Which pliers would you rather have?

[Moose-LandTran]

Buy both. Pick which you like. Sell the others to me..

 

[Merkava_4]

I'm thinking the new Mayhew's look more "trick" if that means anything.

 

[Stick Figure]

They don't ratchet or lock properly, they don't return properly they're stiff to operate, there is a lot of slack in the cable, the quality leaves a lot to be desired.

They're just not very good, overall. I bought them because i wasn't aware of their level of suckage and i wanted to bump an order into free shipping territory.

If there is a lot of slack in the cable and they are the same as the Astro's pictured you can adjust the cable.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

They don't have a slack adjuster.

 

[Merkava_4]

I wonder how long it will take for ToolTopia to get the new versions in. Hmm...

 

[Fedwrench]

There must be some advantage to having the spreaders at a right angle as opposed to being straight like the C-man and Snap-on versions. Hmm...

This is just my personal opinion but, I feel that with the straight jaws the handles are wider apart when fully released. The pairs that I have with the 90 degree jaws seem easier to grasp and compress but, that's just me. Decisions, Decisions,
It would probably take 6 months to a year before Tooltopia or other online vendors have them at a decent price.