Gator-Grip, right, grabs odd shapes using a 54-pin hexagon-shaped design.

The Gator-Grip universal socket does the work of two complete sets of sockets. It grabs the nuts and bolts in both metric and SAE dimensions as well as odd shapes like wing nuts, square nuts and even broken nuts.

Push Gator-Grip onto a fastener and the hardened allow steel pins conform to the fastener's edges; remove Gator-Grip and the pins reset automatically.

How does it work? Gator-Grip uses 54-pin, high-resolution, hex-shaped design to fit nuts and bolts from one-quarter to three-quarters inch and from 7mm to 19mm.

The round pins are durable and grip around nuts and bolts without using sharp, gouging corners. Individual springs control every pin and a precision mechanism resets all of the pins to the same level.

Gator-Grip has been tested at more than 100 foot pounds of torque.

It sells for $19.95 by mail order at information call 1-800-463-4000 and also are available at various isle hardware stores.