I’ve included the Amazon link for those who are interested. If you click through, I may get a tiny bit of compensation from Amazon for it. amzn.to/3Ww5uGo *Correction* From the Milwaukee Package - “Ratchet made in Taiwan, Socket Adaptor Made in Taiwan with further processing in China, All Other Components Made in China”
@@PaulsToolReview so the funny thing is, I’m pretty sure the Icon is being made by whoever is making the Kits for Craftsman/Facom/USAG/Sidchrome. Plus, Sidchrome has an identical kit to the current Icon but with sockets. But so far I haven’t found it anywhere that I can get it from without like $35 of shipping which takes it back to the $100+ mark. Hey, thanks for joining in.
I don't think it's a bad kit. the problem is that Milwaukee tends to charge premium for mid tier tools. For example, their wrenches, they are fat with lobster claws and sometimes ridiculous priced. I bought mine a few years back from a going out of businesses sale. My facom 440xl blows them out the water and far cheaper at 65$. Personally, i dont buy kits anymore. I build them, been in the game long enough to know my likes and dislikes. I primarily use tstak cases as they are plentiful and cheap.
@@andrestnt I don’t disagree with you. I will say that their ratchets sure are solid, My only issue with building one is I haven’t figured out a good durable compact case solution yet, The 440xl have the slight jaw enhancement like the Mac Precision Torque series wrenches, right?
@gtcam723 yes its the same wrench in exempt the facom skips sizes and has a satin chrome finish. You can get a non skip set from 8 to 19mm from sidchrome (Australia facom). I agree on the ratchet. The ratchets kill some of these kits. I like the tstak is very solid, but not expensive to replace. I also use trusco metal boxes, way more money, but it's a vintage look thing for me.
@gtcam723 yep 😅 they have multiple rebranded facom/usag/dewalt tools. Only other Stanley brand that offers the full presicion torque set with no skips. Tho it's not really cheap, might just buy the mac on sale for convenience and the bogo.
@@gtcam723 Yeah, this is the problem with all these sets, if you transport them then everything falls out. I had 2 cheap ones and they irritated me to a point that I'm willing to pay a lot just to get a good box that will hold everything. Do you know any (small sized) one that does this?
$90.29 retail price. $68.87 as of now. @0:33 You can see these are a Taiwan ratchet, socket adapter and Chinese sockets. Can't say that I'm impressed with the ratchet"s design nor the socket low quality cr-v Chinese metal which is probably the reason why the sockets need to be so thick. This would have been better as a kit with SAE and Metric sockets. Because you have to use bits and an adapter to make it into a screwdriver, narrow access is limited to the length of the bits. Also it doesn't have a ratcheting mechanism, nor a 1/4 square on the top of the handle to attach the included ratchet for extra torque, so it's not a very good screwdriver. Wouldn't pay more than $35 for that.
@@3vil3lvis man the prices of everything have skewed. Project farm has tested Milwaukee’s ratchets and they generally show up pretty well. Even if they kinda weird in design. Sockets, well, it seems they’re either thin and expensive or thick and inexpensive. Lol. The best part to me is that they’re square and won’t roll away. That said, you certainly aren’t going to split one under normal use. I suspect that the reason for only metric is this a foreign market kit where SAE isn’t much or an option. Personally, I can do metric only for the majority of what I do these days. I think Klein has a kit that’s SAE and then there’s a Husky kit that I may grab and review that might fit the bill for you. Though it lacks a screwdriver handle. Though this Milwaukee ratchet is likely stronger than the Husky due to the Husky having a quick release. All that said, I still haven’t found what I consider to be the perfect kit for me. May have to build it. Thanks for joining in!
@@3vil3lvis man I found the package and you’re right about the sources so I put a note in the description. I’m sort of surprised the sockets are China made considering how nice they appear. Been a while since I’ve seen anything out of China that wasn’t visibly Chinese. And I also noticed some of Craftsman’s stuff is now made in India
@@Tailgatesntoolboxes yeah, I agree with you. Few of those small kits are what I would call inexpensive. Some of them are making the Wera Toolcheck look affordable by comparison. Thanks for joining in!
@@ytli5764 I might have to look into that. I really don't feel like spending Milwaukee money on such a small set but I like it when all of my tools match.
I’ve included the Amazon link for those who are interested. If you click through, I may get a tiny bit of compensation from Amazon for it.
amzn.to/3Ww5uGo
*Correction*
From the Milwaukee Package - “Ratchet made in Taiwan, Socket Adaptor Made in Taiwan with further processing in China, All Other Components Made in China”
Looks similar to the new icon kit that was announced and shown but not yet available. Lets see where that price comes in at. $108 is too high
@@PaulsToolReview so the funny thing is, I’m pretty sure the Icon is being made by whoever is making the Kits for Craftsman/Facom/USAG/Sidchrome. Plus, Sidchrome has an identical kit to the current Icon but with sockets. But so far I haven’t found it anywhere that I can get it from without like $35 of shipping which takes it back to the $100+ mark.
Hey, thanks for joining in.
Hello!
Can you tell me what product it is?
Have they released a similar kit with the new box model?
@@Sim_Tiby it hasn’t been released yet. They teased it again at the SEMA show.
I don't think it's a bad kit. the problem is that Milwaukee tends to charge premium for mid tier tools. For example, their wrenches, they are fat with lobster claws and sometimes ridiculous priced. I bought mine a few years back from a going out of businesses sale. My facom 440xl blows them out the water and far cheaper at 65$. Personally, i dont buy kits anymore. I build them, been in the game long enough to know my likes and dislikes. I primarily use tstak cases as they are plentiful and cheap.
@@andrestnt I don’t disagree with you. I will say that their ratchets sure are solid,
My only issue with building one is I haven’t figured out a good durable compact case solution yet,
The 440xl have the slight jaw enhancement like the Mac Precision Torque series wrenches, right?
@gtcam723 yes its the same wrench in exempt the facom skips sizes and has a satin chrome finish. You can get a non skip set from 8 to 19mm from sidchrome (Australia facom). I agree on the ratchet. The ratchets kill some of these kits. I like the tstak is very solid, but not expensive to replace. I also use trusco metal boxes, way more money, but it's a vintage look thing for me.
@@andrestnt oh so Sidchrome is another SBD property then?
Yeah where I’m looking for something that I can keep in a day bag.
@gtcam723 yep 😅 they have multiple rebranded facom/usag/dewalt tools. Only other Stanley brand that offers the full presicion torque set with no skips. Tho it's not really cheap, might just buy the mac on sale for convenience and the bogo.
@@andrestnt Yeah I just bought the Macs and I have zero regrets about that. I enjoy them and they really are nicely executed.
How well do they fit in the box? Would they fall off if box was upside down?
I think I’m going to make a short tomorrow to answer this very question. I can tell you already, I hate it when I open it upside down.
@@gtcam723 Yeah, this is the problem with all these sets, if you transport them then everything falls out. I had 2 cheap ones and they irritated me to a point that I'm willing to pay a lot just to get a good box that will hold everything. Do you know any (small sized) one that does this?
$90.29 retail price. $68.87 as of now. @0:33 You can see these are a Taiwan ratchet, socket adapter and Chinese sockets. Can't say that I'm impressed with the ratchet"s design nor the socket low quality cr-v Chinese metal which is probably the reason why the sockets need to be so thick.
This would have been better as a kit with SAE and Metric sockets. Because you have to use bits and an adapter to make it into a screwdriver, narrow access is limited to the length of the bits. Also it doesn't have a ratcheting mechanism, nor a 1/4 square on the top of the handle to attach the included ratchet for extra torque, so it's not a very good screwdriver. Wouldn't pay more than $35 for that.
@@3vil3lvis man the prices of everything have skewed. Project farm has tested Milwaukee’s ratchets and they generally show up pretty well. Even if they kinda weird in design.
Sockets, well, it seems they’re either thin and expensive or thick and inexpensive. Lol. The best part to me is that they’re square and won’t roll away. That said, you certainly aren’t going to split one under normal use.
I suspect that the reason for only metric is this a foreign market kit where SAE isn’t much or an option. Personally, I can do metric only for the majority of what I do these days. I think Klein has a kit that’s SAE and then there’s a Husky kit that I may grab and review that might fit the bill for you. Though it lacks a screwdriver handle. Though this Milwaukee ratchet is likely stronger than the Husky due to the Husky having a quick release.
All that said, I still haven’t found what I consider to be the perfect kit for me. May have to build it.
Thanks for joining in!
@@3vil3lvis man I found the package and you’re right about the sources so I put a note in the description. I’m sort of surprised the sockets are China made considering how nice they appear. Been a while since I’ve seen anything out of China that wasn’t visibly Chinese. And I also noticed some of Craftsman’s stuff is now made in India
Not for $108...thats nuts
@@Tailgatesntoolboxes yeah, I agree with you. Few of those small kits are what I would call inexpensive. Some of them are making the Wera Toolcheck look affordable by comparison.
Thanks for joining in!
For that price I'd rather buy the actual 1/4" SAE/Metric socket set that has the deep and short sockets.
@@FranksShitBoxCollectionLowe’s has similar made in Taiwan Craftsman V series 1/4” standard set (38 pieces) on sale for $39.99.
@@ytli5764 I might have to look into that. I really don't feel like spending Milwaukee money on such a small set but I like it when all of my tools match.
$108 and China made🤦♂🤦♂
@@branned partly Taiwan. Partly China. It’s weird in that regard.
@@gtcam723 sockets made in china 100%