

If I had to buy one, it would be this one (In fact, I did. No more dropped sockets that end up being stuck in the plastic cover under the engine that you then need to remove to get back your socket, wasting time and money!
SOCKET RAIL ORGANIZER PROFESSIONAL
If you are a professional mechanic, you probably do this too: leave sockets that you don’t use right below the wipers or on top of the radiator, right? In that case, you’ll be happy to hear that these socket organizers feature strong magnets on the backside so you can stick them to any metal surface such as your beloved workbench but also pretty much anywhere near the engine bay. You can’t miss the clips-it’s that easy to use. This organizer’s design lets you be more sloppy while placing sockets on the rotating clips, locking them with a ball-bearing retention system. Just plug the damn thing and move on with your life. GEARWRENCH’s magnetic socket rails are for those with no time to search/place sockets as they perform brain surgery. We come to our favorite socket organizer.

Color-coded with black for SAE sockets and yellow for metric.Be careful while ordering as it’s easy to overlook that and mix them up. Quick note: As you might have noticed, SAE models come in black color and orange for the metric ones. As a general rule, I would say that this socket organizer type is better designed to be used in the top shelf of your tool chest or to be left on your workbench. Worth mentioning, while the vertical design makes taking out and placing the sockets super straightforward, the lack of a retaining system also means that the rack could fall over if the drawers is slammed shut. It’s made out of plastic-so no rust here- and the vertical design is pretty handy. And there are size markings printed on top of the pins, so you don’t have to check all the sockets to find the one you need. The most important thing is that it fits both standard and deep sockets. That’s quite a bit of sockets that can cover pretty much every size you might need when working on regular vehicles. The 1/4″ tray can hold 26 sockets, 30 for the 3/8″, and 34 for the 1/2″, for a total of 90 sockets. As the name implies, it’s a 3 piece 1/4″, 3/8″, and 1/2″ drive socket storage tray set that gives you the freedom to sort all those shiny bits straight. We start slowly with GEARWRENCH’s entry-level 3 pcs socket rack. In our list, you’ll find budget models for amateurs, but also high-end socket organizers for professional mechanics. Of course, we worked hard to include models for every individual, no matter the skill level or work scenario. If you are also done with always having to search for the right socket and ready to be a little more organized, we prepared a list of the 7 best socket organizers on the market right now. If socket organizers are so important in a one-man workshop, you can imagine how important they are in an organization where throwing tools across the shop is out of the question. After many very subtle friendly talks, he is finally ready to commit himself to buying a couple of socket organizers. That is when he can’t find the right socket while he is all greased and sweaty. In frustration, he throws a wrench or bolt, or whatever he can grab across the workshop once in a while. He is just not organized and obviously tends to lose them. No, he has no addiction or something like that, and he doesn’t “eat” them either.


He tends to buy a couple of sockets every month. A friend of mine who runs a small workshop has a strange habit.
