Durable Key Set Recommendations for PLN 500: Brands, Material Strength, & Richly Equipped Options

It is important to me that the keys last a few years and that they are durable. Many times I had so that the key did not withstand and the screw did not move at all.
I don't need them every day, but I'd rather buy something decent. When I do some work with wrenches, I often have to use the tube as a lever, so I really care about the strength of the material from which they are made. I also want the set to be richly equipped (I do not want to turn out in the middle of work that I am missing a key).

While browsing the internet, I encountered a few interesting companies offering what I am looking for, unfortunately the opinions were divided (opinions about a given company). So I decided to present a few sets that interested me. Unfortunately, I am not an expert on keys and I have no experience with them, and I don't want to buy a pig in a poke.

The price is PLN 500, although there is no problem, if I would postpone the purchase for another month, adding a little more.
From Honiton I was interested in such a set:
honiton-94-47-socket-wrenches-set-bass-pl-i4965429742
From Bahco
bahco-workshop-wrench-set-94-pcs-promotion-i5013469672
With Yato
socket-wrench-set-216pcs-bits-40pcs-yato-i5002789393
With Proline
proline-gift-wrench-set-1-4-3-8-1-2-217cz-i4952217177
Is buying any of these kits a good choice?
Which of these kits is the best?
Do you recommend any other sets?

Thank you in advance for your help
greetings

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A friend rummages around cars and is happy with YATO I have a few sockets I buy in pieces and they are ok For 15 years I have had a small PROXXON set, but a large one
You will not buy a set for 500, so I would choose YATO personally.

@kostuha Yato, they like to twist on the cap - Chinese.
Proline - decent but still Chinese
Honiton - I haven't had it, but the screwdrivers are lame
Bahco - good, worth buying.

I have a bit of Yato and I will say that the socket wrenches are very good, screwdrivers or tongs are terrible, but the keys are ok. I used to unscrew the drive shaft on a 4m pipe for two peasants and the pipe was bent and the key was complete. I also have some smaller ones and I cannot complain about them, so far they have been serving bravely for several years. In fact, used every other day, mostly for heavier mechanics, such as tractors or excavators. I can honestly recommend, but only for the basics.

I don't like the fact that Yato and Proline are Chinese. Because mostly everything that is Chinese is crap. I am thinking about Bahco and Honiton, although I will probably postpone the purchase for another month by adding Bahco and wait for someone else to comment on it.

Honiton, yesterday's unscrewing the washing machine pulley, without any levers, with one hand not very hard pressing

bmserwis wrote:

Honiton, yesterday's unscrewing the washing machine pulley, without any levers, with one hand not very hard pressing

Thank you for replying and showing the photo, such answers are worth waiting for. I think I will choose the Bahco key set, but I will wait for the next answers (don't throw money down the drain).

I would like to thank everyone in advance for sharing their knowledge about the given set and I look forward to the next answer. Perhaps I missed some company worthy of attention.

Hello!
I bought a Proxxon here: http://www.bricoman.pl/pl/product/31557/zecja-kluczy-nasadowych-12-cala-29-sztuk and also http://www.bricoman.pl/pl/product/31557 / 12-inch-socket-wrench-set-29
They're doing pretty well
Possibly Beta or, going further, Gedore, but this is a different price range.
Greetings.

Good morning, friends.
If a friend wants to buy a set for "years", it's only FACOM - France. Lifetime warranty ... but it costs money. The basic problem is that such tools must be guarded because they "get legs" very quickly and quickly move to foreign tool boxes .
I personally switched to NEO-tools equipment. Such a professional TOPEX. I amass these tools mercilessly and they work well in extreme weather conditions (I install antenna systems and radio lines). The second advantage - it is cheap, you can buy lost elements (you do not look for a key or a socket that fell from the mast from 100 or 200 meters )
Of course, this is my subjective opinion of the user, some of my colleagues only prefer BAHCO or BETA - but it really depends on the purchase budget.

Or is it worth considering King Tony or Sata? Kamasa, JONNESWAY or TengTools?

I think reasonable prices are around 170-180 for a 1/4 set (although Yato and Neo have something like that for around 80-90 PLN)
and the cost of the 1/2 set is 180 PLN - Yato, 195 PLN - Sata, 230 PLN - Neo and Proxxon or Stanley black FatMax

or a set of 9655 by Hans, sockets 1/4 3/8 1/2 for PLN 250

As I wrote in the previous post - if only I, as a user of tools, use them, e.g. stationary in my workshop, I can afford to buy a set for several hundred PLN. There is always a risk that my brother-in-law will come and ask for a refund for half a year and I will get incomplete because it was lost somewhere So it is better to have an additional set for the proverbial 5 zeta from Tesco for borrowers, or a good TOPEX, TOY or NEO set with a cheap possibility of recreating the set. There is nothing to be offended by these cheap producers, because from the perspective of the last dozen or so years, the materials and steel used by them have improved at least a dozen times! But the fact remains - the elegant PROXXON set in the company's suitcase looks more pleasing to the eye
And this is my NEO work set - a large ratchet and a small one with a bit holder. At the bottom, an extra set of all possible bits - with three-pointed asterisks, etc. Additionally, a flexible bit holder prod. BETA because NEO does not do such yet

MODERATOR rebelled and stated that mechanical keys are not an electric-electronic topic. Well, a hammer is a tool used in electronics - not 5000g but max 300g. I use a 27 mm wrench to screw the 7/16 "(inch) antenna connectors, and some antenna connectors even require 32 mm wrenches and sometimes 36 mm (as for unscrewing the driveshaft in a VW Polo year 1988). A man asks what keys are needed for the service We offer household appliances to him. I deal with telecommunications, radio technology and radio diffusion - to be more precise, the operator of the multiplex and DAB. a wrench larger than 5.5 mm (for M3 nuts), let them learn from professionals. So that the discussion does not get onto the unnecessary track - insults and insults, I propose to close the above thread.

radiomechanik wrote:

MODERATOR rebelled and stated that mechanical keys are not an electric-electronic topic. Well, a hammer is a tool used in electronics - not 5000g but max 300g. I use a 27 mm wrench to screw the 7/16 "(inch) antenna connectors, and some antenna connectors even require 32 mm wrenches and sometimes 36 mm (as for unscrewing the driveshaft in a VW Polo year 1988). A man asks what keys are needed for the service We offer household appliances to him. I deal with telecommunications, radio technology and radio diffusion - to be more precise, the operator of the multiplex and DAB. a wrench larger than 5.5 mm (for M3 nuts), let them learn from professionals. So that the discussion does not get onto the unnecessary track - insults and insults, I propose to close the above thread.

If you took a little trouble and knew what section the above topic was in and what are the "there" rules, you would not write nonsense.
And to learn "from experts" who write the quotation of electronic professions, nobody wants to.
Before you "eat" someone, think if you are right.

Beating foam buddy, beating foam. A typical Polish ailment on Polish internet forums. Let's finish the topic. A colleague asked for a good set of keys and he got very substantive offers. I wonder how, for example, the service technician is to unscrew the transformer to be replaced in the power supply when it is screwed to the metal housing with M6 screws with 10 mm nuts? It is absolutely not a sarcastic tone, but I have already improved enough equipment after bastards who treated everything with small pliers at most. Let us also close the topic, let us not defy ourselves and help the needy !!!

Prolines are still in a strengthened version compared to the usual keys of this company, so it is also worth considering the latter variant. Besides, it would be easiest to find out how to advise your colleague if he specified exactly what he would do with these tools, what work he would do, how often he used it, etc.

Thank you colleagues for your help .
I chose Bahco keys, they have quite a lot of positive feedback and found no negative feedback. In some time it will be written how the set works.
Thank you and best regards

If possible, put aside 500 more and download the Halfords Professional set from the UK.
I have been using it for 2 years, the only thing is I bought 2 caps because I lost it. I did not twist any hex keys, torxes. The kit is tortured for 8 hours in the workshop every day. It's worth adding more.

The Halfords Professional set is interesting and for the money it is definitely decent, but unfortunately I cannot afford such a purchase at the moment, but thank you very much for your suggestions and interest in the subject. Although it is often good to postpone the purchase for longer and buy something for years .

kostuha wrote:

Thank you colleagues for your help . I chose Bahco keys ...

Which particular set is it?

The truth is that for 500 it is a set for 2 seasons and that's it.

kostuha wrote:

Thank you colleagues for your help .
I chose Bahco keys, they have quite a lot of positive feedback and found no negative feedback. In some time it will be written how the set works.
Thank you and best regards

I am satisfied with Proline, I do not do any workshop work with them, but they are enough for home. Sometimes with a lever, I will also treat them.

Quick analysis:
1st quality - not for years - good price: Proline, Yato, Honiton, Bass Polska, Stanley
2.good quality - slightly higher price - keys for a longer period: Sata (lifetime warranty), Bahco, Proxxon, Jonnesway,
3. Gedore, Facom, Hazet - very good - for a very long time.

For hobby purposes, all of points 1 - ok, point 2 allows for a professional operation.

I have a Yato YT-1268 set for 1-2 years. I use it to repair my cars and motorbikes. The box costs PLN 240. I am super happy with it. You can work with it calmly. And a beat will break rather than cower.