/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2852276
Fellow Icon enjoyer!

>>2833143
Getting one with good teeth probably matters more than which type of wrench. When trying to bite on steel, you don’t want to go with cheap barely hardened wrenches.

Beyond that, I don’t know. I bought an Icon pipe wrench because I had a coupon a few months back, but I have yet to use it. The Knipex version looks sweet although it’s about 3x the price. I would give that a shot if I had to deal with 1.5”+ galvanized steel all day. In the meantime, smaller Cobras are better than cheap pipe wrenches just because good jaw geometry and hard teeth is such a big deal when grabbing round stuff.

>>2797691
And the Icon Raptors! A tool that I couldn’t justify spending the $40 for the Knipex version because I’m not quite sure where it excels. It looks like it will grab like a bitch on 3/8”-1/2” hex, but so will the Cobras so…

Wondering if I should snag some linesmans and then maybe a long nose? Or some even bigger Cobras/Gators? I got that $70 for Lowe’s out of my ass so I might as well burn it on something dumb

>>2788141
This.

Once every 6 months or so they will send me a “We Miss You!” email with a 20% off one item coupon in there, and of course there’s a bunch of restrictions. I normally stop by to use the thing on whatever stupid Snap On or Knipex knockoff item they recently dropped and would never pay the full price for it because it’s an oddball tool.

>>2764444
Checked. I know.

I bought the Icon Raptor knockoffs a long time ago, and I’m glad I didn’t spend more on the real version because they barely see any use. Cool theory but not super useful unless maybe you want them to grip a bunch of 1/2” nuts while you ugga dugga the other side.

Also the raptors don’t have teeth, and that’s where Knipex shines and the knockoffs are never as good. I figure with the big swedish pipe wrench, there’s a 90% chance that’s going to be used on copper, PVC, or some other soft plumbing fitting so le german heat treating won’t be as big of a deal.

Refuse to buy the knockoff Cobras though, same reason I would probably buy the real Twingrips. The properly sharp teeth are like 95% the reason those tools stand out so much. At the very least if I need to save a couple bucks on the big 12”+ sizes of pliers, Channellock will give you a pretty good jaw strength, but that’s some shit I can’t rely on the Chinese for.

I bought these stupid Icon snappy knockoff pistol grip pliers too. I’m a sucker for a goofy pair of pliers that save your fingers in a tight engine bay a couple times a year.