A long while ago, got me a no-name set at R&S Strauss, for like $15. Has the ratchet, an assortment of sockets, a magnetic screwdriver with all sorts of flat, phillips, hex and square bits for it (including an adapter for smaller sockets), two pair pliers, several open end/box wrenches, a bunch allen wrenches, and a feeler gauge set. Seen a lot of use and still in great shape...
Back when I was in college, and didn't have squat for tools, I got a couple of sets of GN wrenches. I still have them after all these years of abuse, and they reside on my truck box. Sure, I've replaced them with "better" tools; but I never bent or broke one of them, and they got me out of many a fix.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
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