Clarke PRO389 62 Piece 1/2" and 1/4" Drive Socket and Bit Set review
The Clarke PRO389 62-piece ½ and ¼ in Drive Socket and Bit Set is an excellent mid-to-high end socket set for home workshop and garage use.
A decent socket set is a vital part of any home mechanic’s workshop or garage but with so many available of different sizes and prices the question, often, is which do you go for.
Thankfully tool specialists Machine Mart have a huge selection on offer ranging from under £10 to over £300 to ensure you can find the right one.
This 62-piece set from Clarke is a best seller and, at a very reasonable £83.98 – which is currently reduced to just £75.58, it’s not hard to see why.
The Clarke PRO389 62-piece ½ and ¼ in Drive Socket and Bit Set, to give it its full name, is a professional quality socket and screwdriver bit set that’s been designed to be ideal for home garages and workshops and comes complete in its own bespoke durable plastic case.
The 30 sockets (18 1/2in and 12 1/4in) are all in durable Chrome Vanadium and are in sizes from 4.5mm all the way up to 32mm. There are two matching, quick release, reversible ratchet drives, the 1/2in with two extension bars and the 1/4in with three. While other accessories include two sliding T-bars, universal joints, a 1/2in breaker bar, 1/4in ‘Go Through’ handle and coupling adapter and two 1/2in spark plug sockets in 16 and 21mm sizes.
On top of that there are also 16 25mm screwdriver bits with accompanying handle in Hex, Philips, Torx and Posidrive sizes to cover almost every eventuality. With 62 bits in total, making it just over £1 each, it’s not hard to see why the Pro389 set is seen as something of a bargain. It even comes with a lifetime guarantee (excluding ratchet mechanisms).
According to reviews on the Machine Mart website, buyers seem to agree.
“Quality sockets, extensions and ratchets backed up by a lifetime guarantee,” said Stef.
For more information on the Clarke Pro389 62-piece ½ and 1/4in Drive Socket and Bit Set or on other bike specific products go to Machine Mart’s official website.
A vastly-experienced motorcycle journalist and bike tester, Phil West is also an ex-Executive Editor of MCN, former Editor of Bike and What Bike?, author of numerous motorcycle books and has ridden virtually every bike of the last 30 years.
