If you have a miter saw you can cut those plastic Harbor Freight socket holders down to fit your set. I have the Tekton 8-19mm and 5/16-3/4 set and just cut down the holders to fit. It looks nice and gives you a lot more room in your box.
Ya I would say magnetic ones would probably be best. I had some that were tape backing and they worked well at first but when I wanted to reorganize the drawer removing them destroyed my drawer liners.
Another nice video helpful to me personally. I like how you showed the displays at Harbor Freight. If you don't mind can you tell me where you got your shop stool? Thank you for the video!
I know HF is all budget but what's the best budget organizer for sockets that they have? I was thinking the peg style ones that have the labeling at the top of the peg. They come in a 3 pack and the price isn't so bad. They look like they should be able to work even in the shallowest drawers. I have the husky molded foam tool set and the spacing with this setup just takes up way too much space in my box. So trying to organize my sockets to save space but also a father/husband on a super budget so makes pulling the trigger on things tougher. Gotta do it right the first time.
Hello again Tony Thank you for another Great Video. I have the HF Pliers Rack, and have not had an issue. But I did have their drawer Wrench rack which I out grew. It also left a lot space open. But couldn't really use it the way I would have liked. I couldn't add Wrenches etc. I was stuck with it. Again thank you
Thank you and that's good to hear about the pliers rack and I know what you mean. I had the same issue with the wrench rack. I out grew it and ended up switching styles
@@TonyTheTechnician The Best Wrench Rack for me has got to be the Toolbox Widget. I can finally get my Wrenches organized. Thank you Tony for the review of the Widgets. Something for my sockets is my next project.
@@georgeferlazzo7936 absolutely. They can be spendy if you have alot but man they are by far the most customizable especially if you have to at more wrenches you don't have to buy another rack or anything you just add more 👍
HF ALSO has some socket rails that are in the small boxes located right next to the metal rails you didn't like and skipped over. These are plastic rails, with ball detent socket adapters, they come with 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 drive sized rails in each box, and you're able to buy the socket clips separately on Amazon if there is not enough on the rails for you, or you can just buy two boxes, they're literally under $5 for a set so a good price for the $. Also a side note, on the half inch drive rail, fully loaded with impact sockets, I was able to shake the rails without the sockets falling off, so they're pretty damn good in my book.
Very nice that's awesome to know. I think since I was looking at the metal rails I just thought that was a box of metal rails. I apologise for skipping those but I appreciate you sharing that info with me 👍
There are a lot of nice organizers out there. I like organizers for sockets. To me they are a necessity. As you said, not a fan of the metal ones. But I do have some of those. The metal ones I like the most I got from McMaster-Carr. I especially like the short ones they have to use for a small tool roll/bag for emergency kit in the car. I would like organizers for wrenches and pliers too. But organizers use a more space and I don't have space for more or bigger boxes. So the wrenches and pliers just lay in the drawers. The pliers are stacked sort of like an organizer but just lean against each other.
Ya I completely understand everyone has different setups and sometimes you just have to compromise to what works best for you and ya I used to have the metal ones as well. If I didn't have a whole socket set for my car I would use those just bc they are very cheap and hold the sockets very well 👍👍👍
The Wrench It To Me is a great wrench organizer for a drawer in your tool chest. Holds two sets of 14, two sets of stubbies or other small wrenches plus another small rack and can hold allen keys as well. Made in the USA and only about $10 with the 20% off coupon.
I have the wrench rack fills the drawer tryed the socket trays the sockets didn’t all fit but that was 6 years back I got em still have wrench rack but took socket holder back
The adjustable plier rack is nice but little hard to get them set. If you have comfort grip locking pliers they can fit where they didnt in my wire rack.
I've actually been in tuned too the Ernst organizational trays they are really Excellent I actually picked up 3 Ratchet and extension trays to store all my Ratchets and the lay out is very visible and awesome .. I did not realize at first when I purchased them how you did put out a review on them in the past ...I did not realize it until after the fact but I'm leaning more in the direction of re organizing my socket lay out with them also
@@TonyTheTechnician Yeah after I picked them up I went to look a little further into the brand that's how I came across a past video you had put out on them that you did some time back ..I like the way you can customize and remove the rails on a snatch and go ..I even see now I think they have some magnetic ones also
Good video. I found that the us general tool organisers do not well that well the 44 inch us general cabinets and boxes, the drawers are little bit short in height seems to a common complaint from other also. The deep sockets cannot stand up in the lower drawers, i use kobalt and ernst instead.
Hey Tony, Do you know the item# for the First organizer that is $9-10 and is it a 3 or 6pc set? I got the Kobalt mechanic set from a friend online. He sent tools only to cut the shipping cost. I'm just a DIYer and I will be putting them in my 5 drawer US General CArt. Do they come in different colors? My box is Royal blue. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and videos Rodney
Here are the links to the organizers I have and the peg style of you like this as well. Unfortunately it's just black and red in these styles from harbor freight. www.harborfreight.com/metric-socket-trayorganizer-3-pc-68102.html www.harborfreight.com/sae-socket-trayorganizer-3-pc-68100.html www.harborfreight.com/peg-type-socket-tray-3-pc-sae-red-70019.html www.harborfreight.com/peg-type-socket-tray-3-pc-metric-black-70018.html
They are the Ernst socket Boss rails. Also available on the tekton website. Also down in the description click the tools link and scroll to the bottom of the list and you will find them
Ernst is probably the best in organization accessories Thanks TtT
Agreed they have alot of good organizers 👍 thank you
If you have a miter saw you can cut those plastic Harbor Freight socket holders down to fit your set. I have the Tekton 8-19mm and 5/16-3/4 set and just cut down the holders to fit. It looks nice and gives you a lot more room in your box.
Are you talking about the socket holder I have?
I have the HF plastic socket trays. Love them. Agree that the skipped numbers drive me crazy too, but cheap is good!
Absolutely agree. These thing have been great and ya with how cheap they are I didn't mind spending a little to fill the tray lol
Ive always been curious about the black inserts that help section off draws
Ya I would say magnetic ones would probably be best. I had some that were tape backing and they worked well at first but when I wanted to reorganize the drawer removing them destroyed my drawer liners.
Nice review. I prefer the lay down socket trays for my boxes. Haven't seen any in a while.
Thank you and ya I know a few people with that style as well.
Another nice video helpful to me personally. I like how you showed the displays at Harbor Freight. If you don't mind can you tell me where you got your shop stool? Thank you for the video!
I know HF is all budget but what's the best budget organizer for sockets that they have? I was thinking the peg style ones that have the labeling at the top of the peg. They come in a 3 pack and the price isn't so bad. They look like they should be able to work even in the shallowest drawers. I have the husky molded foam tool set and the spacing with this setup just takes up way too much space in my box. So trying to organize my sockets to save space but also a father/husband on a super budget so makes pulling the trigger on things tougher. Gotta do it right the first time.
Hello again Tony
Thank you for another Great Video. I have the HF Pliers Rack, and have not had an issue. But I did have their drawer Wrench rack which I out grew. It also left a lot space open. But couldn't really use it the way I would have liked. I couldn't add Wrenches etc. I was stuck with it. Again thank you
Thank you and that's good to hear about the pliers rack and I know what you mean. I had the same issue with the wrench rack. I out grew it and ended up switching styles
@@TonyTheTechnician The Best Wrench Rack for me has got to be the Toolbox Widget. I can finally get my Wrenches organized. Thank you Tony for the review of the Widgets. Something for my sockets is my next project.
@@georgeferlazzo7936 absolutely. They can be spendy if you have alot but man they are by far the most customizable especially if you have to at more wrenches you don't have to buy another rack or anything you just add more 👍
HF ALSO has some socket rails that are in the small boxes located right next to the metal rails you didn't like and skipped over. These are plastic rails, with ball detent socket adapters, they come with 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 drive sized rails in each box, and you're able to buy the socket clips separately on Amazon if there is not enough on the rails for you, or you can just buy two boxes, they're literally under $5 for a set so a good price for the $. Also a side note, on the half inch drive rail, fully loaded with impact sockets, I was able to shake the rails without the sockets falling off, so they're pretty damn good in my book.
Very nice that's awesome to know. I think since I was looking at the metal rails I just thought that was a box of metal rails. I apologise for skipping those but I appreciate you sharing that info with me 👍
@@TonyTheTechnician www.harborfreight.com/socket-rail-set-3-pc-68101.html here is the link for you to check out if interested!
@@TonyTheTechnician also the only reason I said that is so you would know where on the shelves I was talking about, no worries!🤙
@@cameronbarber3768 haha no problem at all. I'm really glad you pointed that out 👍
There are a lot of nice organizers out there. I like organizers for sockets. To me they are a necessity. As you said, not a fan of the metal ones. But I do have some of those. The metal ones I like the most I got from McMaster-Carr. I especially like the short ones they have to use for a small tool roll/bag for emergency kit in the car.
I would like organizers for wrenches and pliers too. But organizers use a more space and I don't have space for more or bigger boxes. So the wrenches and pliers just lay in the drawers. The pliers are stacked sort of like an organizer but just lean against each other.
Ya I completely understand everyone has different setups and sometimes you just have to compromise to what works best for you and ya I used to have the metal ones as well. If I didn't have a whole socket set for my car I would use those just bc they are very cheap and hold the sockets very well 👍👍👍
I brought a 5 drawer tool cart from harbor freight tools and I also got sockets an socket trays an I'm still trying to fill my cart up.
Very nice. Hope you enjoy.
The Wrench It To Me is a great wrench organizer for a drawer in your tool chest. Holds two sets of 14, two sets of stubbies or other small wrenches plus another small rack and can hold allen keys as well. Made in the USA and only about $10 with the 20% off coupon.
Great video. Just a heads up...on your graphic before the review you misspelled repairs. You have it as rapairs. Love the channel.
Thank you. Hahaha I didn't even notice that. Thank you so much for pointing that out. Greatly appreciated 👍
TonyTheTechnician No problem. Stay safe.
@@Ninety_Zebras lol now I can't even remember what site I used to make that intro so I can't fix it yet lol. Thanks again and you stay safe as well 👍
I have the wrench rack fills the drawer tryed the socket trays the sockets didn’t all fit but that was 6 years back I got em still have wrench rack but took socket holder back
The adjustable plier rack is nice but little hard to get them set. If you have comfort grip locking pliers they can fit where they didnt in my wire rack.
Very good to hear. That's what I was hoping to hear. Ya it's that you can adapt it to work for alot of different handle types and thicknesses
I can’t find the orange plug for the us gen box I worked for em few years back in Spokane Washington but the black yellow and blue are everywhere
I've actually been in tuned too the Ernst organizational trays they are really Excellent I actually picked up 3 Ratchet and extension trays to store all my Ratchets and the lay out is very visible and awesome .. I did not realize at first when I purchased them how you did put out a review on them in the past ...I did not realize it until after the fact but I'm leaning more in the direction of re organizing my socket lay out with them also
Very nice. Haha ya they are great organizers. Very customisable and very easy to use. Great to hear you enjoy them
@@TonyTheTechnician Yeah after I picked them up I went to look a little further into the brand that's how I came across a past video you had put out on them that you did some time back ..I like the way you can customize and remove the rails on a snatch and go ..I even see now I think they have some magnetic ones also
@@toolsmetals2148 very nice and ya that's a great feature!!
Good video. I found that the us general tool organisers do not well that well the 44 inch us general cabinets and boxes, the drawers are little bit short in height seems to a common complaint from other also. The deep sockets cannot stand up in the lower drawers, i use kobalt and ernst instead.
Ya that tends to be a problem when using those thicker or taller rails. Thanks for sharing that. That's good to know 👍
Hey Tony, Do you know the item# for the First organizer that is $9-10 and is it a 3 or 6pc set? I got the Kobalt mechanic set from a friend online. He sent tools only to cut the shipping cost. I'm just a DIYer and I will be putting them in my 5 drawer US General CArt.
Do they come in different colors? My box is Royal blue. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and videos Rodney
Here are the links to the organizers I have and the peg style of you like this as well. Unfortunately it's just black and red in these styles from harbor freight.
www.harborfreight.com/metric-socket-trayorganizer-3-pc-68102.html
www.harborfreight.com/sae-socket-trayorganizer-3-pc-68100.html
www.harborfreight.com/peg-type-socket-tray-3-pc-sae-red-70019.html
www.harborfreight.com/peg-type-socket-tray-3-pc-metric-black-70018.html
where did you get the blue socket rails that are size labeled like that ?? , I also use the Harbor ones your talking about??
They are the Ernst socket Boss rails. Also available on the tekton website. Also down in the description click the tools link and scroll to the bottom of the list and you will find them
@@TonyTheTechnician Thanks for tip about how much cost
Each 3 rail system is around 18 to 25 dollars and made in the USA
I bought a green snap on adjustable pliers rack for $17 off the truck today. Snap on has better prices than harbor freight now?! 😳
Haha now that is a surprise but nice find! 👍
I love AmerAcal made tools or germ made tools like nipex
Nice to know 👍
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Can't beat cheap organization
Haha ya as long as it works how you want 👍