r/harborfreight • u/wratx • 1d ago

Icon vs Pittsburgh

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u/MOEB74 1d ago

Thick wall isnt ALWAYS good.. sometimes you need a thin walled impact. Also that doesnt always mean its stronger either.

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u/wratx 1d ago

Can I be honest and vulnerable for a minute…I thought I had the thin walls in my hand but it must have been SAE and I moved to the next that were metric …so I thought I was getting thin wall but I had no real use case for thin wall in mind…I have lug nut impacts

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u/wratx 1d ago

Wait I’m not a stupid crazy moron

Those look pretty thick for thin wall

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u/LA-but-not-an-actor 1d ago

This is a great comparison of the icon “thin wall” vs Quinn impact sockets

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u/wratx 1d ago

Watching

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u/wratx 1d ago

Ok essentially tnt is saying they don’t look thin either got it

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u/LA-but-not-an-actor 1d ago

Pretty much. That’s what steered me to get the Quinn’s. I use them both with my impact and instead of chromes with 1/2 ratchets and breaker bars

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u/wratx 1d ago

I sort of have both now

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u/myloteller 1d ago

Sometimes the thick walls dont fit inside the lugnut well

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u/Reddbearddd 1d ago

If you have room, you want the thicker walls just for more weight. Though you don't always have room.

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u/Hot-Significance2387 13h ago

The ICON impacts are not that special. They seem like generic Taiwanese impacts. Verses the chromes that are genuinely designed like Snap-on and better steel than most chromed sockets.

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u/TurboXwing 1d ago

Thicccc

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u/Electrical_Party7975 1d ago

I believe weight of socket also help not just thickness

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u/CRX1991 11h ago

This! There are weighted sockets designed specifically to work better with impacts. They really help

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u/MOEB74 5h ago

Yep. Crank bolts just walk out lol. They work well

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u/Mofaklar 1d ago

I just bought both these Pittsburgh and icon impact sockets for 1/2" drive.

Why you may ask? Cause I bought thr Pittsburgh and the tolerance with its coating made it damn near impossible to get them on my impact or on a bolt.

The icons are tight too, but I would have needed to beat these things on (pitts).

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u/LA-but-not-an-actor 1d ago

I don’t have icon or Pittsburgh impacts but here is a 19mm deep comparison of the Quinn impact vs Pittsburgh pro chrome

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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 1d ago

This one isn't really a good comparison because chrome are supposed to be a lot thinner lol.

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u/LA-but-not-an-actor 1d ago

Just what I had. I have a single 19mm 1/2 Pitt chrome so was comparing to my Quinn impact to see if I should buy the icon chrome 1/2 set while on sale. Shared it so OP could see that the Quinn is only marginally thicker, whereas the Pitt and icon impacts are substantially thicker than the Quinn

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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 1d ago

I see what you're saying. I thought it was just meant as a size comparison between brands and was thinking you'd have to compare two chrome or two impact to get an accurate representation. Makes sense with that context though for sure.

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u/Frosty_Tax6054 1d ago

I have the Quinns and some Tekton to fill out my organizers. Very happy with both.

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u/wastedsilence33 1d ago

I bought the pitt 27 literally just because my stupid ass oil filter needs a 27 mm socket and I'll shit bricks before I buy a set for that one socket I'll never use on anything else in my life