socket rails for impact

[DeftwillP]

I've got 4 sets of HF impacts (metric and SAE, deep and shallow). The holders they come on are junk plastic where the 1/2 nipple breaks off anytime you pull a socket off. Anybody got rec's for a good quality affordable rail set? I prefer a handled stick type so I can just grab it and go.

 

[ehall]

I use the rails they sell at Lowes, easy to customize the number of sockets per rail so I can sort by group

 

[md21722]

I used to have handled ones from Sears I think. I switched to ones without to save space. I just pick up the rail by the sockets. I buy them from Snappy. They aren't real expensive and work better than anything I've bought at Harbor Freight trying to save a few bucks.

 

[joejeep92]

For a fairly stationary tool box I use Hansen rails.

 

[BoringDave]

I have the lowes kolbalt brand and they seam to be holding up fine. I carry them with me from Jeep to Jeep to motorhome and shop. I have yet to break one. But they are holding chrome sockets though.

 

[8Mud]

Talking about the clip on socket rails? I gave up using them for my impact sockets, the sockets were too heavy for the clips, By the time I spread the clips wide enough to reliably hold the larger sockets on there, the sockets were really hard to get off. I went back to the old school single row socket trays with the handle that folds up to keep the sockets in the tray.

 

[DeftwillP]

Not familiar with what you're describing 8mud....off to the googlez

 

[ehall]

Check the pics towards the bottom

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85974

 

[donthelegend]

I use these for all my sockets and really like them. Harbor freight has similar rails but the Craftsman version is better.

http://www.sears.com/3-pc-socket-rack-set/p-00941849000P

 

[ehall]

Lowes used to sell those too, but now they have their own rail thing that's a little different and not backwards compatible

 

[its840]

on sale at sears. $5.99 for 2 of them...
they come in 1/2 3/8 or 1/4

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-2-pc-socket-rack/p-00941325000P?prdNo=15&blockNo=15&blockType=G15