Impact socket thickness

I notice you can get thin walled,  standard and thick walled impact  sockets. 

Obviously there are advantages on thin walled sockets for certain applications. 

My question is do the thin walled type lower torque significantly? 

Any comments appreciated 

Thanks. 

It depends on the quality of the steel but in general it will be more likely to break given the same torque as a thicker walled socket.

there are quite a few variables like @BMack37 mentioned that you would have to take into consideration. But in general the thin walled socket is going to be weaker than the thick wall.

Thin wallsockets are recommended in difficult to access areas which require low impact force and help improve access to fasteners in restricted areas.

Socket Roll wrote:

55 minutes ago, Socket Roll said:

Thin wallsockets are recommended in difficult to access areas which require low impact force and help improve access to fasteners in restricted areas.

One key application is lugnuts.  A lot of wheels lack the clearance for thich wall impact sockets.  I used to have to use regular chromed sockets on some rims.