Knipex Pliers Wrench

[woodstockva]

Hey everybody

I just made a review of the extremely useful Knipex Pliers Wrench.

The unique design has smooth jaws, which will not mar/score/indent the surface of fasteners (like normal pliers with teeth on the jaws).

The jaws close completely parallel & not on a hinge, so the pressure is applied evenly across the surface of fastener. This will allow you to maintain a very tight grip, that will not slip.

Check out the video to see them for yourself.....thanks for watching!

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[Hafen_Kafer]

I want one

 

[treblarefils]

I want one

Me too

 

[rlitman]

I recently got one on CL. Yeah, it's as good as everyone says. Way better than an adjustable wrench of the same length.

 

[Farmall 1066]

I have 3 of them and absolutely love them. Had a lot of people borrow them and end up buying. I guess that speaks volumes for their usefulness.

 

[efb16acrx]

stop posting and making me want stuff

This was actually a useful review though, several features I didn't know about before. I had dismissed these as stupid, now i want them.

 

[joeswamp]

Greatest things since sliced bread. It's one of those tools where you end up using it way more than you thought you would. Anytime you need an open ended wrench and you don't want to mess up the nut, this is the go-to tool -- for any kind of exposed plumbing, it's a godsend. I recently realized that it's a miracle tool for tightening bicycle threaded headsets.

 

[General Geoff]

I keep a 7" Pliers-Wrench in the toolkit I keep packed on my bicycle. Works great for straightening bent components, tightening spokes, gripping cable ends for adjustment, all kinds of stuff. Between tire levers, the Pliers-Wrench and a set of metric hex keys, I'm covered for most eventualities.

 

[Dave455]

Already got one! Great tool! Does everything you'd expect, plus most of what you'd use an adjustable wrench for! I'd only had it a week and it was in my 'travel bag' of essential tools!

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Probably, no scratch that, definitely one of the best top 3 tools I've ever purchased. I freakin' love these things like everybody else here! Especially since I do a lot of finish work.

 

[franzdom]

I keep a 7" Pliers-Wrench in the toolkit I keep packed on my bicycle. Works great for straightening bent components, tightening spokes, gripping cable ends for adjustment, all kinds of stuff. Between tire levers, the Pliers-Wrench and a set of metric hex keys, I'm covered for most eventualities.

You need the metric version if you are working on metric fasteners

 

[Strouty]

The real question is what are you doing with a big split bolt?

 

[upgrading]

Thanks to a post from a GJ member in the Hot Deals section I got a pair with comfort grips for $3?.?? at Sears.
Solid tool.

 

[cjn1014]

Works great for straightening bicycle rim dents.

 

[pauls_workshop]

Woodstock, another super useful review! I really like your work.

I want one of these too when I can find a great deal on one. This and the cobras are the two Knipex inventions I think really stand out. - Paul

 

[Sine Swept]

It cost me all of $90 to land a pair of these into Canada

I now notice there is either some damage to one jaw or it was the casting and I never noticed at first.

Aside from that, I do use these a lot. Work great as a hand held vice.

 

[rlitman]

The real question is what are you doing with a big split bolt?

Must have missed this, but I use them to bond 2/0 grounding wires to the lightning protection grid at the data center. This would be great to hold the top (I use a socket and impact driver for the nut).

 

[wrenchMONKEY_]

Have teh 12' version, love it.

 

[Krokodil]

Awesome video! I have the exact same one on order!

 

[decaf]

1. Nice video.

2. Really nice too hear that someone pronounce the K in Knipex

3. Always tighten or loose bolts in the same way, the self locking way.

 

[Darius6t9]

I have the 10" non-comfort handle ones. I use them for alignments all the time. They are great.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

I also use them for straightening small sheet metal....like when I get an old tool box and the dividers in the top shelf are dinged and bent, I'll just keep using the Pliers Wrench until they are straight. Obviously can't get a hammer and dolly in there...

 

[monomach]

Woodstock, another super useful review! I really like your work.

I want one of these too when I can find a great deal on one. This and the cobras are the two Knipex inventions I think really stand out. - Paul

Check your Sears local ad in the overstock section. I got mine for $31. Another member got one for $24 or something like that.

 

[paulsomlo]

I've had mine for a while now - it's one of those tools that you didn't know you needed until you got one. The parallel closing smooth jaws are the right solution for many jobs. I've used this on stuck flare nuts, fearful that any other wrench would round over the nut.

 

[Monte]

nice review video

 

[beatcad]

i just bought the 10" ones a little over a month ago.
i bought it just to use on motorcycle fork tube top caps and top tree nuts.
its good for axle nuts also.
its gotten a LOT of use in the last month.

 

[Wakefield]

Sold on that! (Epstein's)
I didn't realize they had more than simple slipjoint adjustment like Channellocks
I think Channellock does make a smooth jaw model however.

 

[paulsomlo]

I think Channellock does make a smooth jaw model however.

I was just looking at their website - you're right, they do make a smooth jaw model. But it's groove joint, so it doesn't close parallel. Whoever wrote the patent application on the Knipex, did a good job - I have yet to see a copy with smooth jaws and parallel closing.

 

[92integra]

any body ever try to use the pliers wrench on inner tie rod's when doing alignment's if they work well for that task they will definatly end up in my tool box

 

[efb16acrx]

I'll be trying next week, ordered a 10 inch set because of this thread, somehow my tooltopia order came out to $300 though....... oops

 

[SASORacing]

Sure, Cresent type wrench works okay too.

 

[pauls_workshop]

Check your Sears local ad in the overstock section. I got mine for $31. Another member got one for $24 or something like that.

Thanks Mono, I'll keep an eye out for that. These do look like nice tools to have. - Paul

 

[franzdom]

I was just looking at their website - you're right, they do make a smooth jaw model. But it's groove joint, so it doesn't close parallel. Whoever wrote the patent application on the Knipex, did a good job - I have yet to see a copy with smooth jaws and parallel closing.

NWS does have a similar tool, they have one side that swivels. The Knipex is better but I couldn't resist trying the NWS as well.

They also do the same thing in a locking pliers with swivel flats (vise-grip), 185-11-250

 

[MagnumForce]

So is it really Kin-ip-ex?

My last name is Kneebush, it's German, and the K is very silent.

 

[efb16acrx]

When you watch the videos on youtube made by knipex, the k is most definitely not silent. If that's how the factory says it, I'm going to go with that being the right way.

 

[MagnumForce]

Not saying it isn't, just curious.

 

[Strouty]

So is it really Kin-ip-ex?

My last name is Kneebush, it's German, and the K is very silent.

The K is very hard. If you look for some youtube videos the factory reps pronounce it this way. It was a topic that was discussed on GJ before as well.

 

[SASORacing]

The best way to say it is casually in my opinion. When people try too hard to pronounce all of the syllables it makes them look a bit nerdy. Nice video op, you pronounced it correctly without trying too hard way to go

 

[Darius6t9]

any body ever try to use the pliers wrench on inner tie rod's when doing alignment's if they work well for that task they will definatly end up in my tool box

Never used them for inner tie rods but use them all the time for the locking nut on the outer tie rods. They do work awesome for that. Only time I have a problem is when some Gorilla tightened it previously.

 

[monomach]

So is it really Kin-ip-ex?

My last name is Kneebush, it's German, and the K is very silent.

Keh-nee-pecks would be he proper German pronunciation, if my high school German classes were right. But the K is very hard and short. I don't really know to type it out. K'nee-pecks, maybe?