HYDRAULIC PRESS VS SOCKET WRENCH HEAD

I sold and used tools for almost forty years and a lot of people don't understand the difference between impact and standard sockets. Impact sockets are not only thicker but softer material to take the pounding affect of the impact gun. Hard chrome sockets are designed for the torqueing while using a ratchet or breaker bar. Now not saying you can't use either in each others place(the hard socket will give quicker on a impact gun) but I've always heard people say they wanted the impact socket because it was the premium socket and the hard chrome was not. If you buy a premium socket no matter which one and use it as intended and take care of it it will last a long time.

No one in Germany would use Bosch manual tools... Hazet, Gedore, Stahlwille are famous and really high quality tools.

1:34 The Bosch and Milwaukee sockets are both made in Taiwan. If you want to demonstrate a German made or USA made socket, then use brands that make sockets in those respective countries i.e. Gedore or SK Tools

It would be nice if you put a comprehensive table at the end of the video. Prices, weights, dimensions, breaking forces and, most importantly, the price/force ratios.

I would think the true test of a socket, is the amount of torque it will withstand fastening and removing a bolt or nut. The tolerance between the socket size and the bolt head or the nut is pretty important. I would not base a purchase decision on this demo with the little hydraulic press.

Noname $4 - 3218kg Force Taiwan $5 - 5580kg Force Taiwan 6 face $5 - 6850kg Force Impact $3 - 12280kg Bosch Germany $17 - 7260kg Milkwalkie USA $5 - 11086kg OLD/Vintage socket - 4270kg

The wall thickness determines strength (along with the material). Thin walls are very desirable because there is often little space. To be a fair test you should do thickness/breaking force.

I bought many FORCE sockets many years ago without knowing it is the Best and Strongest here. And I still has it now.

As a technical draftsman and technician in mechanical engineering, I am not so sure about the usefulness of this test. The force applied to the top of the nuts/tools only, is very different from the force during use. Simply increasing the outside diameter would greatly improve these results, but the inside contour would still likely be destroyed at the same torque. Could you do a torque test to see when the tool shears off so the results show the actual forces during use of the tool. There is also a big difference between between impact and standard tools! greetings from germany

As a Taiwanese, my last job was as an employee of a tool factory, and I am an OEM for the world's major brand products. I am proud of the fact that quality creates reputation and brings a safer use environment.

It’s nice to see that folks around the planet enjoy breaking stuff!!

Experimento interessante! Eu cheguei até a pensar que a soquete antiga ia ser mais resistente que as modernas...

The old one appeared to be the shortest. And when you pulled fixture up on the press, it appeared to have witness marks lower on the snout like it had hit the square hole section of the socket. That would have compounded the hoop stress force and likely why it seems to explode evenly as it was loaded at the top and the bottom.

Don't overlook the fact, the Bosch socket was a thin walled impact socket against the Milwaukee thick walled impact socket.. You're not comparing the same TYPE of impact sockets..

"Milwaukee at 5 dollars is a great deal!"

I have a few cracked sockets and I now am impressed with how I managed to do it

Real talk - nothing you do in a garage requires 3000+ kg of force. In other works, the cheap stuff is more than enough for daily use.

I miss the Hazet and Gedore tools.

Bosch surprised me with being the weakest of the impact sockets. Milwaukee isn't the strongest, but it's what I use and love their products. Thanks for the vid!

Bosch (electronic) tools are mainly used in the private sector, if you really value good tools you will get something else anyway. That's why I also think that Bosch is really one of the very last representative "German" tool manufacturers, especially since in the end only the brand is German.