/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2765635
A few of the channies I have gotten in recent years. I don’t need super German hardened teeth on an oil filter wrench. And the cutter/crimper tool, I don’t crimp terminals very often and the extra $10-$15 for Klein wouldn’t matter. The small 6” dykes too, those get used on zip ties and copper and I like the handle shape and head dimensions a lot. If I burn those out, maybe I go Knipex next.

>>2661624
What are you trying to cut? I’ve been pretty happy with my Channellock stuff, the teeth and cutting edges hold up decent, much better than the Chinese stuff that’s $5 less, and if you’re at Home Depot, you need to jump up another like $15 for some Kleins for a little bit of an improvement.

I’d rather go Knipex for actual channies, but Channellock has a million pliers and they’re available locally so there’s a couple cutters they sell with a real good geometry, and the Klein crimper tool is twice as much, and the 209 oil filter pliers are way more useful than the Chinese oil filter pliers that are like 12” long.