Testing Craftsman New Overdrive Series - Socket & Wrench Set Review 

I think that's awesome! I love quality of Craftsman tools because they are cheaper than snap-on.

I just love the craftsman brand tools but the old tools are the best out there still

Back in the 70's and 80's, my dad was a big craftsman guy. When I started buying my own tools I did the same like mid 99's. Well, about a month or so back I was out and need a pair of channel lock plyers. I stopped in Lowe's because I didn't want to drive the 25 miles home and bought a pair of craftsman. They looked better than the ones I had at home. Build quality IMO no better the half the other tools out there. Do I think I'll buy Craftsman again? Hard question.

Great video! The problem with tool sets like that is they put too much "filler" to bring up the tool count in the set (bits) Why don't they include pliers and maybe a ball peen hammer?

I would assume that is a 90 tooth gear with stacked pawls, and those wrenches are essentially MAC rebranded believe it or not. I think the days of picking on imports are over, everyone has caught up. Decent kit, good video young men 👍

I have forty years working on car and Craftsman has always been good to me and always fixed my car never ben lubricated by a snap on dealer never needed

Thanks guys, this was fun and informative and loved getting a look into Kurt's "adapted" traveling tool kit. Hoping to use some of your guidance (and merchandise) to help me set up my own!

i want overdrive wrenches bad asss, love your channel

You were turning the wrench the wrong way on the open end, it's not as big of a deal if it isn't overly tightened but it's double important on the nonslip style wrenched where the serrations are placed

That type of open end antislip is directional, which is why I like Wright Grip.

I just got this kit online from Lowe’s for $157. With free delivery

Just noticed on Lowe's website that the smaller version of this (the 121 piece set) is on sale for $50 off making it $149 until Jan 31, 2024.

Kurt and Nick I love the “dramatic” opening you guys should have been actors, just kidding. I ended up getting a set of the overdrive SAE wrenches after I saw another RU-vid guy Jeff’s garage adventures talk about having 6 point combination wrenches for stubborn bolts. According to what I read the wrenches are comparable to the RBRT from Mac. I don’t know if that applies to the sockets

15:50.. you have a 17mm socket☝️ Not a bad kit..a little more money, but not a alot more.. Probably worth it in the long run

Metrinch brand wrenches and sockets were designed to use the flat of the nut instead of the edge. Why they never skyrocketed to the top of the heap i'll never know.

Stanley black and decker owns Mactools and craftsman so this is why you see a better quality

Waited till it went on sale and got it for $150

Very good video, could you do these craftsman compared to the MAC tools since they are owned by the same company.

It is very similar to MAC RBRT sockets and wrenches. Minus the price tag. I wish they'd sell individual socket sets rather than a kit. Those sockets would be good to have as a backup. I prefer to use regular sockets so you don't round fasteners. I think if you do encounter rounded stuff, these sockets would definitely be good to have.

I'd take a good breaker bar over all those bits/driver and keys. Or if they are going to add keys, at least make them some nice T handles that have some reach.

They are made in Taiwan. You can’t beat their quality!

Although it's just an aesthetic thing, I love the gunmetal look. The "overdrive" series looks like it replaces all the gunmetal series kits but with a grey case and the new "grip" teeth on all the various parts. Unfortunately never saw the older 154 piece gunmetal kit ever go on sale, so never did buy it. The 121 piece kit seems more popular and goes on sale all the time ($99 right now). The high price now might also be due to the fact that all this stuff was only recently released. The 284 pc kit looks like it'd be great for filling out a tool cart, but I think the wrenches not being 12-point would be kind of annoying - not the main set you want to use for your daily drivers, but something to complement what you already have. The "deep" sockets all being about semi-deep also probably makes them more of a complementary set.

I'm thinking that your rating isn't fair. I'm not a fan of modern-day Craftsman tools at all...I'm an old guy. But this is more of a specialized item. You can't compare it to a daily use set. If used daily, you will tear things up. For what it's made for, other than the sizing issues, it ain't half bad. Neither is the price when compared to the same technology from other companies. By the way, Capri makes a great set of wrenches like these...wave drive...maybe is the name. They are fantastic and priced reasonably.

You were using the open end backwards on the rounded nut

Capri tools has a great damaged fastener wrench set (wave drive)

That is why I like pack out. I can customize for what I need and I buy full sets instead of buying a kit like you did and put it in the pack out. When you have a craftsman blow molded case with skip sizes it is really a waste of time buying a set like that cause now you have to go buy another case to put the missing sockets that craftsman did put in your kit cause they think you did not need and gave you all those stupid Allen keys instead. Why they (Craftsman)have not figured out not to screw their customers and and sell no skip set

My problem is how long will the “extra grip technology” last.

I think the price is fair considering the us dollar is in the toilet with gold at $2000 an ounce. The harbor freight quinn set which is just rebramded gear wremch is like $400 bucks. The cases look nice and all but the more complete set whih i believe os marketed as loke 284 piece is around $380 with no plastic case but it seems like thats marketed for beginner techs who prefer not getting a cumbersome plastic hinged case since the 284 pc set comes with trays that can be put in tool box drawers for handy organization. Idk how i feel about the mee dual pawl 90 tooth ratchet design. On one hand its nice theyve updated the gunmetal ratcets to be servicable but i really like my dual pawl 60 tooth\ 120 position gunmetal ratchets despite tje closed head non servicabilty aspect. Theyfeel really smooth and the back drag is ! manageable. I think i paid around $120 for all 3 of them. But i do like that they have a new super slim profipe 180 tooth ratchet in this line. I think its rare to find a taiwanese tool these days that isnt worth the price pr a piece of junk unless youre going with the cheapest harbor freight option. I hope the overdrive wrenches which are mac rbrt clones are here to stay. I got the metric 11 piece for Christmas and have yet to use it but i like six point wrenches and they pair well with my mac six point flex head precision torque set. I think the v series craftsman line is a higher quality tool. I am planning on getting the 3 piece long flex head comfort grip ratchet set but finances are tough atm and tha set is like $200 for 3 ratchets but i like that the flex head on the v series dont have a detent that forces the flex position into a certain angle like the 72 tooth Craftsman flex heads or the matco\gearwrench locking flex heads. It can be nice to have and i like the detent on locking flex heads but sometimes i just want a flex head that has a smoother Acton in the flexible joint and is tight due to pod manufacturing when it comes to the yoke and the head fitting together like a snap om ratchet. I also really would like the long flex jead v series wrenches but don't like the size skips for $175 and only 7 pieces so might go with the gear wrench or even the icon\kabo spline drive double flex long wrenches. It would be nice if they put out a new version of the b series long flex head wreches with the six point zero degree offset fixed end in the overdrive series but without size skipping and maybe evem the "tight torque" aka rbrt feature on the fixed end. Many people love the quality feel and performance of those long v series wrenches but the main comment everyone makes is dissatisfaction with size skipping. I think it goes 10,12,14,16,17,18 and 19mm but i may be wrong. Its not bad for someone who focuses on toyotas like myself but for the same price i can get a more complete set with comparable features. All in all with this new line amd other current Craftsman offerings by sbd i really dont get why people are always digging into craftsman and saying that the old sears Craftsman tools are so much more supperior. That tri lobe ratchet you have may take more of a beating but ive seen tje 3/8 gunmetal 120t ratchets fail only whem taken to around 200 lbs/ft which is beyond what a 3/8 ratchet should endure or be used for.i think modern tools are mostly better than anything made in the 70's or 80's but people like to wax nostalgic about the times when tools were made in the us and minimum wage earned 95 ounces of gold a year and going to sears was the pinacle of capitalist consumerism which is far from the big box store, outsourced third world labor stagnated wages and a!erican labor markets transision from manufacturing leader to a service industry of disposible underpaid workers. It may be sad amd foreign to many older people who grew up when things were better but its the way things are now and i dont see ot ever going back to what it was but luckily Taiwan tools are getting better in quality and in many cases they are almost as good as their Japanese and german comparables for a fraction of the price and im ok with that. As far as the wallmart shopper mentality and the solidifoed transition from quality american made goods to disposible lower cost production alternatives im not a fan but you've gotta take the wins when you can these days

i think its a nice set for 150.

Go price a MAC rbrt complete kit then come back to review this product. They give you most of the tools and 90% of the RBRT design(only missing 2 teeth from the original), they also happen to go on sale the majority of the time. Its a great kit, Most kits have compromises, including the kit you bought 10y ago. I have lost of kits including USA made Craftsman, most include useless filler and the worst ratchets. personally i always give away the ratchets, and transfer the tools over to my own box with my preferred ratchets.

Next time try turning the open end the correct way

The real question is,can it beat Mac rbrt/precision torque for 1/4 of the price?😂

I just bought a set for my small engine repair box so I don't have to bring all my big boxes to a new shop

3 months in my garage with NO USE yet and it’s RUSTING like HELL. 😢

dude reallyyyyy like whyy. make a good video

The older Crafstman USA stuff is nice...BUT it was never more than just average quality.If you go back to 1960's and 70's Crafstman USA you get much nicer than the last 20 years of Crafstman USA which was as I said just average at best...and really no better than what Tekton makes today from Taiwan.Some crafstman USA stuff is close to best Described as garbage in my opinion.That Even Tekton can beat..

I'll take USA made craftsman over china/Taiwan garbage any day. They are definitely overpriced. And by the way, a pair of vise grips are the best for breaking loose stripped nuts.

Stop making these popular my Lowe’s is putting everything on because everyone hates craftsman. I go in there every weekend and it’s the exact same stock. Nobody buys that shit and the overdrive was on clearance for 50 I was waiting for it to drop one more time. Stop telling people this is good.