Price difference between two sets of ChannelLock pliers?

[subroc]

What's the main difference between the grip lock pliers and pliers like 422 that have V jaws?

I'll give it a go. The jaw design, the angle of the jaw and a bit of robustness. the original design feels a bit more robust in the hand.

 

[Junkdrawer Dog]

^^^^This

 

[ARFLY]

I have both sets. I work maintenance at an apartment complex. I change a lot of shower heads kitchen faucet aerators. Around 400 shower heads so far this year. The GL10 is excellent for breaking seized shower heads and aerators loose without damaging anything and always in my tool bag. Now I have to get the 422 and other sizes in that style.

 

[Two Speed]

Original design is much more robust in the hand IMO. I have a set of v-jaws and find them pretty much next to useless if you are trying to put some strength into the grip, lots of handle flex and the jaws will not bite firmly into what you are gripping as a result.

 

[ARFLY]

Went Home Depot and picked up the 422. The 442 was out.

 

[isb cornbinder]

First set is the age old design, will end up working forever. Dates back to the 40s? 50s?

No idea what the second set will have for a product lifetime. Trying to get more people to buy cheap $hit?

I have more than 30 pairs of Channellock pliers. Some date back 50 plus years. The older tools have a nut and through bolt pivot. This makes the tool adjustable for possible wear. The latest and greatest models have a pressure formed pivot. I will be dead before any of these tools wear out, BUT, I can feel and see some premature wear on the new tool joint.

 

[Ton ton]

The Channellock GL series are worth having. I use them alongside the regular 440’s ect.

When dealing with old equipment hydraulic or pneumatic piping and electrical conduit with decades of dirt and grease caked on top of 3 generations of paint they do indeed perform better than standard Channellocks and even Knipex (gasp!) which get clogged up with trash very easily.

Now I am going to have look closer at the newer style of channellock pliers.

 

[Swilkerson]

I got away from channelock completely when I discovered knipex