I love these. I have an old model (that you can’t buy anymore, grrr!) that is meatier in build, and it’s held up for about 25-30 years of abuse.
I call them flippity-flop pliers, because they’re fun to fiddle with while you’re thinking about the next step in your project.
Even though these are less rugged, I’ve still given them as gifts, and they hold up. Not advocating this brand in particular, but all the knockoffs seem to use the same base tool build.
I have to admit that I’ve never seen these before!
The engineering thought would be concerned about durability, since all the strength is in sheer force against the two pins on the opposite side.
The cheapskate thought would just be “uh, why not just buy two regular pliers instead?”
The engineering thought would be concerned about durability, since all the strength is in sheer force against the two pins on the opposite side.
Excellent point. I haven’t had a problem with the pins deforming yet, even in the less-meaty modern version.
For the life of me, I CANNOT understand why no one offers the original, except that internet sales are a race to the bottom in price because reputation doesn’t matter when there are uncounted many shill companies fronting goods.
Alas, the enshittification was happening even before the Internet. Quality be damned, why make something as good as it was for 100% of the price when they can make outsource the product for a third of the cost and sell it at 98% of the price?
I can’t tell if you’re in favour of this or not.