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Icon tools 5 piece ratcheting double box end wrench set. Listen! The same company, Kabo tools Taiwan makes this same set for basically everyone under sun Matco, cornwell, carlyle. From Cornwell you'll pay $366 how about the Matco truck, it's gonna be a cool $365 from there but regular price here is $225. Damn, that's over $100 savings for just knowing who actually makes it.
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I guess it’s IMPOSSIBLE for someone in Asia to copy a design made somewhere else
Sorry, ya barking up the wrong tree, the research has already been done😳 th-cam.com/video/MCRYwXMXH7Y/w-d-xo.html
@@GarnettTools Cody's just mad because he let Snap On tattoo their name above his ass crack.
Doesn't that just prove his point?? Same design but cheaper
These are all made by Kabo.
@@GarnettTools I think homie is just pressed he bought brand tools and then saw this video 😂😂😂 I’ve been on harbor freight tools my whole life and have done 10 years of building motors or maintenance. Same stuff basically , some last longer . Some doesn’t 😭
I have icons. They work great. Nothing wrong with em and I put em through the damn ringer.
@@obviouslytrollmster1532 use your bare hands like a real man
@@user-tk7lf3kr5c I specifically have the flex head ratchet wrenches. I'm an industrial tech so I have to rebuild pumps and do all sort of nasty shit them and they hold up fine.
@@obviouslytrollmster1532 I bought the ICON ratcheting 12 piece set after losing my Snap-On 10mm and 13mm (of course), I wish I could say I hate ICON but they haven't failed me yet.
@@obviouslytrollmster1532 lol do you even think about what your writing before you post it? " I don't care how well made or durable those tools are they're pieces of shit." - you basically
@@obviouslytrollmster1532 I bought both, so I don't know what you're trying to say.
Also "They're not worth $5 even if they last"...? What?
I buy the pittsburgh. Then put pipes over the end of them as cheater bars. Haven't stretched one out yet or broke one! Saved more than $100 for sure!
Hell, get the jumbo set of wrenches. I think they are like 80-100 ish. 2 foot long wrenches from 3/8-1 1/4. I haven’t had a reason to buy them yet but when I do best believe😂. Love Pittsburgh stuff
I put my Pittsburgh half drive through the ringer and yes I put pipes on it and showed a woman how to use it
Only reason the icon is worth it is that, if the tool breaks I head on over to HF and get a new set/tool don't gotta wait next week for the truck.
There's not a snowballs chance in hell I'd spend over $200 on a set of like 10 wrenches. I'll stick with my craftsman wrenches that I can just swap out at lowes if they break. 🤷♂️
@@pavementpariah7342 show me Craftsman wrenches like this.
@@loganwork7024 never in my life have I ever needed a double ended, flex, ratchet wrench. You're paying extra for the "double ended" that's it.
@@pavementpariah7342 you may not need it you can get the job done without it but it can come in handy and make the job easier. for serpentine belts or belt tensioners. or other hard to reach places. i think its worth it
@@BA-pz3lo again, you're paying extra just because it's double ended. Basically every tool manufacturer makes swivel ratchet wrenches. As far as tensioners, most of them have a spot for you to stick a 3/8 breaker bar in, so a wrench wouldn't help you anyway,
Might as well buy em at HF. My coworkers have the matco versions and both have been waiting for warranties for 6 months +. I have the icon version and haven’t had to take em back yet😂😂😂
Yeah you’ll find me in the Pittsburg section because I’m not paying that.
Good luck, Pittsburgh don’t make those
Pittsburgh is fine if your using them everyday as a professional.
225 for those wrenches is a steal. You'll pay 800 for the Snap On
Then u aint in the mechanic business buddy. If you a DIY guy then go pittsburgh lol
Icons are so nice they handle a feel great really good budget not even budget just an overall good tool brand
I bought Tekton swivel head ratcheting wrenches. I work on marine engines and boats/ yachts in general and wrenches see salt water quite often. No failure yet ( I dip them in ATF once in a blue moon )
Honestly even just regular conventional oil will keep your tools in mint condition. Been rubbing all my sockets once every month for the past 10 years no rust in any of em yet.
Or you can buy the same set from mountain for 150
Paid £70 gbp (close to 70 usd now) for a mountain set.. Brand new
They have a sketch warentee tho I'd suggest the icon they have a solid warranty
@@WHATDATTOOLDOI'm from the UK warrantying anything here is never going to happen unless you visit the snap on truck everyweek and spend money with them constantly
@@WHATDATTOOLDO the Mac truck at my dealership carry mountain wrenches and they warranty them on the spot IF they break (it is very rare)
Bought a broken mountain set on eBay for $35 and my snap on guy swapped the three broken ones out on the spot
Wow I'm buying. Thanks for these comparison videos. I already bought the Jack from your other video.
Thank you
Dude.. I got that set at work. It’s awesome. You can reverse the direction without flipping the wrench which is cool, cause my matco set, you can’t, and I’ve gotten my matco wrenches stuck in so many fucked up places
The ICON tools at Harbor Freight are excellent quality. There was a time when I wouldn't spend a dime on a tool NOT made in the USA. But this is a different world than back then. Non-USA-made tools are made better then they were in the day. Even Craftsman is made in Taiwan, now.
Full disclosure: I don't personally own any ICON tools. But I know people who do and they swear by them. I have many of the Harbor Freight Pittsburgh and Quinn brand tools in my box, and they have yet to fail me. And for the price, I figured I couldn't go wrong. So far, so good.
Hell, once I bought a set of Pittsburgh sockets I didn't even need just because there was a sale. They sat in my box for months. Then one day I was replacing the transmission on my 2014 Ford van and I saw a bolt with a spline head. And I remembered that I had a set of spline sockets. THAT set that I had no use for when I picked them up. I practically did a little dance when that happened.
Hell my half inch deep impact sockets are all Pittsburgh and I'm an equipment field service tech- I use them all day every day with a badass cordless impact. This current set I have is just about four years old and I haven't broken one yet. I grabbed the Quinn blow molded case impact sets a couple months ago and I'd be very surprised if they're not the same sockets Milwaukee uses. The design is an exact match. They're actually nice
USA made = expensive garbage.
I love these scenarios where one company makes pretty much the same tool for everyone with the only differences being branding. If you don't care about the name thats stamped on it you can save a lot of money. The best part is that anyone can just walk into a store and buy them. I know most mechanics prefer the convince of a tool truck but my shop only gets snap on and that guy comes when he feels like it so it's less reliable than going to a store or ordering online for me.
Except that's not how it works: a company can make products with very different standards of material quality, quality control
Snap on guy comes once a week . If he doesn't go to your shop once a week it's cause u guys are tight asses and never buy anything
That's not the scenario tho .they are made cheaper with cheaper materials and lower standards. Or outdated designs. They are the ones the other brands didn't want
And the snap on truck driver pulls up with a smug look on his face and leaves with "suckers" on his mind
@Ray Ban no actually if your a good customer they take care of u and the tools are the best around
LoL, here's me still fixing things with wrenches made in the 1930's.
I'm with you brother. You must be that other dude at the thrift store pawing through the mixed tool bins like me whilst the wife rummages elsewhere Honestly, happy bottom-feeder that I am, I'm not even a "prosumer" Icon or even Quinn kinda guy, being pretty happy with most of the Pittsburgh stuff I've ever bought. Their little 12 piece SAE and Metric stubby combo wrench set (Item 97383 or 61395) is always ultra-handy in its rugged little clip-lock case (no more fishing about for the right size), and are my go-to set for tinkering with my elderly hoopties, where the challenge is often NOT giving those fasteners so much heave-ho they'll strip.
@@BilgemasterBill I have just about every socket size there is but I doubt there's a complete single maker set among them 😁
Well, that's what they make socket organizers and rails for, huh?
With a student discount I was able to get the Matco version for less than the Icon version. But at the time Harbor Freight was having trouble getting these in stock. Regardless of where you get these from, they are a must have for working on modern cars.
A flexhead 10mm saved my life on this mustang doing the water pump
@That1Apprentice wtf? How do you use a student discount lol? Does it have to be for auto school? Or any type of student?
I get the student discount from matco as well, but I bought the icon version with a 25 percent off coupon just for the convenience of having a harbor freight 5 minutes away. I will get the larger 21x22mm & 24x25mm size wrenches off of matco since I haven't seen other companies carry them.
@Nino Andretti how do you get a student discount bro? Are you in some type of automotive tech school or just have to be in college? Thanks in advance man.
@@geni2shoes889 you need to be in a full-time auto tech or collision repair program. I don't think it works if your in non related college classes.
Hard to believe that when matco first sold those I paid $200 for em. Geez everything has went up🤦♂️
I concur. I remember a few years back I wanted a Wright tool full polish wrench set which was only $260 now they want $358 😬
Well you just realized now that everything has gone up but for one exception, the value of a dollar?
@@corypeacock556 it went up before inflation set in
I bought the mountain wrenches for 130ish when they came out.
you can also find them on amazon for less than Icon costs...
I guess thats why i see everyones icon wrenches broken all the time. Never broke my cornhole ones
Well for a tec like me whose broken multiple of my Matco versions it’s worth the 100 bucks to me to just hand it to my rep and get handed a new wrench. What you’re paying for is the service and sometimes it’s worth it. I’m busy and the last thing I want to do after work is drive clear across town to harbor freight to try to get a wrench replaced.
If they have it in stock at Harbor Freight, if they don't you may be waiting a long time to replace it.
The quality of the wrenches is excellent and they are super handy. I bought my Monster Brand 5 piece toolset at Fall Carlisle for $65 and $32 for the next 2 sizes up. What a snag!
Any other new tool updates?
Maybe video top 10 tools you need in your industry
Love these shorts
i got these wrenches from my local pawnshop for $100 in almost mint condition. pawnshops are an excellent source of brand name tools for a whole lot less. alot of the times, the price can be negotiated especially if you start to get to know the people/owner. ALOT of my tools, yard care stuff, dyson vacs, etc has been from the pawnshops all next to new condition.
you'd be surprised at what you find there and the money you can save.
I own mac matco snapon etc i currently work at a chevy cealer and ill vouch for these. These put in the work never broken one and even if i did they have a lifetime warranty. I worked at a hyundai dealer too and every tech in the shop had these same icon wrenches
I went to Harbor freight they had a tool box that costed a little over 2k when snap on boxes of the same size costed like 6k and the Harbor freight ones seem better
I’ve put together a ton of those harbor freight boxes for my company since that’s the only tool box they buy and there good and work buy the fit and finish just isn’t there. Basically nothing fits right and it’s just all over the place with how good the paint is
LOL, I own a set of Snap On Boxes bottom top and side cabinet and I own a Harbor Freight U.S. General bottom box and side cabinet and they are no where near the quality of a Snap On, I have seen the icon tool boxes again no where near the quality of a Snap On box.
I normally wasn’t big on spending over 60$ on wrenches. But the long ratchet MM wrenches are amazing for applying extra torque and grabbing on the open end.
Harbor freight is the best company of all time, we need them to stay open at all costs
Cool. I picked up three of these from Tekton: 8x10, 12x14, and 17x19 mostly for Toyotas. 85 bucks
Great choice! Picking out only the sizes you need I suppose?
@@GarnettTools Yes. Paid half of full 6pcs set. Just for my 2006 Matrix. Also picked up a hf pass thru socket set (6pt, 3/4" drive) so i can use the 19mm end of the 17x19 wrench to drive the shallow sockets . It a nice setup.
Garrett, I did get the Carlyle set in a sell 4 or 5 years ago for something around $150. So you say shop around and watch the sales.
Yep, just depends on the deal you can get
Matco is known rebranding and selling at a huge markup, same with cornball tools…
I HAVE THAT SET FOR THE PAST 2 YRS AND SO FAR SO GOOD
I'm a mechanic and I love Icon
I looked at those yesterday and almost bought them with that 20% off coupon. I got the metric offset wrenches because we needed those worse, but bet on it, i will get this set next coupon i get💯
Icon is a snap on copy
I own icon and they work perfectly fine in heavy equipment/heavy duty diesel and I’m not in debt
I have had these wrenches for years since the first week they’ve dropped. I’ve made 10s of thousands with them and only broke one. And it was replaced easily. Just bought a set for one of my gsts. Highly recommend
i went to harbor freight today it wasnt there 😔 i see the spot where it’s supposed to he but there were none left 😩
Everyone saw this video.😂😂
Harbor freight is always around and yes their hours might not be great but they're available longer than a parts truck
I picked up the reversible ratcheting offset set. Way better than my gearwrench
Best part about harbor Freight is If you need it quick and don't care if it breaks Pittsburgh is for you! And probably the best place for starting mechanics to get some relatively inexpensive air tools until the tool truck comes to say HI lol.
Thank you ❤
Amazon and harbor frieght is my go to nowadays
Go with platinum, got them off the gear wrench truck, by far my most used wrench set, and if you do a lot of suspension work get the large set, you get two big ass double racheting flex head box end wrench’s in 21/22 and 24/26 I believe
Marketing accounts for some of the price difference, no question. But warranties and service account for a lot of that price difference.
I used to do this all the time with Snap On tools.
Sadly not with spanners and sockets, but torches, gas soldering irons and other "kit" tools.
My colleagues would laugh and say "But lifetime warranty" - until I pointed out that the manufacturers usually offer good warranties AND being so cheap, can be replaced 4 or 5 times for the cost of 1 snap on.
My LED Lenser torches might not have had "Snap on" laser etched into it, but at 50% of the price, LED Lenser still gave me two warranty replacements in 15 years on 3 different models 😁
It pays to shop around, or to find the manufacturers name on a branded tool 😉
Icon tools tend to be really good. Pittsburg is very cheap quality but the 2 Vice grips I bought are still working ok so they’re worth the money I spent on them.
I got Mountain, MM wrenches of this version. They're great. But to warranty them is another ?
You can get a “platinum” brand set off your mac truck, only 150 bucks too
Yea they sure are sweet and you will save way more money!!!
You can save more, if you're in the Inside Track Club.
In the UK halfords do a great set with pretty much everything you'll ever need for 350 quid
Yeah use this as a heavy equipment field tech .. worth EVERY penny. Without spending extra I've broke one but I put an extender on it and put my whole body weight on it... but it was one of the smaller sizes
Go with tekton! They are made in the USA and are in the same price range. The warranty is awesome
Harbor freights wised up and doesn’t give the customer as much savings anymore sadly because now they don’t have to be any more than a third cheaper when they used to be half the price lmao
I have an Icon set of pliers but I'd never trust their ratchet mechanism's unless they changed recently. A buddy of mine bought one of their Icon rachets and it didn't last too long. Yeah everything probably has a warranty but I like having a tool that I don't have to get replaced.
Also good: Würth, Knipex, Gedore, Stahlwille and Berner.
Brand “Mountin” makes these renches and they use to be 100 now they at 150
I got Napa carlyle wrenches for 100 on there monthly deal a year ago.
This. Also my snap on guy sells mountain as well. I got my set on Amazon over a year ago and he even warrantied one of mine that I broke trying to break a caliper loose lol
This. Also my snap on guy sells mountain as well. I got my set on Amazon over a year ago and he even warrantied one of mine that I broke trying to break a caliper loose lol
You’ll find a cheaper price but It’ll be more work for a full set. Might need to buy individuals and a sorter.
I have the Matco ones. Easily my favorite tools in my box. Does icon also have the 2 larger sizes? 21/22 24/25. Those set me back about another $250
mountain wrenches are 160ish and they are the same as the rest i rather go with mountain
i got the angled ratcheting wrenches. have loved them for the year ive owned and used the snot out of them in my industrial job. have had bad luck with the 3/8 flex head long handle ratched and sockets though
Just wish you could buy individuals for replacement to keep the whole set the same brand
I just have to spend an hour plus after work, plus my gas to go warranty HF stuff. The tool truck will drop it off within 24 hours, I've almost always got something that will finish the job till he gets there. Plus my local HF, the manager that's always there is a prude. Last thing I warrantied was some Pittsburg vice grips. They opened and closed rough and the set a screw turned rough. She gave me a hard time because they looked fine. Next closest is pretty cool but it's a 45 min drive from home
Those are great, I don't have easy access to any tool trucks anymore, so it's nice to be able to drive to a real store for warrenties
Literally just picked them up today for $150 with a coupon. Regardless of your opinion on them you really just can't beat that price ☠️
I could have sworn those originals were branded Monster and we're cheaper than the Icons. I think I paid $179 for my Monster metric set. My SAE set is SK and I got to steal on eBay.
Plus you can get discount coupons for icon hand tools!
Mountain wrench’s ftw $112 last I checked
$279 on Scamazon right now
They're possibly the same company, but definitely not the same sets.
No they are identical, trust me
They are literally made in the same factory in Taiwan, on the same production line, using the same components. The last step of production is the placement of the "brand name".
@@edwardmackey747 Your source?
@@ORam... Kabo tools themselves. I attended Automechanika Frankfurt 2022 last September, and got to speak in-depth with several of the reps at the Kabo booth. They also hold the patents on several of the features, and at that time were not licensing those patents to others.
Of course you're free to believe what you want and pay more money for the same tools. Nobody is going to try and stop you.
@@edwardmackey747 I don't believe you're being deceitful. I'm just picky with particular traits in tools. First thing I noticed about Icon wrenches is that they're slightly thicker than "premium" brands. Clearance is everything to me. Also, the chrome peels off much easier on their sockets. Although I know this video targets wrenches. I only mention it to site the quality.
And on amazon… I think it was also about $250 in total for the same exact tools
Currently $232 for the exact same set from Mountain.
Thank u!!!
icon tools are nice for the price
For anyone considering this set, check out Tekton. They’re six point instead of 12, $100 cheaper, warranty, and come with a nice/slim packaging that fits just about anywhere. (Are also flex heads)
Yeah tekton has some pretty good stuff
Not available right now but planning to buy the Tekton set when they're restocked.
@@randymeyer8624 I bought mine on eBay 🤷🏻♂️
If you search for the mountain set it's like $160
The same company makes different quality of tools for example Craftsman and Craftsman evo. Plus of its real matco cornwell or snapon it will be made in the USA and stamped USA.
Great contact keep it coming
Im from the uk and just bought this set rebranded by k tools for £116
I've got pretty much all those icon wrenches , and their new flex head ratchets. They're great quality to be honest.
He is correct. They're just as good
The long ratchet wrenches made by mountain on the Mac and Snapon truck are selling for around $160 so its beating the Icon price by a lot. The rest of the Icon wrenches are pretty good
Same manufacturer makes Ryobi and Milwaukee. You can't tell me they're equivalent in quality.
Not the same scenario, these are the same EXACT PRODUCT. th-cam.com/video/MCRYwXMXH7Y/w-d-xo.html
Ryobi and milwaukee are owned by TTI, but still separate companies. TTI owns AEC tools who make battery power tools, contracts with Ridged to rename tools for Ridged battery power tools. Separate companies owned by a group.
Same wrenches are $160 on amazon.
Payed 250 for mine off the snapon truck !
Excellent
You can get even better ones from Tekton for $175 they have 6 point ends for better grip
I got the 1 to 1/4 for 80 and use them almost every day
Different specs but yeah you get more bang for your buck cutting out the middleman
I got those and use them on alignments when doing the rear toe adjustment. A little thin tbh but they are great to have.
If you keep checking they sometimes have coupons for a bigger discount
They can be made by the same company but to a different spec
By the way, the $40 icon ratchet can be found on amazon as a $25 SET with 2 ratchets the exact same as the icon one, and 8 or 10 sockets to go with it.
Link for the $25 set?
Don’t have the link, but EPauto is the brand. Two ratchets and the socket set in a blow molded case for less than just the Icon ratchet from HF. Knowing the OEM can really save some $$$ if you don’t care about the walk in warranty at HF.
We had a HF brick and mortar as long as I can remember. It's store #6! They used to sell SK tools.
the second harbor freight started offering store credit cards, the tool trucks started getting scared. only reason I didn't just get the harbor freight box was cause I still needed $1k+ all at once for the 72 incher they used to have. if I could have made monthly card payments and helped by credit score at the same time, I would have jumped at that.
I get student discount right now from major tool companies. Wonder what that price is compared to these.
Or you could buy the mountain/monster version for like 150 which is what snap on sells
As a union millwright they expect you to have American tools. Proto, wright, SK, Williams, etc
Good to know. I thought that was thing of past.
I have this same set under the brand name “mountain” and they were 100$
I love them I got them an never have a problem got mine 20% off
Manufactures used different specifications for the different OEM specs. Just because two companies use the same manufacturer, doesn't mean they are the same quality.
also doesn't mean they aren't the same quality. Because OEM'S LOVE to make minor adjustments to the things they sell to customers like Matco. Why? Because their processes are already streamlined, any changes that deviate from that will cost time and money affecting the bottom line because now you have to look at almost every step as if it's brand new. Forging, cleaning, finishing, quality control, plating all have to be aware that there are changes with this new different product. IT CAN AND DOES GET DONE, but not in most cases.
Take it from someone who has actual experience working for manufacturers; for example a customer like Caterpillar will absolutely devote the initial time and cost associated with making major changes to a mfg process, they will endure test run, after test run, destroy it all then run again and send their own engineers out to oversee the whole process JUST to make sure this tooth you're making for them, will last on their million dollar tunnel digger.
But your wrenches? They are a polished piece of bar steel, it more likely that a CUSTOMER Like Harbor Freight approaches a Manufacturer like Kabo tools and says "hey we wanna buy the same tools you sell to Matco, Cornwell, ATD platinum, Mountain, K Tool, Carlyle" Kabo says "SURE, so long as you order similar quantity as those guys, we will sell them to you in your trade dress and deliver on this date" THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS 8 TIMES OUT OF 10
I SHOWED Everyone HERE that these are not similar, THEY ARE THE SAME: th-cam.com/video/MCRYwXMXH7Y/w-d-xo.html
Those men on those trucks come to me and also provide other things you can't get from harbor junk. I don't want to have to drive thirty miles one way because I broke one.
So you'd rather wait for the tool truck? Harbor Freight makes some OK tools that will survive. I use the Pittsburgh series as a weekend warrior and they work every time. They have survived me abusing them and they work when I need them. Imagine being honest and telling a customer you couldn't fix their car today because you need to wait for the tool truck so you can buy another $200 rachet that had the proper name on it.🤣 I used "made in usa" Stanley's that were broken every time I went to use them. Most commonly it was the locking lug for the direction. Doesn't happen with the HG one I have now.
Don't get me wrong, though.. there are some absolute dogsh*t tools there. You just have to pick and choose and maybe you don't have to get a home equity loan to buy a full set of tools.
@@SirHeadly84most of hazard fraught’s crap is crap. Not worth it. My truck bought tools are 30 years old and still cranking hard. Buy once cry once.
@@dwood82574 with tool trucks it isn't but once, cry once. It's cry every day until you've paid off the loans from the tools🤣🤣
@SirHeadly84 Yep because that's 1 hour of unpaid time I don't have to spend.