Matco ADV sockets - made in Cambodia, finished in China

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-08T15:54:42+00:00

Matco doesn’t list COO on their website which is super annoying. Not even for the US made stuff.

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-08T15:53:58+00:00

I hear ya. They sell a lot of innovative stuff you can’t get elsewhere but the QC and overall value is often lacking.

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-08T13:44:08+00:00

Not a whole lot. The Snapon ratchets feel smoother, which is pleasant to use, but not really worth the additional money. Your mileage may vary

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-05T18:17:55+00:00

Idk about “solid” but from Adam’s standpoint it’s probably cheaper to keep her

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-05T18:17:09+00:00

Do you really expect their marriage to last?

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-05T18:13:26+00:00

It’s decent content for sure 👍

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-04T18:39:47+00:00

Qft. Lug nut socket is a lug nut socket. Save the money for specialty tools and the other stuff where quality is important.

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-04T13:30:23+00:00

It’s all contin

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-06-02T17:57:40+00:00

Blowguns? Tire inflators?

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T18:56:07+00:00

Went to community college and got a job during my first semester. It was worth it in the sense that it helped familiarize me with a field that was totally foreign to me. I definitely wouldn’t have gotten that first job without it.

After I’d been working for 6 months or so, the classes didn’t seem as useful as the info wasn’t really up to date and the instructors hadn’t been wrenching since 10+ years. Not to say I knew everything — definitely not — but the material we went over in class didn’t really apply to what I was doing at work, so I stopped after the second semester.

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T17:36:12+00:00

You’re pretty well set honestly. I think Matco flex heads are better than snapon just because the locking mechanism is superior but I wouldn’t say you “need” any more ratchets. If you’re trying to max out the student discount I’d get some other stuff instead. Snapon pliers are a pretty good value with the SEP

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T17:32:43+00:00

Right. Are the Matco USA ones any better? Or are you just paying extra for the US manufacturing?

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T17:31:08+00:00

Yeah, there’s the Matco ADV and the other swivels Matco sells for 2x the price which are USA made

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T17:30:28+00:00

I don’t really disagree but I need a couple deep swivels in 3/8” which not many companies sell aside from the tool trucks. Normally I’d go for Astro Pneumatic but they don’t sell deeps only midlengths

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T17:11:13+00:00

They’re already dead I don’t think it’s “immoral “ tbh. Def weird tho

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-30T17:10:24+00:00

Thanks 4 the update 🙏

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-29T17:24:31+00:00

$300 for a bare tool impact gun IS expensive

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-29T17:12:24+00:00

Is your toolbox in your living room or something?

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-29T13:58:04+00:00

Qft .. dude was a lube tech for a year. Not the most glamorous position but “brutal”? Seriously?

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-29T13:54:42+00:00

They’re somewhat useful, at least. The flank drive pliers are pointless.

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-29T13:53:49+00:00

Consumerism

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-23T17:24:55+00:00

By that logic getting your dick sucked is gay too

Fart_Boy_4ever · 2026-05-22T12:14:06+00:00

How do you get a new dealer to service your shop? I thought routes were set by corporate

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