Universal socket wrench?
 

Hi, I have already tried a search on this item using the search facility but nothing came up. Has any one used the Gator grip or similar universal socket wrench? The reviews via Google are mixed. I was thinking of using one for traveling only (to keep weight down) and not as a piece of garage or shed equipment to be used on a daily or commercial basis. Any views appreciated before I shell out for yet another item to add to my extensive and ever growing collection of "looks great on paper but crap in real life" items.

Laser Tools | 2856 | Socket - Survivor

Thanks in advance

GM

Looks crap on paper too.... :rofl:

I can't see it do anything but round off nuts with any serious torque put through it.

I'd put it in the same category as a cheap adjustable wrench. It probably will work in an emergency but it will do damage as it goes.

I'll guess it wears itself out pretty quickly too. Looks like it's got about 50 thin square strips. Every time it grips these lock into each other. As they round their corners off it will get looser and looser.

I think there's a reason you never see them. I think they belong in the same tool boxes as those spanners you get with flat pack furniture which have 25 different sizes on them.

Agree with Ted!

Just pick out the sizes you need out of a set. No point bringing them all.