This odd-looking ratchet from Nebo Tools not only pivots from straight to 90-degrees — locking into nine angles in-between — but also holds six sockets nested within a plastic carrier that slides into its handle. (The seventh socket remains snapped on the drive tip.) That’s a lot of sockets in a small space!
I saw one of these at Gander Mountain and it seemed sturdily built, but it doesn’t exactly seem low profile when pivoted into right-angle mode. I’ve also had trouble locating these online. Neither Google Product Search nor Amazon turns ’em up, though a standard Google search does return a few hits.
Do any of you own this? If so, where do you use it? And has the ratchet mechanism held up?
Nebo Tools Ultra Socket Set [Google]
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Plus, the truck stop at the Nebo exit off I-40 is some gooood eatin’
Have had one for about a year, it has eld up well for a knock around set. I use it for Lawn mower maintenance, bike maintenance and the like.
The handle absorbs a bit of oil, but other than that, it has worked as advertised.
I’ve got one of these, it’s been very handy as a stashed toolkit in a data-center rack; unfortunately, I haven’t put it to any serious use, so I can’t tell you how it handles heavy or extended wear.
I own one – it was an impulse buy at the local lumber yard (Vesta Lee in Bonner Springs, Kansas)
It lives on my tool belt, has never had a problem under a very nearly abusive workload and is worth its weight in platinum.
Get one; you’ll have no regrets.
Russ Bixby, geek of the plains
Bought one about ten years ago. Has been in constant use since. Tough
little tool but the rubber handle started to slip after about four or five years.
I just cut it off and use it like that. The ratcheting head has a pin that holds
it on. That came off after about eight years and I just put a new roll pin in
and was back in business. I work on commercial food equipment and use this tool alot. I don’t use it for really hard to turn or frozen nuts and bolts
but putting those sockets (all at once) in my pocket has been a real step
saver over the years. Most small sets don’t include a 9/16 , this one does.