1/2-Inch Drive Aluminum Socket Organizer | Professional Quality Socket Holder (Red) | by Olsa Tools

Over the years my automotive tool collection has expanded to fill several tool chests, boxes, portable cases and tool rolls. When my family gave me an early Christmas present of a beautiful rolling tool chest, I decided that for the first time in my life I would organize all of my most frequently-used tools in this 11-drawer chest. Which naturally led to the question, which socket organizer is best? In the past, I’ve used a combination of standard steel spring-clip rails, plastic tool box trays, and the plastic and metal trays that some of my socket sets came in. I’ve never been totally happy with any of them, especially the spring-clip rails, which make removing and reinstalling sockets too fiddly and time-consuming. I wanted something better. I was surprised at the number of options! My research led me to various trays and rails from Ernst, VIM Tools MagRails, Westling Machine Co., Triton Products, Hansen Global, Lisle, Armstrong, Goliath Industrial, Sears Craftsman, Snap-On, Husky, Mac Tools, Tekton, Kobalt, Cornwell, Matco, Protoco, Mechanics Time Saver, Northern Tool, Harbor Freight, Tooluxe, Ullman, Grip, BenPro Tools, ML Tools, Green Tool, Mag-Clip, MTS, Neiko Tools, Titan, and others. This research helped me develop a list of features I wanted in my new socket rails: Vertical socket mounting to maximize the number of sockets per drawer; Adjustable clip spacing to maximize the number of sockets per rail; The ability to mix 1/2”, 3/8” and 1/4” sockets on the same rail; The availability of additional clips for customizing rails; Easy one-hand withdrawal and replacement of the socket on the clip; A secure grip on the sockets so they won’t rattle or fall off; The ability to mount the rails at the spacing of my choosing; An affordable price, since I need a lot of rails. I decided three common features could be useful but were not mandatory for me: color-coded rails for metric and SAE size sockets; magnetic mounting of the rail and/or sockets; and size labeling for each socket. Color-coding is handy, but since I rarely use SAE sockets anymore I can just physically segregate those sockets or even put them in a different drawer. Magnetic mounting of the rails and/or sockets is handy, but many of the magnetic rails do not have adjustable socket spacing or limit the number of sockets to too few per rail for my needs. Size labeling could be handy, but none of the pre-labeled rails included the full range of socket sizes I needed, and since I’m fairly good at eyeballing socket size after years of practice, I know I can live without labels. So what did I choose? The socket rails from Olsa Tools met all of my requirements, including affordability, and are available in blue for my metric sockets and red for my SAE sockets. They’re not only of excellent professional quality but are very attractive, so it’s a pleasure to open my socket drawers. They hold sockets securely, but it’s easy to remove and replace a socket with one hand. The socket spacing is adjustable, and it’s easy to mix socket drive sizes on the same rail for things like Torx and Allen bit sets, and extra clips are available in groups of 6 or 10. And the pricing is surprisingly affordable compared to most of the other professional-quality options. I’ve ordered 15 rails so far and may be ordering more as I progress in my organization. I received friendly, personal communication from a company representative who thanked me for my orders, and I couldn’t be happier with the customer service. If Olsa Tools were to offer the options of size labels and magnetic tape for mounting the rails to ferrous surfaces, these might be the most perfect socket rails available at any price. But as they are, they’re still the best I know of, and that’s saying a lot. Highly recommended!

Easy to place and pull sockets I was able to cut them to size. Awesome colors

If you’re looking for a review that will convince you to go ahead and press the add to cart or buy button, this is it!! I highly recommend this product due to its high quality build and usefulness. I was able to organize my impact and chrome sockets very comfortably in my tool chest which will make my future automotive jobs much easier as I have easy access to my sockets with this organizer set.

They hold great and are made nicely would buy again

Not too much to report here. It holds the sockets well and they are easy to remove, and the quality appears good.

…and once you lose the end caps, the 1/2” socket holders can slide right off. So be careful

I ordered the green and black set because the Green color pictured is a high visibility green. When i got my set the green is more of a metallic dark green. This is not what was advertised and I wouldve bought a different color if there was a better picture of item. The description should be perfect for the price.

Good quality and very good price, Thanks

Long time mechanic, these are cheaper then the tools truck and are good quality product. Have at least a dozen of these now easily interchange sockets and clips. Probably will added more soon again. Highly recommend!

While these may seem a bit pricey, they are definitely high quality! The rail itself isnt flexing/warping after loading it up with a bunch of deep sockets. Every socket latched into place very nicely -- not so hard that you struggle with it, but not so weak that youll have to worry about them falling off. I know someone else said the rubber end caps coming off easily was a negative, but Im going to consider it a positive -- I swapped a few clips from SAE to the Metric set, and this made it possible to do so. I havent had a problem with them just falling off on their own yet. The sockets do slide pretty easily on the rail, but they only slide when I push them, not on their own. I will definitely be purchasing some more of these, now that I have 3 red and 3 blue and have them all loaded up, being able to see what exactly is left of the new 311 piece set I just bought. My only complaint would be as someone else mentioned -- itd be nice to see different combo packs sold, like (2) 1/4 with (1) 3/8, etc. These are too expensive to buy a bunch of single rails to complete your set; I may as well just buy the combo packs of each again.