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Originally posted by snidera:
I needed a 22 or 23 for something & this was almost cheaper than buying singles:
Sunex

It didn't break the 1 time I've used it....
I think the only times the roll has been out of my box is the 1st use, cleaning the box out when potato bugs move in & a couple of times using the bigger wrenches as cheater bars. <$25 for 5pcs for something I'll use almost never is OK. $15per isn't.

Yea I've watched Chris Fix (youtube car guy) use Sunex tools extensively. The five pack you've linked here are good options, unless you've used Wright Tools Wright Grip 2.0 wrenches. After that you can't go back, unless you go with the SnapOn comb wrenches with the grooved teeth on the open side. The Wright Tool grooved grippers clone is better (for gripping on the open end) than the Snap On for a fraction of the price, though the wrenches are unfortunately not as long.

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Unless you have OCD and need to see them all lined up in the toolbox.

This. I can be that guy some, but not all the time.

We must share a common ancestor. Mine won't stay, they slide around in the drawer during opening and closing, and I'm pretty gentle with those drawers to begin with since the box is not a tool truck quality unit. I was thinking trying cork drawer liners or magnetic strips to help grab the tools. It's hard to be OCD but have to redo it again just by opening the drawer a second time in 5 mins. Damn they won't stay lined up. I gave up on my pliers drawer.

Many moons ago, I picked up an inexpensive set of large wrenches, starting above 1" and going up from there. I went years without ever needing them until one night in Billings, MT.

We had to replace a hydraulic pump, and I needed to remove a fitting to put in the replacement pump. The tanker base had a small shed with a vise, and that night, I put the pump in the vise and the wrench on the fitting, and it wouldn't budge. I ended up with my feet braced against one wall, horizontal pushing on that wrench.

When the wrench snapped in two, I sailed over the bench and landed head first on the other side, on the cement. It. hurt.

It was the last time I bought cheap tools.

They do make wrench and pliers racks.
All mine are vertical, if laid out flat I would need another toolbox or two.