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

These really great for the money. This is my 3rd set of these (1st. SAE, 2nd.metric, 3rd.Hex sockets). The only reason these are not a 5 star review from me is, that you cannot buy additional clips for a reasonable price. So many possible configurations of socket sets. For example, after putting my deep well and short 1/4” metric sockets on a rail... I needed 2 more clips.... it was more cost effective to just purchase another whole set. Quality is good. It even holds 1/2” drive deep well sockets without falling off. If they offered additional/replacement clips at reasonable price, these would be perfect!

Order: 2x Red 3 pack for my SAE sockets. Color: Fantastic, bright (definitely not pinkish). Bar: Very sturdy and sockets retention is strong My biggest complaint is I feel ripped off on the clips. You can order a single bar or a 3 bar set, but both options only include half the number of clips each bar has capacity for. As you can see from my picture for example the 1/4” bar will hold 36 clips pretty easily. You can buy clips separately from OSLO but they are quite costly. So why does each tray comes with roughly 1/2 the amount they can hold? These clips are very inexpensive to manufacture, very inexpensive. Including so few clips is a major disadvantage for those of us who have larger tool sets. I have +60 sockets for each size so it’s either pay for extra clips or buy another 3 piece set, which I ended up doing. Love the product, hate the price and package combination options. $13 for single bar with a few clips, $12 for just a few clips, or $26 for 3 bars with a few clips each. Touch choice for me and even if you bought a small socket set, which usually includes it’s own organizer. At the end of the day I’m very happy with the look and very impressed by the quality. If I didn’t know for a fact that those clips cost less than $0.30 each to manufacture I’d flip over backwards for this product. Unfortunately the seller’s choice in grouping/packaging the items leaves me feeling much less excited about the purchase.

Great quality socket rails. The same product seems to be offered by multiple vendors on Amazon, so its worth shopping around before adding these to your cart. The red anodized finish is beautiful, and the aluminum construction and ball bearing equipped socket holders make these a high quality purchase. Im so pleased that I just ordered a second set. I ended up getting the first set from Neiko: https://www.amazon.com/Neiko-02454A-Aluminum-Socket-Organizer/dp/B073WKH8VF/ The two advantages of the Neiko branded rails are that theyre about 30% less expensive than the Olsa tools set and they come with more included socket holders (eighteen 3/8 socket holders, and twenty 1/4 socket holders). On the other hand, the main advantage of the Olsa rails is that theyre available in multiple colors (which is handy for visually separating metric and SAE sockets). The Neiko rails are currently only offered in red. The only thing I wish is that both Neiko and Olsa offered is a shorter rail option. Ares does. These ones are way too long for the typical set of 10 to 12 sockets. If shorter rails were available, it would be easier to find a storage case to fit them in.

I’m not a professional, but I have good quality tools for DIY projects. I’d been using another well known brand name socket organizer, but after several years of use, the clip retention began to fail, and sliding them up/down the bar became difficult & stiff. I decided to try this Olsa 1/2” organizer solely based on reviews, & I’m extremely impressed! Easy, fluid movement of the clips, & the socket retention is phenomenal, holding both shallow & deep sockets very well. Although aluminum, it is rigid & sturdy, & supports the weight of a full set of sockets. I liked it so much I asked for a couple more of the 3pk (1/4, 3/8, 1/2) for Father’s Day!!! The color options are a bonus as I use 1 color for my SAEs, & another color for my Metrics - it helps me organize, & pick up the correct sockets at a glance. Plan to add more sockets in the future, & this Olsa organizer will be my first choice for organization!

I bought this to use with my existing pegboard. The first thing I noticed is that as soon as you hang it on the pegboard, the plastic end cap comes loose. The end caps slide down to far over the piece. Ideally the opening in the middle of the metal should stuff where the endcap starts but that’s not the case so the end cap comes off every time you hang it up. Without those end caps, the bits will slide off the entire metal piece. They are not snug at all so I don’t have much faith that they will actually stay put for very long. It will be annoying to have to constantly do that.

These holders work extremely well. They are perfectly sized for my box so I can fit 2 of them end to end and still have plenty of room on the sides of the drawer. I use these in conjunction with two of Olsas 4 rail socket organizers. Its easier for me to use individual rails for the sockets I use daily and then the 4 rail organizers keep everything tidied up in the drawer. These are a little more expensive than some cheaper versions but it is readily apparent that Olsa put the extra couple of bucks into manufacturing a quality piece. They have done a great job of engineering these so the sockets stay put, but do not require a gorilla to remove them. Im pretty sure they will last a good long time. If youve ever broken fingernails trying to organize your sockets on the old sheet metal socket holders youll really appreciate the effort that went into these.

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.

Nicely built. Not enough socket holders per rail. End caps not secured well. Cheaper options may be worth investigating.

Dont listen to the two-star review by some Amazon_Customer who claims that the ball bearing spring is not strong enough to hold heavy (18mm+) deep impact sockets. I have to disagree 100% with that claim. I have a set of 1/2 drive deep impact sockets ranging in size from 7/16 to 1 1/4, and the clips on this socket rail will EASILY retain those sockets, even when the rail is held up-side-down. This rail with all of those sockets weighs 8 1/2 pounds, and I can easily lift the whole thing by grasping only two sockets. Now of course, with impact sockets, you do have to correctly position the socket on the clip so that the ball on the clip engages the hole in the side of the socket. Otherwise, you definitely will have trouble with poor socket retention. My only complaint is that there is nothing to keep the clips from sliding off the end of the rail except for the rubber end caps, and those would be insufficient for retaining a rail-full of heavy sockets if the rail were hung vertically. The obvious solution to that is to put a small bolt through one of the end holes. So that isnt really a problem if you work in a mechanic shop and have easy access to bolts of all sizes, but Olsa really needs to rectify this flaw. Other than that, this is a great socket holder.

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