🇬🇧 Hello Doc. The IPS pliers are cool and very different, I like them. I have a set of King TTC Pl-200 slip-joint pliers that are extremely well made and beautifully finished, I can certainly recommend them 👍👍👍
I concur on the Three Peaks DS-200 locking pliers. They're geared toward a specific purpose, grabbing things that are hex or round and turning them. They even have a screw removal tip. A little harder to find without spending good money, the DS-165. A long nose version but super handy. If you want to see some really interesting jaw shapes, check out the Lobtex TG200 and the UU4150. You can also get these with suffix NA on the part number, which is the same tool except it includes screw removal tips (they also have a different color scheme). If you'd like to see some pliers that are sideways yet long, the Wilde G289 Pipe Wrench Pliers should fit the bill with a 90-degree head and measuring 12.75" long. There's still some G299s floating around out there too, but they're discontinued now. Pretty much the same thing but more bulky and uses a tongue-and-groove rather than a slip joint mechanism.
I just reviewed these in my recent japan tool haul video. I was a bit disappointed that my IPS SF-200 didn't grip all pipes as well as I would have liked. But the curve on them is i think perfectly ergonomic!
I've had a pair of those big 10" Snap-On 49ACF slip joints for several years. They're big enough to be practical & far more useful than one would expect. Also have a pair of ancient garage sale no name econobudget slip joints much the same as above, they see a lot of use as well, with the advantage of less aggressive teeth. The econobudget pair was a mess when I found them... the jaw ends were different lengths, joint was sloppy & their bypass cutters were incorrectly formed & dull, etc etc. A few minutes with a file had them suitable for use as tweezers. IIRC, paid chump change for them
I think a little bit of angle is more useful than a perfectly straight jaw, helps more than you think with limited access. Another sixteenth of a turn adds up when your starting out with just an eighth of a turn. And if the angle is less than 22 degrees or so, it doesn't make the pliers much wider in the rare-ish perfectly straight narrow access scenario. And you usually need a needle nose for that anyway.
honestly for that car door, might be best to bite the bullet and remove the hinge. You'd have to look up for your vehicle if that is going to require getting behind the plastic to grab any nuts, I'm an industrial mechanic, but it 'should' be about as hassle free as whatever other options there are. On the main topic, pliers might be my most love-hate tool in my kit. I carry 3 cobras, but I feel like wrenches should be the go-to for anything with a flat. Don't get me wrong, I don't follow that 100%, and i know pliers have a thousand use-cases outside of flats, I just don't like the feel for some reason. Feels sloppy or something. That led me to buy dozens, of course, trying to find one that feels right. Cobras and the knipex parallel jaws might be as close as it gets. The standard 45 just feels like a more solid bite, and less like reaching in a hole and grabbing with fingertips.
I think I would buy those IPS pliers if the plastic dipped handle color wasn't so ugly. I can't allow the rest of my pliers to be stored next to those ugly gold dipped grips:) Am I the only one?
They have black version that's a lot more aesthetic. They also have enhanced it with better materials and a new japanese technology of anti corrosion coat. They have it with a bare metal handle too.
It is so nice of you to show us the various tools that are seldom seen in this part of the world.
It's great that is has no spring in the middle so it's compact, no need for retention.
It’s great for storage too
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I have those IPS pliers and a few other styles from them. They're very comfortable to use and work pretty well.
Interesting, thanks! Those giant Snap-On stole the show I had no idea they existed.
🇬🇧 Hello Doc. The IPS pliers are cool and very different, I like them. I have a set of King TTC Pl-200 slip-joint pliers that are extremely well made and beautifully finished, I can certainly recommend them 👍👍👍
I've got those IPS 200.. (gold handles).. excellent pliers..Comfortable and useful..👍
I concur on the Three Peaks DS-200 locking pliers. They're geared toward a specific purpose, grabbing things that are hex or round and turning them. They even have a screw removal tip. A little harder to find without spending good money, the DS-165. A long nose version but super handy.
If you want to see some really interesting jaw shapes, check out the Lobtex TG200 and the UU4150. You can also get these with suffix NA on the part number, which is the same tool except it includes screw removal tips (they also have a different color scheme).
If you'd like to see some pliers that are sideways yet long, the Wilde G289 Pipe Wrench Pliers should fit the bill with a 90-degree head and measuring 12.75" long. There's still some G299s floating around out there too, but they're discontinued now. Pretty much the same thing but more bulky and uses a tongue-and-groove rather than a slip joint mechanism.
I just reviewed these in my recent japan tool haul video. I was a bit disappointed that my IPS SF-200 didn't grip all pipes as well as I would have liked. But the curve on them is i think perfectly ergonomic!
Some nice Japanese locking pliers with screw extraction: THREE PEAKS Daiya type Vise DS-200T
Did you ever count how many tools you have? Might make an interesting video (35 pliers, 60 screwdrivers, etc) 😊
Keep up the great work 👍
I've had a pair of those big 10" Snap-On 49ACF slip joints for several years. They're big enough to be practical & far more useful than one would expect. Also have a pair of ancient garage sale no name econobudget slip joints much the same as above, they see a lot of use as well, with the advantage of less aggressive teeth.
The econobudget pair was a mess when I found them... the jaw ends were different lengths, joint was sloppy & their bypass cutters were incorrectly formed & dull, etc etc. A few minutes with a file had them suitable for use as tweezers. IIRC, paid chump change for them
I think a little bit of angle is more useful than a perfectly straight jaw, helps more than you think with limited access. Another sixteenth of a turn adds up when your starting out with just an eighth of a turn. And if the angle is less than 22 degrees or so, it doesn't make the pliers much wider in the rare-ish perfectly straight narrow access scenario. And you usually need a needle nose for that anyway.
honestly for that car door, might be best to bite the bullet and remove the hinge. You'd have to look up for your vehicle if that is going to require getting behind the plastic to grab any nuts, I'm an industrial mechanic, but it 'should' be about as hassle free as whatever other options there are. On the main topic, pliers might be my most love-hate tool in my kit. I carry 3 cobras, but I feel like wrenches should be the go-to for anything with a flat. Don't get me wrong, I don't follow that 100%, and i know pliers have a thousand use-cases outside of flats, I just don't like the feel for some reason. Feels sloppy or something. That led me to buy dozens, of course, trying to find one that feels right. Cobras and the knipex parallel jaws might be as close as it gets. The standard 45 just feels like a more solid bite, and less like reaching in a hole and grabbing with fingertips.
Yup the door needs to be removed.
Dang.
Check out the Armstrong 67
I think I would buy those IPS pliers if the plastic dipped handle color wasn't so ugly. I can't allow the rest of my pliers to be stored next to those ugly gold dipped grips:) Am I the only one?
In person they’re not so bad. They are super handy though.
They have black version that's a lot more aesthetic. They also have enhanced it with better materials and a new japanese technology of anti corrosion coat.
They have it with a bare metal handle too.