would make them even better is if they had some type of magnetic coupling on the back, so that you could just attach each set to your metal tool box! Might be a good enhancement, would surely work for me. Today, I had to drive some nails into a wall next to my toolbox and hang them.

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This is a very nice magnetic socket holder. It holds large to small diameter sockets as well as short and long sockets it was exactly what I expected but it is large. I would buy it again

I would leave a five-star review because the quality of the material and the magnet are fantastic but the slot holes are kind of brand specific if you have heavy walled impact sockets they are not going to fit into these. My snap-on sockets fit in there but my Mac sockets will not.My Carlisle impact sockets fit perfectly but harbor freight brand or power built and Stanley are too thick to fit into these holders which I bought them to organize my miscellaneous sockets which did not work out so I ended up giving them to a co-worker

Funciona muy bien el imán es muy fuerte estoy muy contento

Very good quality

The sockets also keep disconnecting. Oh and you’ll need slim sockets to fit

Tenía grandes espectativas en este producto ya que su precio es elevado para lo que es. Pero, al probarlo, he comprobado que con los vasos normales va bien (por eso las 2estrellas) , pero los largos no tiene fuerza suficiente los imanes y se caen. Decepción

As stated pay attention to the length and size of this product if space in your tool storage is limited - easier to use than some other twist type socket rails - being plastic not sure it would survive too many drops on the floor and if you do your heavy sockets will fly off everywhere. Good for taking all your sockets to the car you are working on. On balance an ok purchase.