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Honestly got these for dirt dirt cheap so I wasn't sure of what I was going to be receiving if they were going to be flimsy or break but these are really nice high quality. Look good too with the redFirst, there are not enough pegs in each of the three units, to accommodate for all the socket sizes available for that specific drive size.Second, each peg is taller than it needs to be.Third, sometimes a socket gets stuck on a peg; when that happens, all the other sockets come jumping off the red holder.I've given thought to creating my own holder, with enough pegs to accommodate the "set" of 1/4 inch drive sockets, both standard as well as deep. But instead of using pegs, it may be more pragmatic to create the socket set "tray" so that the sockets are on their side, for easy-reading of the sizes. Many of the socket manufacturers do this.The "peg" system, like this one, is handy for those tool cabinets with drawers, like the tool chests we all know and love. When you're looking for a particular socket, while in a drawer, STILL, it is handier to have the sockets on their sides. However, less sockets can fit in the drawer when they are their side. Unfortunately, the only way to have the best of both worlds, is to have a VERY large drawer or set of drawers in your tool cabinet.So, when making a socket holder, it's necessary to determine if you will be taking the sockets "out of the shop" or not.This set of three socket holders is probably fine for taking the socket holders out of the shop, and then returning the tray back to your tool chest. However, if you carry them "out of the shop" you should use a dedicated toolbox. This is where these trays - I've found - do not do well. There are no toolboxes that can be used, which allow the sockets to be carried, without the possibility of the sockets coming off these pegs, while in transport...unless you carry such the toolbox with out tipping it. A few times I've used a toolbox to carry the tray, but I've more 1/4 inch drive sockets than will fit on the tray, and needed to carry those extra ones loosely in the toolbox.What works very well, are the socket strip clips. but they bend easily.Overall, I bought a metal box and am figuring out a way to modify the tray to fit inside the metal box. The box is similar to a cashbox.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006WQAT7A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1except it/s about 1/4 inch too shallow!'Can't Win!I like to color code my tools with red for SAE and some other color for metric. There are less expensive options that are the exact same thing available elsewhere if you're okay with it being black. I wanted red, so here we are.I've knocked off one star because I'd really like these things to be made from a more durable plastic. This stuff is a little brittle, so it's not really optimal if you'd like to take the trays out of your main box and throw them in a service cart or something regularly. That said, they're cheap enough to easily replace if you did happen to break one, plus that's not really the way that most people will use them anyways.All of my sockets fit on the pegs correctly. I previously had the same organizer from harbor frieght. The one from harbor frieght is half the cost, but its black and I liked the idea of having separate colors for SAE and metric. This is otherwise exactly the same except, strangely, the half inch socket peg on the 3/8 drive tray was labeled 1/12.Nice to have at a fair price!Great organizer. Just like the Harbor Freight version, which only comes in black, but with a couple issues. Most notable issues: the spacing on the 3/8 drive 9/16 peg is off center and too close to the 1/2 peg making it difficult to get both sockets seated, and the 1/2 label is oddly labelled as 1/12. Still my favorite type of organizer despite those issues.Do not like or understand the plastic tabs on the one side.Great value. Simple and practice. Use them to organize sockets in my tool box.Looks good in my tool box now.Excellent product no issues.
