Recent content by Ace19636

I paid about $33 bucks for the Knipex, but the lowest I can find the channellocks is about $45 granted for me thats not that much its expensive for the volunteers though. I have some of the Channellocks I just dont like them and find them hard to use as actual pliers.

There are some made for firefighters but they are basicly channellock linesman pliers with a spanner wrench, pry bar, gas shutoff and glass breaker. All that stuff gets in the way of the main pliers which is why some of my coworkers and I dont like them. Also they are expensive for a single...

They say a good quality pair of linesman's and fencing pliers almost all of them recommend Channellock, I thought I would go away from the all mighty Channellocks lol maybe a bad move. Love the Input guys, The Klein seem to be the most suggested so I will be giving them a go. To explain I do a...

Sweet, I will try them out... Looks like they are made in the USA :thumbup: I like that they have dipped handles since the first thing I do is tear them off and that makes things easy. Its not fun having the handles of your pliers melt to your glove :willy_nil

Oh trust me I am not saying they are bad, They are beautiful tools I just wanted to figure out why they were breaking on me so I knew what to look for If wanted a new pair. I am in no way saying Knipex makes bad tools Im sure they would be amazing for a mechanic. I love the Channellock concept...

Those are beautiful, I need to get me a set!

I wish I had thought about taking a picture but they have already been sent in to Knipex. They broke right where the teeth and the cutters meet on the jaw both times. I was banging on them with some fencing pliers when they did it but I have done that a few dozen times with the Kobalts and my...

I am having a slight issue with Knipex linesman pliers I am a little confused. I am new to Knipex tools and I got turned onto them by this form so I bought some and they failed on me a few weeks latter. Let me put some back story behind it, I am a Firefighter and abuse my pliers like nothing...

I have been happy with Kobalt tools personally, I had a set of kobalt tools in my tool box when I was a mechanic and used the pliers more then my snap on pliers, they felt better in my hand and the teeth seem to be sharper. Only had one pair fail me after 3 years of professional use in the auto...

Just got a package with a few kobalt pliers... got the lot for $25

Howdy guys, I have been looking around on this form for a while and decided it was time to join. For those who want to know, I have always been doing DIY and home improvement jobs since I was a kid and on top of that I have worked as an auto mechanic and I am now a firefighter/EMT. I am more...