There's two main differences between cheap sockets and good ones. The wall thickness and the depth of the hex.
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We have Granger in Indianapolis Indiana. Great store.
Love the tap sockets
You can put a small screw driver though the whole in the back of the socket turn the socket works better for bolts than it does nuts
They got Grainger in Canada too, who knew??
That excess lead in is a big disadvantage on Asian cars. The bolt heads are made shallower to save weight then the heads are concave. With the lead in you don't grip the bottom third. The top third is weak from being concave. As a result the heads are easy to strip. I ground the lead in off my commonly used sockets.
This broaching argument is so stupid. I'm a GM Master technician of 20 years. I don't see why anyone but a homeowner would find a shallow broach to be a selling point. Start the nut by hand or use a shallow socket on an extension to start it (rarely needed), problem solved. You lose functionality with a shallow broach. In my 20 years I've never wished for a shallow broach so a nut wouldn't "get stuck" in the socket. Get a pick and pull it out. To the contrary, it's routinely an issue of a fastener bottoming out in a short broach socket and backing your tool up against something. This is routine doing engine work on these newer cars. Much less chance of that when nut can ride down the socket, this allows the tool to stay stationary as the nut is removed from the stud. We all can't do brake jobs all day. Bottom line, full broach (like an old craftsman) can do every (useful) thing a shallow broach can do. A shallow broach can NOT do everything a deep broach can do. You're paying more for an unfinished socket so they can save cost on machining. It cost more to fully machine the broach, that's not "cheaping out".
you have a filthy mouth
Lisle tools are great I have to agree so great they make tools for snap on
In my opinion and alot of other's indestro had some of the best sockets and don't forget duro
chrome some of the best chrome they stand up great over the years
For socket depth, just use the imperial next size down 👍
Tap sockets are the best.
Every nut or bolt I ever started in my 65 year old life was done with my FINGERTIPS! What kind of weirdo goes out of his way to get his threads CROSS-THREADED?????? If you hadn't have pointed out that cheap sockets are usually deeper than better sockets I'd have learned NOTHING here. You should have spent some time explaining why the cheaper is deeper.