Amazon with toolboxsupply has the GearWrench 44001 8-Piece Standard Flat Full Polish Ratcheting Combination Wrench Set for $20 with free shipping. Includes sizes 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16 and 3/4 in.
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I bought the 5-piece metric and SAE sets when Advance had them for $10/set. Nice wrenches. Recommend.
GW is an excellent brand. Built the way craftsman tools used to be.
^ You're half right. Apex group (formerly Danaher and Cooper) makes both these and Craftsman, so expect equivalent quality except where a design is stylized a little different to go against the ergonomics. For example some of the Craftsman now have hard edges and nooks and crannies that take longer to clean up (grease, etc.) or more painful to use (their non-chromed sets with blackened handles), though they look to be machined to tighter tolerances.
The larger difference is you can take craftsman to any sears store for warranty replacement while these would have to be mailed in, presumably on your dime, and a waiting period for the replacement... assuming they honor the warranty instead of giving an excuse so you're also out the shipping cost.
The GearWrench warranty states:
"This Warranty shall not apply to Products which have been misused, abused, damaged by accident or otherwise, repaired by anyone other than an Authorized Repair Center or modified by anyone other than Apex Tool Group..."
That leaves them latitude to deny a warranty while I've read about sears replacing tools for all kinds of goofy return reasons like using a screwdriver as a pry bar, leaving a set out in the rain all spring so it rusted, trying to use a 20oz hammer to break up a concrete slab, etc.
Might as well consider that no warranty at all since you'll be paying as much if not more than the tool is worth in shipping cost. If you can do without a warranty then I consider it a decent set for the money, but personally I try to avoid doing so for ratcheting tools as even if you use them correctly, using a lot of torque to muscle off a stuck nut or bolt can still chew up the mechanism.
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I would recommend the flex head versions. More $ and heads a bit bigger but gives more flexibility figuratively and literally.
>I would recommend the flex head versions.
Absolutely. Flex heads are much, much more versatile.
Thanks for the info.