Does this tool really work? See what happens when I put the Universal Socket Tool TO THE TEST!
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2019
- We have all seen theses universal sockets before, but do they work and if so, is this tool worth the money? Today I will be putting one to the test to see if this tool really does stand up to the hype.
Got an ad about it, came to find reviews.
Yup me too
You too. 👍🏻😁
Same here😂
Just got one 5 minutes ago. I was curious as well. 😂
Yo Fr lmao
This is why I love the internet lol I saw the ad hyping it up and instantly came to see how shitty it is
Me to brother
I was gonna but one for my dad for his birthday but I’m glad I found this lol
Same here
Same, so thankful for honest reviews
I TOO ,. it's not good at all .... Scam!🙃
i think the red spinning bit is for if you wanna hold the universal socket and not have to hurt your hand
Smartttt
You are correct
Dewalt makes impact sleeves with the same thing?
1000 thumbs up
@@violonic vewy smaaaat
Thanks for reviewing this. I just saw an ad for the Super Socket and I was skeptical. And although this is a different brand, I've seen enough lol.
Same just saw that ad too lmao
Same here. Kinda was hoping it worked
Same... almost bought it. But I know to check when it’s too good to be true
Same I just wanted to look and see if it works, other video said it’s works so idk
The supersocket one is actually good. This one he shows in the video is cheap trash
i saw an ad and was going to get this for my dad, thanks for saving us
Never tried one but always wanted to. Thanks for saving me the disappointment. 🔵👍
2:05 why does it spin? For grip on weird/awkward Uses. So you can hold it.
stabilization \o/
I was looking for this answer to the Tool Review Zone's question in the comment section.
I knew someone would post it.
I knew these would be junk I just wanted to see it fail for myself 😂
Metalocalypse! Yeah!
I don't know how much it affects performance, but the SuperSocket has about a dozen more pins, and none of the gaps like this one.
Saw this advertised on TV and was intrigued. No longer the case after watching this. Thanks! Sticking pins is the most troubling. Possibly good for those with minimal tools, but for us tool enthusiasts, searching for the right socket enables inventorying.
¹Okay, I’m starting off by saying this: concept & idea of this “universal” socket....awesome! In practicality the socket doesn’t really hold up to my “expectations” on the jobsite; and here’s why. I bought one after seeing a late night tv commercial, & then found one walking through a store long ago. Was excited to get home & “find” a use for my new accessory (you know what I’m talkin about, get new tool, AND, BOOM....you suddenly find all sorts of projects that need doing & magically with the new “tool” you just bought. WOW, it’s like magic😂). I started with installing hooks & eye-bolts for my moms laundry room. Worked out okay. Then went to my workshop & started testing on some lags, bigger fasteners, etc....to see just what this new socket could do. Wasn’t “pushing” the limits w/ this at all, was just using it & seeing how well it worked. After 25-35 mins of use, I found the pins sticking, the socket wobble wasn’t the greatest either, & then finally I had those darn pins flying out of the socket & across my work table. Sure, I might have lightly tapped the socket on the table to get the pins to “reset” & allow me to keep using it, but I never thought I’d have small “needle” like flying projectiles flying across my workshop after gently tapping the socket & than trying to drive a 2 1/2” lag into some wood.....Oops😆
Well, I thought my gentle tapping might have “broke” it & so I exchanged it for another one....as the first was definitely defective, somehow 😉
Week later, was back at it, needing to install some more hooks. This time though, was for a customer. I grabbed the universal socket, to give another chance; & this was brand spanking shiny new....ALRIGHT!👍🏻
Epic fail. 😨 Not only did the same things eventually happen, but had the pins fly out again, dang it. Not very fun trying to find ‘bout 25 pins at someone’s house when you’re on the ground searching for & picking up these tiny things when client watching you & laughing (was installing a pot/pan rack in kitchen for client, along w/ other kitchen jobs), yippee me 🥳. Some of the pins really did “launch” themselves through the air & landed 3-5 ft away. Well, do like making the customer experience memorable so they won’t forget me🤣.
Not sure on the brand, or if that makes a difference at all, but haven’t used a “universal” socket like this again & didn’t bother returning it, again, I just ended up throwing it in the bin. Who knows, might try again w/ [these] sockets someday, will have to see, but more than likely....probably won’t 😉. Until than, still searching for the best of the best accessories that are out there, & having fun as well👍🏻
Cheers✌🏼
¹ sorry for extremely long comment
Haha, that's awesome feedback bro, I love it. Yeah... works great on hooks and nothing else lol. Really was hoping it would work though 🥺
What brand did you buy?
Larkhon Nohkral was awhile ago, but know the one bought of TV informer Ian was the Gator Grip Brand. The other ones I’ve tried got from Depot, Amazon & think Lowe’s over the years. In the end, they all have broken, the pins end up bending, falling out, or get stuck & dint “grab/adjust’ to object anymore. So, it’s a great idea, just wish socket lasted longer from use, but, they aren’t that expensive; so, guess depends on price & hoe many uses can get before stops working.
Have a good one✌🏼
Thanks for saving me some money!
Thanks for saving me from a bad buy. Almost got baited by an ad for one. Had never seen these
Hehe just watched an ad for one of these on youtube. Despite my assertion that anything that appears in an online ad and is made is China to be junk, curiosity got the best of me. Your video proves my assertion.
Was thinking about getting one of these kind of things for my dad, my brother told me not to get one, and after watching this video, I'm glad I listened to him
I can’t imagine the pins withstanding that kind of force. There’s so many pins shifting and grinding against each other in different ways. Also very easy to insert the bolt or whatever you’re screwing, off center. If you want it to last you’d better use it on much larger bolts and take care to properly insert them and slowly screw them in, but at that point you’re probably saving a small amount of time of not looking for the socket you need and losing a lot of time on actually driving your screws.
Just saw an ad about the Bulb Head Reddog Socket. Glad I checked out your review, I almost bought this tool. NOT happening now. Thx
The red sleeve is there so you can hold it and stabilize it when you're trying to drive a bolt in so it doesn't whip and fly everywhere. Similar to a magnetic drive guide, I just don't think it extends. Some people call it a chaser.
Exactly, and then he wouldn’t need to drill the pilot hole. 🤦♂️. These two factors makes me doing his ability to properly review tools.
Thanks, you just save me from disappointmens, I was going to order this tomorrow morning. You are a life saver keep the good work.
Cool. I have a different one somewhere and I just need it for a hook, so need to look for it since that's the best thing for that. LOL. I still haven't used mine either.
I am so glad I found you. Thank you for saving me my money and disappointing my husband with this. I thought, what a wonderful tool. The one I looked at was about ten dollars more than what you paid. And that was on sale, so they claimed. You got a thumbs up and a new subscriber.
Ive always wonder about these,couldn't bring myself to buy one,im glad u did though and i hope u get ur money back
Awesome.....I almost bought one...Thanks for the video. You save me a couple bucks and a headache for sure. Well done
I was just about to order. Thanks
Yes, these seem to work! I'm not sure in every situation but it worked in one situation I had!
Thank you, was interested in this. You did me a favor my boi💯💯💯
Thank you for your video. This helped me decide whether I wanted to buy it or not.
I've actually owned a few in the past. They have saved my ass more than once. Keeping in a bike with a cheapo ratchet. I dont recommend actually intentionally. It's a one and done tool in my mind
I figured as much. Glad I trusted my instincts. Thanx for the video
very helpful video thank you!
I really enjoyed watching the metal bits fly. I knew those were junk when I started seeing them at resale shops in their junk tool bin as well as yard sales. You could see how badly smashed up the ends of those points were. Mabe if they used a hardened metal instead of relying on the chrome plating to make them strong. What a fail. Glad you saved me the expense of wasting money on one of those.
🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂.
Have seen these for years. As soon as you put any torque on it the little fingers in it they bend and stay stuck up in itself. Buy a cheap socket set from Harbor freight and you'll get more done.
Best for automotive work, not for woodworking lol I practically stripped a whole Hyundai with just a gator grip
Lol
That’s hilarious bruh😂 I spent the past two weeks swapping sockets while stripping a fusion so I can only imagine how much time you saved
...I think he means he stripped all the bolts on the hyundai.... o_0
The Gator Grip (which I think is the original) is ok for LIGHT duty when you can't carry a bunch of sockets or just don't want to. So I would not recommend driving without a pilot and impacts....drill/drivers only.
Not really for construction but ok for maintenance of like a bike or disassembly/reassembly of stuff. Not sure about the one in this video but it appears to have the same limitations....it might also be a little lesser quality but hard to tell.
Agreed. these are perfect for like EDC type tool carry and being used BY hand not via torque.
3:30 that’s the reason the shield spins. Do you can hold onto it and keep your work straight while you’re drilling.
Thanks for the review!!!!!
You got it brother 👊
You can hold the spinning part with your hand for better control. Seen this feature in some tools.
Ahhhhhh, great info bro 👊
Thanks for reviewing this. I was going to give this to my diy dad on Father's day but the ad seemed to good to be true so I came to the internet to solve my problems. Now I know not to buy one of these since it would probably break after 5 minutes.
I am hopefully like many others that when they see one of these miracle items, that they go to the internet and hopefully find a video like this one that can show you if it's really good as they say. Thanks for the video, a skeptic to always be!
Mine worked on lag screws.....for a while, I oiled it up before using and it it work well, but then it like exploded and the pins went everywhere lol and that because I tried driving in a lag screw without a pilot hole.
Thank you for posting this. I was considering getting one for contingencies. From what I have seen here, this would not work even as a contingency.
Lol thanks for the comment Palm
Gee, thanks brother, for saving me my money! I was about to buy three for gifting this Christmas! 🤶
I might get it, it's red & shiny!
Somehow I knew these things were crap. Thank you for confirming.
Thank you for the review on this tool and i knew it had to be junk for it is impossible for any pins in them to be hard enough to take the punishment that they are intended to do.
The round, flared base on the head of the black lag was pushing away the pins from the hex head. No surprise it didn't work.
Placing it centered in the head of the thing you are driving and wiggling it a bit to get the marginal recesed pins to drop down before you turn on the tool helps, too. And yeah, slow pull on the trigger to start with.
The red sleeve is so you can hold unset lags/fasteners & the bit at the same time for stabilization.
THANK YOU!
You saved me from wasting my money!!! ♡
I have this universal socket in the gator brand I have used it 5 times in the last 10 years I have had it
Is it good?
@@kolbygonzales1174 it works for some things there aren't the end all be all but they are handy for screwing in threaded hooks
Saw ad, saw fathers day coming up, and yeah.. Anyway thanks for saving me the money
Does hand cranking work better than any kind of drill since it's slower?
Thanks for this review. Recommendations or something 'different' for brother and husband for xmas????
Used one today on m14 bolts didn't have a problem
So that outer sleeve comes on a lot of sockets now but usually in plastic on 21-24mms. They're mainly for not damaging rims when taking off lugs but if that outer layer is metal I have no idea lol
The Spinnin' part is for your hand... You can hold it without burning/hurting yourself.
6:25 you can see all the mini metal shrapnal falling out of the socket. must not be made of good enough materials.
Saw a commercial. Came here to find out the truth. You delivered. Thank you as I take this out of my cart
Yeah, don't waste the money 👊
The problem on the last 2 screws is that the circular edge at the bottom of the nut is wider then the nut section, and when you push down it matches that wider edge instead of the shape of the nut.
It still shouldn't do that. I think you are totally right after watching again. These sockets are a great concept and are supposed to basically "hug" the entire top part of the
That’s not what happens, the thing just breaks. The pins would only go down as far a they need, so the ones more towards the center would try to grip the bolt and there would be some that go to that outer circle too, but that’s not the problem. Basically, I see what you’re saying, but it’s only not working just because it broke.
I agree. The circular edge would absolutely cause the tool to widen and jam the pins. I think you are right and the nay sayers don't know what they are doing.
You gotta get the one with the hex shaped hole in the middle and hex shaped pins. I've used one of these in a pinch to get rusty lugs off the car on the side of the road last time we had a flat.
Gator brand has a thing in the middle of the bit. Wonder if that helps with the stability
The ones I have have the hexagonal thing in the middle it helps stabilize the pins somewhat.
but you definitely dont want to use this thing with an impact.
use it by hand only. no breaker bars. and a short or stubby ratchet if you dont want to break them instantly.
I have something like this from at least a decade ago. Mine also has pins, but they don't get stuck like yours. But even so, I certainly wouldn't have this as your only socket--they're very annoying because the wobble happens unless you get them perfectly lined up with the center.
I wonder if it's the rounded pins that are turning the super socket into a barrel of rollers. Would it work better if the pins were a tougher metal and made with a more straight edge on them (Hexagons or something like that)? I see in some of the closeups that the pins have a vaguely hexagonal cross-section, but the corners are rounded enough that it probably just spins and rolls around the head of whatever you're trying to use it on (except for that hook, that worked really well I thought)
Maybe more of a tool specifically for oddly shaped heads like that hook? Screws/fasteners with really big heads? For any standard screw or bolt, It's probably easier to just get a small/medium kit that has the range of standard heads. For general purpose home care and maintenance, you're unlikely to need any super-rare-unicorn socket heads.
And this is why socket sets come with a bunch of different sizes of sockets, instead of just a ratchet handle and one of these things.
Always seemed like these would work but I wondered about their longevity. Definitely seems like it would break and the pins would get stuck pretty easily.
Longevity? It will make a perfect paper weight for years. LoL
Got one for Christmas. This in my tool kit strictly for inside the house use. Light duty emergency use only. My shop has the "proper tools". This design should get perfected because the concept is good.
Lost it when he misread "Dark Magic...???", love this guy
Had a gator grip brand years ago. Ended up in the recycle bin. 😝
Lol yep, they are junk bro
Lol. It's impulse buy gone wrong. I've tossed mine along with the tapcon it seized itself to
I just saw loads of reviews on this and the pins never got stuck or fell out.
Excellent review of *Tool Junk Gadgetry* !! 😂🤣👍
So glad you made this video. Now I know not to get these as Christmas gifts!
Can you use it for bike wheel bolts?
It may have worked better on lag screws without the washer head.
If you think about it, the washer is pushing the pins away from the hex head and letting it spin.
Any idiot should have figured that out I didn't notice the washer part but obviously that is the problem, ddddooooyyyy!
I wonder if lubing the pins with WD-40 or PB Blaster would help to reduce the sticking of the pins 🤔
This product was out before computers came out. I figured something to the affect what u went through. Glad I didn't get one.
I figured those pins would get deformed and fall out the instant I saw one these ads. Thanks for warning video.
Knew it was gonna be crap the minute I saw it lmao
The gator sockets work well but I dont use it very often
I have the gator sockets they actually work a bit better than the this junk.
u took care of my BIG curiosity
Awesomeness 👊
The wobbling when off center is a deal breaker for me... Thanks.
Have you compared this universal socket to the original Gator Grip socket? some swear by the GG socket . it would be interesting to know what GG socket is capable of or is it just as bad as the one in the video..
So this one is 9-21mm do they make one in SAE?
Dollar tree had them I bought 15 let’s see how long they last
Thanks for the review. I was able to cancel my Amazon order on time 👍🏽
You missed out on a great tool.
@3:33 I'm sure if you hold onto the red spinning object you'll be able to keep it sturdy and balanced and it'll penetrate
Is great for a granny that wants to put a hook or a 3/4 inch long screw into drywall.
This is as good as I thought it would operate
Thank you
If it seems that if it's too good to be true, it generally is. The concept is fantastic the functionality, not so much. Maybe, just maybe a higher quality tool might work but now I am skeptical. The hype is better than the tool, so I'll hold off for a while. I like others, just don't need the grief. Thank you for your excellent review.
wow, was just about to order one for my husband! thanks for this straight forward video, i'll pass! the one advertised is apparently 99$ on sale for 50! i would of been so...peeved!!! thank you, subscribed!!! 😊
Excellent review my dude, you saved me from yet another waste of money on a short cut tool. Are there any universal sockets you would recommend that don’t use that pin design?
Thanks N M! I'm actually going to buy the gator and try it out
I was about to order 1 of this until i saw this video... 🤣🤣
I figured this gimmick socket was no good...
great presentation
I was just watching an add on TV, went and found this! This is hilarious! It's amazing the 💩 they sell on TV! And people will still buy it! 🤦♂️
Love your ring dude! Also, great review. I think I will not however be buying this for the hubby.
The sleeve protects finished surfaces when the bit is rubbing against it. The sleeve stays stationary while the bit spins
I got one for my dad before watching this video, now I’m going to have to buy something else
Lol, sorry Flips
@@ToolReviewZone What tool can you recommend similar to Super Socket?
@@MrTtaakk the gator is a little better. It's the original and IA a bit stronger
RUclips made me watch an ad for 'The SuperSocket'... so here I am now.
I worked at lowes and they wanted us to use the new products and we used one to put a giant ass support beam together and it just stripped everything to complete shite and had to go and get new screws and a new bits to put on, I was so pissed.
Hahaha, thanks for the comment Legion 👊
Yeah, the advertisements say they'll replace every wrench in your toolkit set. I say, "If it sounds too good to be true, chances are it is."
And in truth, why would you want to? I know drills and power tools make building things faster and easier, but nothing beats that good feeling you get when you've made or repaired something with nothing but your bare hands and a few lever and wedge like tools.
Glad we watched this before buying. We won't be getting any of these. THANKS!
I just bought one, but it came with 3/8 socket wrench and cost 4,99 euro. If socket not work, at least i got good wrench to use.
It spins so you can hold it while driving it into the material… with better leverage close to the end of the drill.