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The answer is usually obvious.  The CAM LOCK socket  is the only impact socket that actually grips! Using 6  internal "jaws" that move along a cam when the socket is turned, it applies inward compression and interfaces with every flat on the hex. Of course, if the flats have already been rounded, this is not a problem. The CAM LOCK Socket will still grip and unscrew the socket. Incredibly, it will actually reform the hex and save the lug in most cases!

The CAM LOCK Socket will prevent any nut from rounding off.  So if you use it from the beginning, you will avoid damaging the lug nuts.  However, if they have already been rounded off with standard sockets or if they are swollen due to other factors, the CAM LOCK Socket will grip, unscrew, and release the lug nuts. Not only will you avoid the hassle of trying to get the socket off, you will not have to try to hammer the lug nut out of the socket once it has been removed.  The CAM LOCK socket will simply release the reshaped socket, and spit it out. The result: YOU save time and avoid frustration. The CUSTOMER avoids having to pay another $200-$300 for new lug nuts!

Yes!  We highly recommend squirting some WD-40 or some other common lubricant inside the socket with each use. This will help remove any grime or debris that may accumulate behind the jaws, and it will reduce friction allowing it to release the lug nut once it is removed. 

We are higher than any other socket on the market, and here's why: The CAM LOCK socket is not your common socket.  It has moving parts internally making it the ONLY socket that actually grips. Each socket addresses two sizes (standard and metric), so you are getting two sockets in one!  And it is 100% made in America.  Our quality is unmatched, and we come with a lifetime warranty to back it up! 

We don't have any true competition because we are the only gripping impact socket on the market today. Traditional static sockets (those with no moving parts) fail to actually compress the fastener, so it forces the socket to press on the corners and eventually round them off.  We never press on the corners. We interface flat to flat (the flat jaw against the flats of the hex). It is actually against the nature of the CAM LOCK socket to round off a hex! 

You may pay more up front, but you will save money and time in the long run.  High volume shops that see lots of cars and trucks with swollen lug nuts say that they save an average of 20 minutes per tire because they aren't having to rip the chrome caps off the jacked up lugs or beat the lugs out of their sockets once they remove them.  (Time is money!) To top it off, you save the difficult conversation with the customer.  You know, they one where you tell them they will have to spend another $300 on lug-nuts when they just came in for a tire rotation. Because the CAM LOCK socket compresses the flats, reshapes the hex, and then releases the nut, the nut is often better off AFTER you grip it! 

Because the jaws move , the size is slightly adjusted so that most sockets fit the standard and metric sizes that are closest. They  are not universal sockets. 

Sometimes. But we are still not thin enough to fit into a lot aftermarket wheels. Stay tuned though! We're working on it!