Are expensive hex key sets worth it over budget ones?

For around-the-house and furniture jobs, the consensus across reviewers is that an inexpensive ball-end set handles the work fine; nytimes.com named the budget Amazon Basics ball-end set its pick after testing 18 models. For heavy daily professional use, specialist communities like r/Tools repeatedly steer buyers toward Bondhus (and pricier Wera Hex-Plus) for harder steel that resists rounding and snapping under load.