I am interesting
>in hearing about other brands of sockets that are less expensive than
>gold, but more durable than Craftsman.

I've never broken a Fuller (Japanese-made) or koken socket. In fact the
only one I broke was a no-name borrowed from a friend, from one of those
24-pieces-for-$7.50 kits; I split my finger in the sparkplug opening of my
aircooled engine when it went. Another of these I stripped completely on a
Honda motorcycle 8mm-head crankcase cover bolt! When i hit the stripped
socket with a hammer it squashed it!

Andrew Grebneff
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