Exactly!
The NBA finals are starting tonight and I am about to pick up an 18 pack of Coors Banquet thats going to cost as much as those Icon pliers did! Atleast in the morning I will still have the pliers... and a headache at work!
GO SPURS GO!!
Any reason for not replacing the compressor? For $168 Rockauto.com has a Four Seasons compressor, Dryer, and orifice tube. All you would need to do from there is replace the condenser and flush the lines/evaporator and it would be done correctly.
I have one of these fluid guns and its worked for me on a ton of jobs similar to what your have described.
Amazon link
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FJT0304?tag=atomicindus08-20
Its basically a big 16 ounce syringe so you can use it to add or remove fluid.