Which Home Tool Kit Brand Wins?

fewer tools than many other kits (exact count not stated); comes with a blow-molded carrying case and a lifetime warranty

includes a 12 in wide mouth open storage bag; pliers claimed forged steel and heat treated, sockets and combination wrenches claimed chrome vanadium steel

claimed 281 pieces; does not include clamps, locking pliers, scissors, hacksaw, or utility knife

claimed 'professional grade tools'

3/8 in ratchet, 33 8-in quarter-inch-drive sockets, 12 combination wrenches, 22 hex keys, 81 miscellaneous tools

8 combination wrenches, 3/8 in ratchet, 22 hex keys, 6 in slip joint pliers, 6 in long nose pliers, and more

general household hand tool kit; claimed forged from high-strength impact grade chrome vanadium steel; claimed to meet or exceed ANSI critical standards

(vs 218 for the regular DEKOPRO kit); includes a 12V cordless drill with a 1.5 amp hour rechargeable lithium ion battery

comes in a large-mouth tool bag with 15 pockets; claimed to meet or exceed ANSI standards

wrench, pretty light at 133.8 g, jaw span 0.94 in, quite a bit of slop for a 6 in wrench; peak torque 56.35 ft-lb (gave up pretty early); no visible damage

wrench, weighs 263.59 g, jaw opening just over 1 in, less slop than Sundpey and about the same as Getuhand; peak torque 88.64 ft-lb (best result at that point in testing); held up better than the Sundpey

wrench, weighs almost 300 g, jaw span just over 1 in, a lot of slop; peak torque just under 55 ft-lb (gave up early); the soft coupling nut used in testing actually caused damage to the wrench

wrench, just over 270 g, jaw spread just over 1 in, build quality about the same as FastPro; peak torque just over 92 ft-lb (92.05 ft-lb final tally), the single best adjustable-wrench result of all 10 kits; no visible damage

second heaviest at that point, jaw spread 0.94 in, quite a bit of slop; peak torque only 63.38 ft-lb ('threw in the towel early'); the thumb screw suffered catastrophic damage, 'this wrench is now ruined'

not included in this kit; excluded from the adjustable-wrench torque test and leaderboard

wrench, 277.1 g (about the same as Pittsburgh), largest jaw span yet at 1.19 in but with quite a bit of slop; peak torque 71.58 ft-lb (about 20 ft-lb less than Eastvolt); small amount of damage to the lower jaw

smaller jaw opening than the regular DEKOPRO at 1.04 in, weighs about 12 g less; a lot of slop in the jaw; peak torque 86.38 ft-lb, third place in the final adjustable-wrench standings behind Eastvolt and FastPro; small amount of damage to the lower jaw

wrench, very small and light at 138.95 g (less than half the weight of Sundpey's), pretty big mouth at 0.81 in; peak torque 77.74 ft-lb, 'pretty impressive for a 6 in adjustable wrench'; held up quite a bit better than Sundpey

more than enough strength, narrator ended the test way too late at 232 ft-lb without failure

survived the 200 ft-lb load without a problem

blew out at 136.3 ft-lb, 'definitely not the best durability and strength as advertised'

only 21.32 g ('on a serious diet'), blew out at 117.6 ft-lb, 'definitely not the best durability and strength as advertised'

easily handled the 200 ft-lb load

surprisingly survived over 200 ft-lb of torque

easily withstood well over 200 ft-lb of torque

only 21.35 g, 'might just be in trouble'; blew out at 193.6 ft-lb, a sudden blowout narrator says 'will definitely cause some busted knuckles'

gave up even sooner than Sundpey at very close to 90 ft-lb, 'that's a lot of damage'

smaller handle helped it move into a distant second place at 23.6 passes, behind Kobalt's 18.8

narrower handle than Sundpey/Getuhand gave a slight advantage, moved into the lead at 23.8 passes (third place in the closing recap)

only about 15 degrees of progress per pass in the 30 degree space; needed 24 right-to-left passes for a full rotation, 'definitely not very efficient'

much larger handle than the first three ratchets got in the way; 24.4 passes for a full rotation

narrow handle but a sloppy ratcheting mechanism; struggled at 27 right-to-left passes, the worst result of the arc-swing test

large handle like Getuhand; completed one full rotation in 24 passes

the transcript's phrasing for this test is ambiguous between this kit and the DEKOPRO Pink Tool: it states 'the Deko is finally finished in 24.5 right-to-left swings. And the Deko paint looks different than the Deko Pro, but it performed the same at 24 back and forth passes' - kept both figures (24.5 and 24) but the exact assignment between the two Deko products is uncertain, flagged rather than guessed

see the regular DEKOPRO entry's notes; transcript's 'the Deko paint looks different than the Deko Pro, but it performed the same at 24 back and forth passes' likely refers to this pink unit relative to the regular kit, but the exact attribution is ambiguous

making about the same progress per pass as Sundpey (15 degrees); finished in 24 right-to-left passes, same as Sundpey

initial failure at 150 ft-lb, described as 'pretty disappointing'; a secondary-impact torque-spike figure is missing from the transcript ('caused a torque to spike ft lbs' with no number given)

second place; drive broke but the handle did not bend

handle began bending at 130 ft-lb, ratchet broke at 213.2 ft-lb ('isn't too bad'); internal ratcheting mechanism was the failure point

gave up sooner than Sundpey at only 154.3 ft-lb when the mechanism let go; catastrophic failure occurred at 156.8 ft-lb

solid drive but poor metal quality; drive broke at only 170.3 ft-lb

began bending at only 100 ft-lb, ratcheting mechanism broke at only 160.2 ft-lb, 'definitely a very light-duty tool'

ratchet let go at 156 ft-lb; a secondary impact inside the gearbox caused a torque spike to 171.9 ft-lb, 'definitely a light-duty ratchet'

handle began bending at 115 ft-lb, ratcheting gear set let go at 164.7 ft-lb when the mechanism completely failed

won this test outright at 264.5 ft-lb, 'much better build quality than the Sun Pay'; ratchet handle did not bend, but the drive broke

skipped - kit does not come with a full-size wrench for this test

wrench gave up at just under 60 ft-lb (59.91 ft-lb), third place in the closing recap; lower jaw had a deep gouge, upper jaw badly damaged; closed/box end held up and became badly bent at 145.8 ft-lb, the best result yet at that point

gave up at just under 55 ft-lb again, jaw stretched with significant damage to upper and lower jaws; closed/box end began bending around 100 ft-lb, test ended at a peak of 128.4 ft-lb, wrench badly bent

threw in the towel quickest of all kits at only 47.15 ft-lb; deep gouge in the lower jaw, big dent in the upper jaw; closed/box end held up and became badly bent at 139 ft-lb

wrench broke into two pieces at 58.51 ft-lb; narrator jokes 'I see why some people call it Hazard Freight' due to the eye-injury risk; closed/box end held up but became badly bent at 117.7 ft-lb

gave up early at only 38.89 ft-lb, a lot of damage to upper and lower jaws even at that low torque; closed/box end slightly stronger than Pittsburgh at 131.8 ft-lb when it became badly bent

won this test outright per the closing recap, finally letting go at just over 75 ft-lb; lower jaw has a deep gouge, upper jaw a large dent; closed/box end became badly bent at 119.3 ft-lb

very light-duty result: lower jaw broke at only 30 ft-lb (not enough torque to damage the upper jaw); wrench broke into two pieces at 114.1 ft-lb, 'a very poor quality wrench built with very poor quality metal'

second place in the closing recap at 72.25 ft-lb, 'actually pretty good for a home tool set wrench'; however soft metal caused pretty bad damage to upper and lower jaws; closed/box end held up and began bending around 100 ft-lb, test ended at just under 130 ft-lb with the wrench badly bent

Phillips #2 cammed out at 100 in-lb, second place behind Eastvolt

performed a little better than Getuhand at 83 in-lb; tip sheared off as it cammed out

cammed out at 80 in-lb and was completely destroyed during the test, described as 'pretty soft'

performed very well at 105 in-lb to take the lead at that point, despite 'struggling on most of the tests in this review'; tip sheared off during the test

cammed out at only 52 in-lb, struggled; the tip survived but with a lot of damage

made of pretty soft metal, gave up at only 56 in-lb, tip destroyed

performed very well at 78 in-lb; tip completely mangled

performed better than the regular DEKOPRO kit at 87 in-lb; flutes began twisting and the tip sheared off

cammed out at 89 in-lb with catastrophic damage, 'better constructed than the Sun Pay'

moved into third place behind Sundpey and FastPro before Kobalt later took that spot

tied for first place with Sundpey at 144 in-lb; bit twisted right before it sheared

tied for first place with FastPro at 144 in-lb, 'a lot better than expected'; bit began twisting right before it sheared

gave up early at only 107 in-lb despite the strongest Phillips-screwdriver result; bit was 'way too soft' and twisted badly

bit was 'way too soft'

skipped - kit does not come with a T25 bit

outperformed Pittsburgh but not by much; some twisting before it sheared

performed a little better than the regular DEKOPRO at 110 in-lb; small amount of twist just before the bit broke

'outperformed the Sun Pay on most of the tests, but not this time'; bit was 'just way too brittle'