i just ordered one because i saw your video.. thank you for the review. i really need this since i'm a maintenance worker of a hotel here in the Philippines..
I'm so glad to see you applying counter torque to the torque wrench head. That's the way I was taught to use a torque wrench in the Navy. It drives my OCD crazy to see TH-camrs using torque wrenches without holding the head of the wrench!
Just bought the 150 Cobra for my small off-road motorcycle roll. They fit my hand better, are that nth degree longer, and seem a little bit beefier than the 125. Sometimes you need a skinny plier with some grip to get in there, something I have always compromised and contorted to work, mostly. All multi-tool pliers are evil in my world
You could try as a torque test a bottle of old cough medicine where the syrup has crystalized in the cap thread and it has a child-proof cap. Whilst coughing, I used multigrips to unscrew the cap and it was still useable later.
How do the teeth look on the cobras? I has a pair of chrome, Comfort grip 10” cobras that had a few of the top teeth flatten servicing a 1/2” gas line. They were 2 months old. Knipex replaced them I had to pay for shipping.
The inconsistent force you're applying when you loosen the nuts at the higher torque values results in peak torque amounts that are far higher than the torque value you set with the torque wrench. You'd never use a torque wrench by shoving it. You do what you did: you pull slowly and consistently. What you're doing is like trying to measure your weight on a scale while jumping up and down on it.
Right, principle of the impact wrench :) But that means that the pliers resists a greater torque than that applied by the torque wrench ... so it goes in the right demonstrative direction.
Your right John, that's why it can loosen them. It like loosening a lug nut with a tire iron, you can stand on the tire iron and it won't loosen, but if you bounce a little while you stand on it it will come loose. I like your comment. 👍
@@betomendoza5981 You and diezelle57 are both right, but I am also. The impact wrench analogy makes sense, as does yours. But I think I'm still right - you can't measure the torque at the moment of impact, or at the moment when you bounce on that tire iron and break the nut free. Peak torque is higher than shown, but as diezelle57 said "it goes in the right demonstrative direction." :😊
125 or 150. 150 teeth are a little deeper and better for gripping a round surface but the weight between the two is huge diff so for EDC I say the 125mm are awesome.
well, that's all fine and dandy if you use the wrong tools for a particular job. I imagine any tool will eventually fail, break, or cause damage if it's the wrong one
Yea, sure, a 12mm or something steel bolt tightened to 190Nm. I want to buy my bolts from where you're getting them. Unless that bolt was tungsten, it would had broke way before the 3rd test. I challenge you to prove me wrong! But alas, anything can be faked here, on youtube.
I just don't see the point, if you're in a situation where you have to use a diy cheater bar on a pair of small pliers odds are you probably got bigger pliers lying around. I would've liked this video more if this was purely hand/upper body strength.
A cheater bar is solely a glorified metal tube of somewhat-correct-inner-diameter, and the chance of having that lying around is always higher, than having bigger pliers lying around. Sorry John Elder, just noticed that I repeated your answer.
Gets the award of "least clickbait-y thumbnail and of understatement"... Great tool too !!!
Those little pliers are nuts!!!!!
No, sir. The things the pliers are turning are nuts.
Knipex simply makes some of the best pliers in the world.
I still want to buy that cheater bar. :)
How much would it cost me to have you get make one of those for me
@@rustyshackelford4022 I would make you one and send it to you for free if I could. It wouldn't be gard to make.
i just ordered one because i saw your video.. thank you for the review. i really need this since i'm a maintenance worker of a hotel here in the Philippines..
I'm so glad to see you applying counter torque to the torque wrench head. That's the way I was taught to use a torque wrench in the Navy. It drives my OCD crazy to see TH-camrs using torque wrenches without holding the head of the wrench!
Excellent video and testing, love the knipex Cobras!
Would love to see this test with the Knipex pliers wrench
Interesting demonstration, thanks for the video. I carry the 180s everywhere i go.
the best size for home use
Amazing! Thank You for this video! I just went and bought one on Amazon now.
I never go outside without my cobra 125 , its always with me because i love this pliers 🤟
I'm glad you didnt break them while proving how amazing they are
Just added the XL 400mm cobra to my knipex drawer. Now to save up for the 560mm XXL. Great test
Don't waste your $$$. What will you use the 560mm for?
@@LawAbidingCitizen117 I have a single use for the 560 but in all honesty I want it as a novelty to complete my collection lol
@@GearheadOutlaw it’s pretty cool to just nerd around with lol
I carry the 10" alligator pliers every day as a plumber
Damn! Thanks for tearin' up nuts!!
Dang that small pliers is as hard as thors hammer 😅
Hmmmm. Excellent. Pliers wrench test?
Knipex Raptor test?
Just bought the 150 Cobra for my small off-road motorcycle roll. They fit my hand better, are that nth degree longer, and seem a little bit beefier than the 125. Sometimes you need a skinny plier with some grip to get in there, something I have always compromised and contorted to work, mostly. All multi-tool pliers are evil in my world
You could try as a torque test a bottle of old cough medicine where the syrup has crystalized in the cap thread and it has a child-proof cap. Whilst coughing, I used multigrips to unscrew the cap and it was still useable later.
How do the teeth look on the cobras? I has a pair of chrome, Comfort grip 10” cobras that had a few of the top teeth flatten servicing a 1/2” gas line. They were 2 months old. Knipex replaced them I had to pay for shipping.
Why shake it up? As long as you are shaking it, you can't tell whether the reason for the loosening was the length of the handle or not.
Wow the little guy that could!
Flexing at 150ft is a good sign good quality pliers
what do you think about the 100mm cobra xs?
*"..tearing up deez nutz just a little bit too much.."*
Hiw did you make the cheater bar
How limited cobra xs?
The inconsistent force you're applying when you loosen the nuts at the higher torque values results in peak torque amounts that are far higher than the torque value you set with the torque wrench. You'd never use a torque wrench by shoving it. You do what you did: you pull slowly and consistently. What you're doing is like trying to measure your weight on a scale while jumping up and down on it.
Go somewhere else
Right, principle of the impact wrench :) But that means that the pliers resists a greater torque than that applied by the torque wrench ... so it goes in the right demonstrative direction.
Your right John, that's why it can loosen them. It like loosening a lug nut with a tire iron, you can stand on the tire iron and it won't loosen, but if you bounce a little while you stand on it it will come loose. I like your comment. 👍
@@betomendoza5981 You and diezelle57 are both right, but I am also. The impact wrench analogy makes sense, as does yours. But I think I'm still right - you can't measure the torque at the moment of impact, or at the moment when you bounce on that tire iron and break the nut free. Peak torque is higher than shown, but as diezelle57 said "it goes in the right demonstrative direction." :😊
@@johnnewell5025 we're on same page. 👌
Teeth are holding up well?
Wow incredible
Wow, unbelievable 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
What size Knipex Cobras do you recommend for every day portability?
150 maybe
125 or 150. 150 teeth are a little deeper and better for gripping a round surface but the weight between the two is huge diff so for EDC I say the 125mm are awesome.
I want 1... But here too expensive..
wow amazing
Wow impressive
Luckily they make bigger ones xD
Nice.
Thanks!
well, that's all fine and dandy if you use the wrong tools for a particular job. I imagine any tool will eventually fail, break, or cause damage if it's the wrong one
I neeeeed one of these. How much?!
… the cheater bar.
Yea, sure, a 12mm or something steel bolt tightened to 190Nm. I want to buy my bolts from where you're getting them. Unless that bolt was tungsten, it would had broke way before the 3rd test. I challenge you to prove me wrong! But alas, anything can be faked here, on youtube.
👍
I just don't see the point, if you're in a situation where you have to use a diy cheater bar on a pair of small pliers odds are you probably got bigger pliers lying around. I would've liked this video more if this was purely hand/upper body strength.
Its a torture test to show what the pliers can do. If in a pinch knowing it can remove 100ft lbs is very impressive.
You could use any piece of pipe as a cheater bar. Nobody is going to put 150 pounds of torque on a 5 inch plier with bear hands.
It’s not about a situation. Also bigger pliers don’t really fit under a sink. You try it.
The video is about strength test, not ergonomic test.
A cheater bar is solely a glorified metal tube of somewhat-correct-inner-diameter, and the chance of having that lying around is always higher, than having bigger pliers lying around. Sorry John Elder, just noticed that I repeated your answer.
That's damn near abusive.
downvote for the clickbait thumb