In my experience, the more things a tool is "designed" to do.. the worse it is at all of them. They should have just stopped at the lineman pliers and they would have been Okay -ish.
110% to this guy for following through on this. He could have just left it at the funny piss-take clip reviewing the demo tape but no, he puts his ass on the line and does the most fully honest test you'll see a youtuber do.
@@hotfiyah i gotta go with ave on that front! Not only does it go way further in depth than need be on the tool reviews but you also learn a shit tone of production knowledge.
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht And let's not leave _Last Best Tool_ out of the conversation.... That dude has a wealth of knowledge on tools, and a collection that rivals almost anyone.
I honestly thought it would get through both locks. I had a nice American standard lock I was gonna try it on but why bothered if it can’t get through the cheap locks.
I really enjoyed the surprise of success with the first lock. After the failure on the hex key I never in my wildest dreams imagined success with the first lock. The sound of the vice groups being locked on to the pieces was really quite pleasing. I went back and watched the entire video with my eyes closed and just enjoyed the sounds. There's a hidden layer of compassion if you watch and listen with a different mindset. His concern for his feline friend which is never pictured on screen is quite heart warming. Having the rust at the hinge pointed out during the middle of the video shows his attention to detail and ever watchful eye. The debris and bits of metal that built up as the video went on was quite pleasing to watch. It was like looking back behind you in a boat and seeing the waves push away from the bow. You can see where you've been and those pieces of metal served as a visual reminder of our successes and failures. Truly a journey and great analogy for the experience of living as a human.
they’d send em to AvE or project Farm before here & that’s far less likely to happen then a snowball fight in hell, they rely on marketing wank & bs to sell their overpriced chineseum rubbish & ONLY “people” willing to lie their ass off for clicks would even be considered, there’s very few reviewers besides who I named that I would trust not to piss on my foot while 50 feet away, I wouldn’t buy a silver dollar for a buck from most these paid shills, this guy, AvE & project farm actually use tools to make their money & hate ripoffs as much as we do, the manufacturers don’t want us to be any part of the loop, they want us to buy new garbage, then get excited to buy next season’s garbage to replace the last pos we wasted our money on, turns out globalism is just as evil as I said it would be, don’t believe me? go try n buy some baby formula right now, & while your there don’t notice the shortage of diapers & wipes that’s the next psyop, check out the other two, they won’t bs you
More than likely what will happen is that social media departments will see he did a tool review (of a cheap tool) and without watching the video contact him and ask if he'd do a review. 😆
I used to be a helicopter mechanic in the army. I remember when they swapped out our toolboxes to the large black pelican case ones they have now. Our regular tools were mostly snap on and they continued this trend in the new boxes.... Except for the diagonal cutters. Everything on the aircraft is stitched together with wire and cotter pins to keep hardware from loosening due to vibration, so your diagonal cutters are among the most used tools you have. I used the new ones once and the blades started chipping. Three uses in and I had some tiny hacksaw blades. These goofy Chinese cutters on here are apparently better than what we had in our tool boxes. Thank you, Army procurement.
When I worked in mid east, the apache mechanics used knipex lineman pliers and diagonal cutters. They are really nice. I guess some fell into my bag and followed me home in 2008
The yellow Romex is branded as "EASY PULL" Assorted gauges are available. Cover color doesn't determine guage size. Gauge size is printed or imprinted on the cover/sheathing.
@@CptBlackbeardlives The major manufacturers in the US standardized Romex color coding back in 2001. Orange is 10ga, Yellow is 12ga, White is 14ga, and they now have blue for specifying AFCI circuits in bedrooms. If you DO happen to see cable that isn't color coded as such, it's either REALLY old, or from some cheap overseas manufacturer somewhere. But all the brands you'll generally find at any supply house, home depot, lowe's, or even your average hardware store (the few that are still around), etc. will follow that color code by now.
From flying drones to reviewing tools taken from comedy bits. Man, it feels like I'm watching the steady growth of a future big TH-camr staple. Love your videos man, keep it up.
A huge, no wait, A Huge THANK YOU for the side splitting, gut busting laugh out loud relief your highly informative videos give me; nearly spit-a-stitch in my morning hernia surgery when your tool reviews appeared ! Please don't stop this much needed relief !!
Electrician here. Those Milwaukee 6 in 1 wire strippers are legit. They’re one of the few Milwaukee hand tools that are actually really good. I have a pair, but I only use them for trim-out. For everything else, especially when doing roughs, yeah, I use Klein. And, yeah, as someone else pointed out, generally, the more things a tool is designed to do, the worse it is at all of them. Especially when it comes to lineman pliers, I’ve noticed. Anytime I’ve gotten a pair that also strips or crimps wire, (or worse, when they’re made with teeth for turning nuts, instead of splicing wire) they suck at those all those extra things, and then they also suck at being lineman pliers, for having been robbed of their simplicity.
Another electrician here: I don't even like the extra weight when I'm trying to strip wires, and the handles on lineman's are a lot fatter than the handles on strippers. They feel like a whole lot more fuss than they're worth. Mine do have a crimper on them...but yeah, I don't use them for that. I *have* crimpers already. Also, if I _must_ strip wires with my lineman's, that's what gentle pressure with the cutting edge is for. I couldn't imagine the nuisance of trying to turn nuts with them. _That's what nutdrivers and wrenches are for._ Or my tiny channelocks if I can't access my wrenches for some reason.
Electrician here.. That yellow #12 wire is commonly called Romex ( it's actually a brand name) But its technically called "non metallic sheathed cable" I know you didn't ask but I told ya anyway.
"You gotta cut the keys...for good luck" Love the sarcasm lmao Seems the pliers were more breaking the big lock rather than cutting, so the smaller having less leverage makes sense not breaking.
I'm honestly impressed by how well they did do, I've never tried cutting anything beyond copper with linemans like this but I wouldn't have guessed they'd do well with anything even remotely hardened!
I've cut high tensile and fishing hooks with them idk what brand just some old ones my dad had that I found laying in the driveway and they held up and never got a nick
I don't know why I was so excited for this, they basically did exactly how I expected. Still appreciate the follow through and the content in general. Would love to see some more long form stuff.
Those Milwaukee pliers are almost as good as the Klein tools set. I have both pairs and use the Klein when I'm doing some bit of maintenance that requires 14/2 or 12/2 because the Klein have a cutout sized just for cutting through the outer sheath of the Romex without going through. You can do the same thing with the Milwaukee but it will just as happily cut right through it. I actually have the Milwaukee pair on my tech bench. They make a wonderful multi purpose tool to go between the 3D printer, electronics and guitar work.
The plastic handles on he journeyman will get loose eventually. The rubber grip is good because it they start to crack years later. You can get the replacement red handles which doubles the insulation
Man you have to be so careful with that style. I once accidentally got my finger in the wire stripper area right when I managed to cut through a bolt. I got lucky that it wasn't a huge bolt, but it still took off my fingernail.
Thing is, there's a LOT of "fake rebar" in China. Stuff that is so low quality it's literally just like a giant spaghetti string. One of the main reasons they have new buildings just up and collapse for no reason. So it'd be absolutely trivial for them to get a piece of that stuff and just chop thru it. You can find it at almost any big construction jobsite.
45 years of being an electrician, personally speaking, I prefer the 9” Kline linemans. Short of cutting into an energized circuit, keep a little oil on the pivot and they will last for years. On another note, love the callouts, keep them coming brother!👍
@@Acistra In '75 I had metal/electric shop class. Crazy, but awesome teacher. Once had us build a hot dog cooker; two nails through a piece of wood connected to a 120v extention cord, with a switch for "safety" ! Stab the ends of the dog onto the nails, pull down the Executioners mask, throw the switch, and light that puppy up !
Well, to be fair, the most common attacks for those kind of locks is just using a hammer straight down. They probably thought, "Who would cut the shackle when you can open it with a rock?"
I’m an electrician and I’ve had a pair of those Milwaukee strippers for 6 years. Not as sharp as they used to be but I can make them work. I really like how they feel in the hand.
12:04 got a massive *WOW* when that happened. Considering what you have done is genuine the manufacturer should be sending you a box of these tools for free to express their appreciation for how good you made their tool look without the standard trickery bull💩.
Would love to see more reviews/takedowns of bad products! I’m not even in a field of work that uses tools but something about this was very interesting regardless!
Once you cut it about half-way through it's significantly compromised. Rather than just shearing through the material, you're applying leverage to separate both parts. That's how they make it look so easy.
These plyers work exactly as intended. As a marketing tool and you people talk about it and give this thing exposition. Even a youtuber showed them for 25 min. I say it's a huge success.
Dude I'm not to comment very often, but man at 1am your calm voice, and the chill vibe you get from this is just perfect, you deserve the sub and like l, well done 👏
Well done, sir! I like your science of using them for what they're meant for before trying to recreate the demonstration. I would've been impressed if they were still usable after beating them up, but as we all expected, they're meant for casual home use. No electrician could make them last a week 😅
Its going to by hysterical when they steal the footage of you cutting the thicker stuff with ease and use that footage in their scam advertisements... 😂😂😂
You would be amazed at what people will believe. Give a halfway decent demonstration, work a little movie magic, and talk up your mark a little bit and they will give you whatever you ask for. Some of my best sales have been to the uncompromisingly dim. The one thing that connects idiots across the globe is the firm belief that they are the smartest person in the room, just play to that and you can have a customer for life. Want proof? Go to the store and look for all the bullshit, worthless products that have "smart" in the name.
Good old wire stripper with additional bone stripping function as an extra. What a nice way to start your Monday. My fingers hurt just from watching this tool.
Great tests you did! Thanks for showing the closeups on their pre cut wrenches! When I saw these commercials i just clicked them off thinking - Yeah Right! But you showed how they were able to fake cut all that stuff!
One of my favourite things was terrible padlocks. My grandads old shed lock used to be possible to open just by pulling it hard and the shackle would just pop open. Perfect for when I wanted to use his tools as a kid 😂
I was mildly impressed with some of what it made it through, but it lost all those points by being destroyed by cutting them. I'm in an electrical adjacent field and would only ever use those to cut the cable and maybe emergency attempt to cut the lock.
I don't know that I've ever had a moment in my life where there wasn't a pair of these laying in the toolbox or in the spare tool drawer or somewhere around, you knew where they were at yet they are always the last things I grabbed for... Probably why they are always around
I have seen videos similar, the simple truth is that the steel bars in those demonstrations can be heat treated to a very brittle temper, that is when they are so brittle that even dropping the thing can shatter it. That is the magic in these videos. Thanks for the demo.
Been a big fan of yours for a while. You have great videos. I really appreciate your content. Plus I love so much how you use length of marriage as a testament to your grip strength. So great. Keep up the good work.
i freaking cant get enough of your heavenly sarcasm💪💪 your shorts are amazing, and i had to find this one. keep it goin man. you make every evening entertaining
I've been in appliance repair for 18 years. The one thing it tell all my trainees, get yourself some good top shelf tools off the rip. They'll last a lifetime. I've had the same huskey linemen pliers for all that time, still cut great.
Other side note, yellow nowadays is generally 12-2 romex. Many strippers however indicate both a solid and a stranded size or a copper and aluminum size. Stranded 14g cuts and strips at roughly the same size of a 12g solid conductor because there are physically more wires compact together. Same with aluminum since most of those are stranded anyways. Also when stripping solid conductors sometimes you need to give a not quite full throttle solid grip and wiggle it a bit to strip it better. But I still wouldn't use those strippers if given an option lol
Great video (new subscriber here)... When I worked full time at motorcycle shops (decades ago) the SnapOn guys loved me (most of the time) and two of the best pliers I bought were the duck bills and line pliers. The duck bills would grab broken bolts so well that (after applying some heat) they would remove almost any 6mm bolt that was still long enough to grab (until the jaws wore to where they wouldn't grab anymore) and that's when the tool man wasn't happy, having to replace them without actually being broken. And I learned to use the line pliers (from a hose supplier's wife) for cleanly cutting steel braided hose (up to -6 size) by holding them on concreate floor and smacking the jaw with a hammer. I was shocked how long they lasted (almost a year of cutting MANY hoses) before the blades got damaged to where it took more than one hit (and turning the hose a bit)...
I have worn out slip joint or channel locks from harbor freight. Not even on anything hard. They upgraded me from Pittsburgh to Doyle brand and they work well but prefer American made products tbh. Thank you for the video.
Milwaukee now have a 7" long version of the 6-in-1 pliers with a wider lineman's-type tip on it, and they are fabulous. If you looking for a one-size-fits-all kind of all around plier for electrical work, I think these ones are the bomb.
dude I just want to say i just found your channel yesterday. your shortz had me cracking up. you're delivery is hilarious. thanks a lot for the good laughs my man.
I have a couple tips/tricks which will help you get more gorilla on your grip. I still doubt you'll be able to cut some of that bigger stuff, but I've bent proper side cutters in my day ! First is, just like you cut with the inside of the cutting blades to get more leverage > the same but opposite is true for the handles. You want your hands to be on the farthest part of the handle. Most of your strength is in between thumb and index. So, if you want maximum hand strength, your pinky is pretty much going to be off the handle. To add to this even further, when you grip, you're going to want to be on the inside of your finger segments. The worst case on handgrip is if you had your fingertips on the handle closest to the pivot. Do the opposite of that for max torque. It's a similar logic to adding cheaters. Next is using 2 hands >> when using the second hand for adding strength >> your hand HAS to be over top of the other one. If your second hand is upwards towards the tool pivot, then your second hand is not doing much. You know you're doing it right when your first hand is being crushed immensely. This will pretty much double your squeeze strength !! Think > I am crushing my own fingers. Last one is a big one... A HUGE one >> when squeezing you can add arm strength in addition to finger strength by holding the cutters close to your chest. Right in front, basically touching chest and elbows all the way out. You should be able to bend the tool handle with arm strength alone. Yes, you can easily bend the tool handle without finger squeezing at all. Obviously, In this position you can also squeeze with fingers. I think this is the max torque position. I find that the farther I hold the cutters from my body, the less force I can put on the tool. Also, when using gloves you gain more power. Dunno exactly why, but there is more than one reason. When I was a kid I called wearing gloves and using cutters "being superman." As an adult I think this is due to >> less hurt=you will naturally exert more + gloves add thickness and the size adds to the leverage. One way to debunk these video's completely is to put the hand tool INSIDE the vise. -OR- Grab a pair of water pliers. Yes I am talking about 'double hand tool.' You can easily break tools like cheap side snips by squeezing them with a beefy pair of water pliers. Water pliers have that super long handle and have a ton of leverage... Nothing beats the vise tho! It will make the tool seem like butter. Careful of slippage !! omg be careful ! If you filmed trying to cut the wrench by putting it's handles in a vise it is very likely the handles will bend all the way closed & the open end wrench will probably barely get marked. using the pipe jaws for the vise helps oh and I almost forgot >> another nother way to cut tough stuff is to rotate and then cut again. You know when you cut and do not succeed the workpiece has gouges ? If you rotate your cutters 90 degrees and cut the virgin metal you will whittle away at the cut and eventually succeed. It works like a charm. P.S be careful with the double tool method I mentioned with the water pliers. It is really easy to bust your cutter handles. ALSO and most importantly, if you slip, you're going to hurt your fingers AND everything goes flying !!! Be careful... Go slow. P.S I luv that trick you showed with the vise grips !!! I've never thought of that !! Oh yea !!! New Skills :))))))
Yellow romex is 14, 12 is white but your designation was correct 14-2 would be the correct term. For those that don't know the first number is the wire size (gauge) and the second number is the number of wires in the cable excluding the ground wire so 12-3 would be a cable containing 12 gauge wire with 2 hots 1 neutral and 1 ground or 3 hots and 1 ground. Also those were garbage locks with completely unhardened shackles so Im not surprised it cut. I was an electrician and still do electrical work and those Milwaukee combe pliers definitely get the job done when you are just trying to carry pocket tools. Milwaukee combo pliers and a Klein 11in1 screwdriver is all you need for many applications. I got tired of my linesman pliers always tearing holes in my pockets because they were so damn big so I started leaving them in my bag and just carrying the Milwaukee pliers in my pocket and they are more than sufficient for the most part.
Great video! Love your take on the internet idiots and scammers. They are probably rusting because of the salt air during shipping. They used to pack everything with cosmoline and they still do certain things. I’ve gotten some car parts paces with it and you have to clean it all off before installation.
Not trying to be disrespectful but they say people with tapered fingers are not as strong as a person that has non tapered fingers. They lose a lot of their muscle in their finger towards the end where it gets small and that does make sense. I REALLY DID ENJOY YOUR VIDEO AND YOUR CHANNEL ❤️ THANK YOU!
In my experience, the more things a tool is "designed" to do.. the worse it is at all of them. They should have just stopped at the lineman pliers and they would have been Okay -ish.
Totally agree. The most "extra" linemans should do is crimping.
100%agree. there's a reason my hammer isn't also a level
Same with firearms.
Jack of all, master of none
Yep. Just like a backhoe. It can do a lot of things but nothing well.
110% to this guy for following through on this. He could have just left it at the funny piss-take clip reviewing the demo tape but no, he puts his ass on the line and does the most fully honest test you'll see a youtuber do.
If you like this check out Project Farm and AvE, both do honest tool reviews. I've noticed most tool reviews are just commercials for the product
When you commit 100% to a bit
@@fcktherich6913 I literally check project farm before I go out and buy anything. Hands down the best TH-cam tool testing channel out there.
@@hotfiyah i gotta go with ave on that front! Not only does it go way further in depth than need be on the tool reviews but you also learn a shit tone of production knowledge.
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht
And let's not leave _Last Best Tool_ out of the conversation....
That dude has a wealth of knowledge on tools, and a collection that rivals almost anyone.
Honestly it did a lot better than I expected, especially with the lock. But that’s probably cause the cheap lock was cheaper than the cheap tool.
I honestly thought it would get through both locks. I had a nice American standard lock I was gonna try it on but why bothered if it can’t get through the cheap locks.
They probably use a new set when changing materials if not use lead or aluminum filler.
@@FunkFPV The more I think about it, they could have just casted Aluminum tools/ bits and such. And it would have looked real enough to cut through.
Ya also the meat hooks on tester are already gave the pliers the best advantage they could ask for.
To be fair any steel pliars could cut chinese rebar
I absolutely love that he has to twist the wire ends no matter what.
LoL
I do the same, it's a reflex haha
ITS THE LAW
It’s the Electrician Code lol
🎶 it's OCD it's dynamite🎶
🎶 It's OCD oh wait that's not right 🎶
I really enjoyed the surprise of success with the first lock. After the failure on the hex key I never in my wildest dreams imagined success with the first lock. The sound of the vice groups being locked on to the pieces was really quite pleasing. I went back and watched the entire video with my eyes closed and just enjoyed the sounds. There's a hidden layer of compassion if you watch and listen with a different mindset. His concern for his feline friend which is never pictured on screen is quite heart warming. Having the rust at the hinge pointed out during the middle of the video shows his attention to detail and ever watchful eye. The debris and bits of metal that built up as the video went on was quite pleasing to watch. It was like looking back behind you in a boat and seeing the waves push away from the bow. You can see where you've been and those pieces of metal served as a visual reminder of our successes and failures. Truly a journey and great analogy for the experience of living as a human.
You're well spoken bro but you're also very weird
@@OleanderGrids200true lmao
Deep
Wtf is this shit?
I sincerely hope tool companies see this and start to send you cool free tools to "test"
they’d send em to AvE or project Farm before here & that’s far less likely to happen then a snowball fight in hell, they rely on marketing wank & bs to sell their overpriced chineseum rubbish & ONLY “people” willing to lie their ass off for clicks would even be considered, there’s very few reviewers besides who I named that I would trust not to piss on my foot while 50 feet away, I wouldn’t buy a silver dollar for a buck from most these paid shills, this guy, AvE & project farm actually use tools to make their money & hate ripoffs as much as we do, the manufacturers don’t want us to be any part of the loop, they want us to buy new garbage, then get excited to buy next season’s garbage to replace the last pos we wasted our money on, turns out globalism is just as evil as I said it would be, don’t believe me? go try n buy some baby formula right now, & while your there don’t notice the shortage of diapers & wipes that’s the next psyop, check out the other two, they won’t bs you
More than likely what will happen is that social media departments will see he did a tool review (of a cheap tool) and without watching the video contact him and ask if he'd do a review.
😆
It be nice to get something out this TH-cam thing 😁
Would be great ! Always a treat to se some abuse the shit out of some tools 👍🏻😁
@@volvo09 I’ve had many Chinese companies reach out to me for product demonstration. I don’t think they have anybody translating what I say. 😂
I used to be a helicopter mechanic in the army. I remember when they swapped out our toolboxes to the large black pelican case ones they have now. Our regular tools were mostly snap on and they continued this trend in the new boxes.... Except for the diagonal cutters. Everything on the aircraft is stitched together with wire and cotter pins to keep hardware from loosening due to vibration, so your diagonal cutters are among the most used tools you have. I used the new ones once and the blades started chipping. Three uses in and I had some tiny hacksaw blades.
These goofy Chinese cutters on here are apparently better than what we had in our tool boxes. Thank you, Army procurement.
Remember, our country is defended by the lowest bidder 😀
Knipex is my favorite side cutters. Smack them with a hammer all the time to knock cotter pins out not a single scratch.
Knipex does make quality tools , I have Kline . Same here helicopter mechanic 26 years.
When I worked in mid east, the apache mechanics used knipex lineman pliers and diagonal cutters. They are really nice. I guess some fell into my bag and followed me home in 2008
Knipex is good quality at a fair price
You are basically the only “short” maker that I watch any shorts of this isn’t completely stupid. Keep up the great content funkman
It’s so cool that you put so much time and heart into testing if crap is crap.
Love it!
Definitely, he’s doing the Lords work. Praise be to the Almighty, John Moses Browning, for this wonderful man!
My favourite part about thin shackle locks is that some can be easily bent and broken with bare hands
You can break that kind with one of those wrenches by just twisting it between the sides of the shackle.
a simple hammer strike will open most cheap padlocks.
Any lock is just about making more effort to crack it open. If someone has time and is motivated, they can get through it with the right tools.
You are legitimately the only shorts creator worth watching
Honestly you should do more bullshit tool tests, could get some views
I’m planning on it. I might debunk some of these life hacks while I’m at it. 👍🏻😉
@@FunkFPV looking forward to your homemade finger-remover 9000™️ series 😂
@@FunkFPV let’s see em
@@FunkFPV Or just break the scale and make your own impossibly dangerous and complex “life-hack” machine.
When you can deliberately trash a pair of pliers in 30 minutes you know that they aren't worth the money spent on them
Yellow Romex is 12g wire. However the size of strippers for solid 12g and stranded 12g are different. 12g solid is the same as 14g stranded.
Cool! I did not know this 👍🏻
That was every word I was about to comment. Glad I checked first!
The yellow Romex is branded as "EASY PULL" Assorted gauges are available. Cover color doesn't determine guage size. Gauge size is printed or imprinted on the cover/sheathing.
12 gauge can be several different colors, color does not indicate gauge.
@@CptBlackbeardlives The major manufacturers in the US standardized Romex color coding back in 2001. Orange is 10ga, Yellow is 12ga, White is 14ga, and they now have blue for specifying AFCI circuits in bedrooms. If you DO happen to see cable that isn't color coded as such, it's either REALLY old, or from some cheap overseas manufacturer somewhere. But all the brands you'll generally find at any supply house, home depot, lowe's, or even your average hardware store (the few that are still around), etc. will follow that color code by now.
From flying drones to reviewing tools taken from comedy bits. Man, it feels like I'm watching the steady growth of a future big TH-camr staple. Love your videos man, keep it up.
Hell yeah!
yea our guy is on his way.
Blue collar ashens
He could almost compete with BigClive on this one 😂👌
A huge, no wait, A Huge THANK YOU for the side splitting, gut busting laugh out loud relief your highly informative videos give me; nearly spit-a-stitch in my morning hernia surgery when your tool reviews appeared ! Please don't stop this much needed relief !!
wow i can really tell the emphasis with the added H.
Electrician here. Those Milwaukee 6 in 1 wire strippers are legit. They’re one of the few Milwaukee hand tools that are actually really good. I have a pair, but I only use them for trim-out. For everything else, especially when doing roughs, yeah, I use Klein. And, yeah, as someone else pointed out, generally, the more things a tool is designed to do, the worse it is at all of them. Especially when it comes to lineman pliers, I’ve noticed. Anytime I’ve gotten a pair that also strips or crimps wire, (or worse, when they’re made with teeth for turning nuts, instead of splicing wire) they suck at those all those extra things, and then they also suck at being lineman pliers, for having been robbed of their simplicity.
Another electrician here: I don't even like the extra weight when I'm trying to strip wires, and the handles on lineman's are a lot fatter than the handles on strippers. They feel like a whole lot more fuss than they're worth. Mine do have a crimper on them...but yeah, I don't use them for that. I *have* crimpers already. Also, if I _must_ strip wires with my lineman's, that's what gentle pressure with the cutting edge is for.
I couldn't imagine the nuisance of trying to turn nuts with them. _That's what nutdrivers and wrenches are for._ Or my tiny channelocks if I can't access my wrenches for some reason.
Linemans pliers...aka electricians hammer as my electrician son calls them lol
10 out 10 grip strength joke. This man clearly knows his way around a vice.
Reminds me of AvE's "keep yer deck ina vice"
This fella IS the vice
VISE
@@feathermerchant a vise could be a vice depending on how it's used
@@travboat I frequently make use of a vise, but its not one of my vices.
"I've worked with my hands my entire life plus I've been married 15 years so you know how that works 👍" - had me dead 😂
Hahahahaha. This comment needs more likes.
Comedy gold.
@mipmipmipmipmip I'm sure that's what it was
I was looking for this comment right after he said it
i think the "putting these in vice grips so they dont fuck off and impale my cat" was hilarious
Electrician here.. That yellow #12 wire is commonly called Romex ( it's actually a brand name) But its technically called "non metallic sheathed cable" I know you didn't ask but I told ya anyway.
No that’s cool. I try not to pretend I know things. 👍🏻
Love romex wish i was allowed to use it
Good information is always welcome in my world 😎
My cuban helper calls any wire, no matter the type or size, "cable". Makes me laugh every time
I do hvac and it drives me crazy that every customer calls refrigerant "freon", a brand name.
Lets be honest no actual mechanics or electritians etc use these, the ads are for city people that work in offices that wishes they had garage
Damn! You're not wrong though
The ads are simply to scam stupid and gullible people.
As an electrical I had fun watching you try to strip the wires. Lol. Love your videos
"You gotta cut the keys...for good luck"
Love the sarcasm lmao
Seems the pliers were more breaking the big lock rather than cutting, so the smaller having less leverage makes sense not breaking.
You gotta cut the keys . . .
to make a profit.
He said "as far as my grip goes, i been married 15 years" lol
I'm honestly impressed by how well they did do, I've never tried cutting anything beyond copper with linemans like this but I wouldn't have guessed they'd do well with anything even remotely hardened!
I've cut some 1/8 and 1/4 braided steel before after someone stole my knipex and the actual cutters out of the job box.
It can take some time
I cut a 16 penny nail once
@@arthurmernard5879 what the heck is a 16 penny nail?
A good pair of Elliot Lucas would cut through most things.
I've cut high tensile and fishing hooks with them idk what brand just some old ones my dad had that I found laying in the driveway and they held up and never got a nick
I don't know why I was so excited for this, they basically did exactly how I expected. Still appreciate the follow through and the content in general. Would love to see some more long form stuff.
Those Milwaukee pliers are almost as good as the Klein tools set. I have both pairs and use the Klein when I'm doing some bit of maintenance that requires 14/2 or 12/2 because the Klein have a cutout sized just for cutting through the outer sheath of the Romex without going through. You can do the same thing with the Milwaukee but it will just as happily cut right through it. I actually have the Milwaukee pair on my tech bench. They make a wonderful multi purpose tool to go between the 3D printer, electronics and guitar work.
Every time I need a good laugh I look to one of your videos! Always gives me a good one.
My favorite cutters are the 10" Knipex high leverage diagonal, and Klein Journeyman 2000 Lineman pliers.
The plastic handles on he journeyman will get loose eventually. The rubber grip is good because it they start to crack years later. You can get the replacement red handles which doubles the insulation
Man you have to be so careful with that style. I once accidentally got my finger in the wire stripper area right when I managed to cut through a bolt. I got lucky that it wasn't a huge bolt, but it still took off my fingernail.
I agree, I did the same thing basically and tore my thumb all to crap
I have been emotionally invested in this saga and i thank you for taking the time to tear up innocent tools for our entertainment. Keep it up.
Terrific for holding the fast food lunch receipt on the workbench.
This guy is basically electro boom except he is uncensored and doesn’t kill himself every video
I still can't believe they advertised them as cutting rebar. My big bolt cutters will do it no sweat, but no pair of pliers is going to, ever. 🤣🤣
That rebar cut was comical 😜
I don't think I'd be able to put out enough torque with my grip strength to cut rebar with pliers, even if they were good quality
Exactly, it doesn't matter what the pliers are made out of it comes down to mechanical advantage.
Thing is, there's a LOT of "fake rebar" in China. Stuff that is so low quality it's literally just like a giant spaghetti string. One of the main reasons they have new buildings just up and collapse for no reason. So it'd be absolutely trivial for them to get a piece of that stuff and just chop thru it. You can find it at almost any big construction jobsite.
@@danlorett2184 the only thing worse then Chinese tools is Chinese construction materials
45 years of being an electrician, personally speaking, I prefer the 9” Kline linemans. Short of cutting into an energized circuit, keep a little oil on the pivot and they will last for years.
On another note, love the callouts, keep them coming brother!👍
Or Knipex.
But both brands make some sweeet stuff.
Bought my Klein linemans with the fishtape pulling slot as an apprentice in '81, they're still in my bags !
I just checked and 9" Klein linesmans are literally $4 more than he paid for these junkers on Amazon right now.
I used the same linemans pliers during Electricity 1 in high school
@@Acistra In '75 I had metal/electric shop class. Crazy, but awesome teacher. Once had us build a hot dog cooker; two nails through a piece of wood connected to a 120v extention cord, with a switch for "safety" ! Stab the ends of the dog onto the nails, pull down the Executioners mask, throw the switch, and light that puppy up !
the lock thing was impressive, even though they looked like dollar tree ones
I don't know if it impressive for the cutters or worrying for the lock?
@@blanksymortimer4088 I think both
The fact it couldn't cut the small hex key, but did cut that bigger shackle on the lock only speaks to how cheap the steel of the lock was.
Well, to be fair, the most common attacks for those kind of locks is just using a hammer straight down. They probably thought, "Who would cut the shackle when you can open it with a rock?"
@@Bloodbain88 Not steel
zinc or boron
or the worst of them all zamac
I’m an electrician and I’ve had a pair of those Milwaukee strippers for 6 years. Not as sharp as they used to be but I can make them work. I really like how they feel in the hand.
Milwaukee makes disturbingly fine tools.
There's certainly better, but for the price they're some of the most brute reliable buggers I've ever used
12:04 got a massive *WOW* when that happened.
Considering what you have done is genuine the manufacturer should be sending you a box of these tools for free to express their appreciation for how good you made their tool look without the standard trickery bull💩.
Would love to see more reviews/takedowns of bad products! I’m not even in a field of work that uses tools but something about this was very interesting regardless!
Once you cut it about half-way through it's significantly compromised. Rather than just shearing through the material, you're applying leverage to separate both parts. That's how they make it look so easy.
magnificent. this went almost exactly as I thought it would. the fact that they didn't break completely is surprising.
These plyers work exactly as intended. As a marketing tool and you people talk about it and give this thing exposition.
Even a youtuber showed them for 25 min. I say it's a huge success.
But will anyone buy them because of this video
Dude I'm not to comment very often, but man at 1am your calm voice, and the chill vibe you get from this is just perfect, you deserve the sub and like l, well done 👏
Well done, sir! I like your science of using them for what they're meant for before trying to recreate the demonstration. I would've been impressed if they were still usable after beating them up, but as we all expected, they're meant for casual home use. No electrician could make them last a week 😅
Love the mix of comedy and actually testing the tool. Will definitely stick around for more full length vids
Its going to by hysterical when they steal the footage of you cutting the thicker stuff with ease and use that footage in their scam advertisements... 😂😂😂
Omg funk! All I was thinking about is how much pressure ŵere you putting on your hands! 😱😱 thank you for the hard work to show what is what 🙏💪
Finally! The magic pliers I’ve heard you talk about so much but haven’t seen yet!!!!!
I laughed my butt off when you said "holy shit it worked" on the lock 🤣
Can you see light between the cutting jaws? Check it again after cutting things.
Edit: I asked too soon
😉👍🏻
Why would anyone believe a pair of side cutters could cut most of that stuff. That being said they did better than I thought.
You would be amazed at what people will believe. Give a halfway decent demonstration, work a little movie magic, and talk up your mark a little bit and they will give you whatever you ask for. Some of my best sales have been to the uncompromisingly dim. The one thing that connects idiots across the globe is the firm belief that they are the smartest person in the room, just play to that and you can have a customer for life.
Want proof? Go to the store and look for all the bullshit, worthless products that have "smart" in the name.
Good old wire stripper with additional bone stripping function as an extra. What a nice way to start your Monday. My fingers hurt just from watching this tool.
Great tests you did! Thanks for showing the closeups on their pre cut wrenches! When I saw these commercials i just clicked them off thinking - Yeah Right! But you showed how they were able to fake cut all that stuff!
when talking about grip strength: "I've been married 15 years... so you know how that works" LMAO
also, safety squints
I’m actually impressed it cut that braided steel cable. Clean too. You should show your cat destroying something with the appropriate relief cut
One of my favourite things was terrible padlocks. My grandads old shed lock used to be possible to open just by pulling it hard and the shackle would just pop open. Perfect for when I wanted to use his tools as a kid 😂
I must say, i am actually impressed with how much these ACTUALLY did.
Same here. Either these are better than they seem or I've been using some proper garbo tools
I was mildly impressed with some of what it made it through, but it lost all those points by being destroyed by cutting them.
I'm in an electrical adjacent field and would only ever use those to cut the cable and maybe emergency attempt to cut the lock.
I don't know that I've ever had a moment in my life where there wasn't a pair of these laying in the toolbox or in the spare tool drawer or somewhere around, you knew where they were at yet they are always the last things I grabbed for... Probably why they are always around
Brand was misspelled it was supposed to read FUCT, as in; "id be FUCT to used these shitty things"😂
LMAO
😂
I love those cheap dollar store padlocks painted with gold glitter paint to make them look like they have a brass body. :)
I have seen videos similar, the simple truth is that the steel bars in those demonstrations can be heat treated to a very brittle temper, that is when they are so brittle that even dropping the thing can shatter it. That is the magic in these videos. Thanks for the demo.
Sorry for my ignorance, do you mean heated rather than handed or is handed a term I'm just not familiar with? cheers
@@morphentropic sorry that was a typo, I meant heat treated, so yeah heated.
10 months later you edit it hahahah
@@DUCKYGAMINGau never too late to fix a mistake! :)
@@Iamthedudeman00 Thanks for taking the time to reply to me :) I appreciate it. Be well.
Been a big fan of yours for a while.
You have great videos. I really appreciate your content.
Plus I love so much how you use length of marriage as a testament to your grip strength. So great.
Keep up the good work.
i freaking cant get enough of your heavenly sarcasm💪💪 your shorts are amazing, and i had to find this one. keep it goin man. you make every evening entertaining
I figured they were mostly BS but they did do better than I ever thought. Good Harry homeowner pliers.
False. Not even good enough for harry. Need to go straight back into the scrap bin
Love that you went through effort to do this. Awesome.
give him a like folks, he put in some real hard work on this video
I've been in appliance repair for 18 years. The one thing it tell all my trainees, get yourself some good top shelf tools off the rip. They'll last a lifetime.
I've had the same huskey linemen pliers for all that time, still cut great.
10:50 “that’s not gonna cut it.” I love it when idioms show up spontaneously, and self-explain exactly how they came about.
Other side note, yellow nowadays is generally 12-2 romex. Many strippers however indicate both a solid and a stranded size or a copper and aluminum size. Stranded 14g cuts and strips at roughly the same size of a 12g solid conductor because there are physically more wires compact together. Same with aluminum since most of those are stranded anyways. Also when stripping solid conductors sometimes you need to give a not quite full throttle solid grip and wiggle it a bit to strip it better. But I still wouldn't use those strippers if given an option lol
Really enjoyed this vid! Actually surprised they lasted even that long cutting into steel lol
After the demo videos I figured they'd be more suited to be called FUCT pliers than FUTC pliers lol
LoL
Soon as I saw the brand name, popped straight in my.
Great video (new subscriber here)...
When I worked full time at motorcycle shops (decades ago) the SnapOn guys loved me (most of the time) and two of the best pliers I bought were the duck bills and line pliers. The duck bills would grab broken bolts so well that (after applying some heat) they would remove almost any 6mm bolt that was still long enough to grab (until the jaws wore to where they wouldn't grab anymore) and that's when the tool man wasn't happy, having to replace them without actually being broken.
And I learned to use the line pliers (from a hose supplier's wife) for cleanly cutting steel braided hose (up to -6 size) by holding them on concreate floor and smacking the jaw with a hammer. I was shocked how long they lasted (almost a year of cutting MANY hoses) before the blades got damaged to where it took more than one hit (and turning the hose a bit)...
Please keep bringing these pliers back as much as possible. 😂 it help my business in Shenzhen. 🤣
I bought Doyle wire pliers, they're great. Actually look very similar to those milwaukee pliers.
Grip strength directly proportional to years married. 🤣
Haha like a vice!
I have worn out slip joint or channel locks from harbor freight. Not even on anything hard. They upgraded me from Pittsburgh to Doyle brand and they work well but prefer American made products tbh.
Thank you for the video.
Milwaukee now have a 7" long version of the 6-in-1 pliers with a wider lineman's-type tip on it, and they are fabulous. If you looking for a one-size-fits-all kind of all around plier for electrical work, I think these ones are the bomb.
dude I just want to say i just found your channel yesterday. your shortz had me cracking up. you're delivery is hilarious. thanks a lot for the good laughs my man.
Not at all surprised.
I’ve never believed any video that is flat out deceiving. Rule of thumb, don’t buy cheap tools.
You could of made this video 1 hour long and I would still watch it mate 💪🏻 very entertaining
Ave reference recognized. Try compressing the handles in a bench vise. See if it cuts then.
I might do that in a short
So they don't f*CK off across my room and impale my cat. Funniest chit I've heard in a long time
only caught the last 4 minutes...wow these things are legit, buying 10 pair right away!
Do you think that since they don't show the bottom of the grips they just extended them a foot or so to make it look easier?
I have a couple tips/tricks which will help you get more gorilla on your grip. I still doubt you'll be able to cut some of that bigger stuff, but I've bent proper side cutters in my day !
First is, just like you cut with the inside of the cutting blades to get more leverage > the same but opposite is true for the handles. You want your hands to be on the farthest part of the handle. Most of your strength is in between thumb and index. So, if you want maximum hand strength, your pinky is pretty much going to be off the handle. To add to this even further, when you grip, you're going to want to be on the inside of your finger segments. The worst case on handgrip is if you had your fingertips on the handle closest to the pivot. Do the opposite of that for max torque. It's a similar logic to adding cheaters.
Next is using 2 hands >> when using the second hand for adding strength >> your hand HAS to be over top of the other one. If your second hand is upwards towards the tool pivot, then your second hand is not doing much. You know you're doing it right when your first hand is being crushed immensely. This will pretty much double your squeeze strength !! Think > I am crushing my own fingers.
Last one is a big one... A HUGE one >> when squeezing you can add arm strength in addition to finger strength by holding the cutters close to your chest. Right in front, basically touching chest and elbows all the way out. You should be able to bend the tool handle with arm strength alone. Yes, you can easily bend the tool handle without finger squeezing at all. Obviously, In this position you can also squeeze with fingers. I think this is the max torque position. I find that the farther I hold the cutters from my body, the less force I can put on the tool.
Also, when using gloves you gain more power. Dunno exactly why, but there is more than one reason. When I was a kid I called wearing gloves and using cutters "being superman." As an adult I think this is due to >> less hurt=you will naturally exert more + gloves add thickness and the size adds to the leverage.
One way to debunk these video's completely is to put the hand tool INSIDE the vise. -OR- Grab a pair of water pliers. Yes I am talking about 'double hand tool.' You can easily break tools like cheap side snips by squeezing them with a beefy pair of water pliers. Water pliers have that super long handle and have a ton of leverage... Nothing beats the vise tho! It will make the tool seem like butter. Careful of slippage !! omg be careful ! If you filmed trying to cut the wrench by putting it's handles in a vise it is very likely the handles will bend all the way closed & the open end wrench will probably barely get marked. using the pipe jaws for the vise helps
oh and I almost forgot >> another nother way to cut tough stuff is to rotate and then cut again. You know when you cut and do not succeed the workpiece has gouges ? If you rotate your cutters 90 degrees and cut the virgin metal you will whittle away at the cut and eventually succeed. It works like a charm.
P.S be careful with the double tool method I mentioned with the water pliers. It is really easy to bust your cutter handles. ALSO and most importantly, if you slip, you're going to hurt your fingers AND everything goes flying !!! Be careful... Go slow.
P.S I luv that trick you showed with the vise grips !!! I've never thought of that !! Oh yea !!! New Skills :))))))
Thank you someone with common sense
@@simeonwashington4991 dont worry we are many
Yellow romex is 14, 12 is white but your designation was correct 14-2 would be the correct term. For those that don't know the first number is the wire size (gauge) and the second number is the number of wires in the cable excluding the ground wire so 12-3 would be a cable containing 12 gauge wire with 2 hots 1 neutral and 1 ground or 3 hots and 1 ground. Also those were garbage locks with completely unhardened shackles so Im not surprised it cut. I was an electrician and still do electrical work and those Milwaukee combe pliers definitely get the job done when you are just trying to carry pocket tools. Milwaukee combo pliers and a Klein 11in1 screwdriver is all you need for many applications. I got tired of my linesman pliers always tearing holes in my pockets because they were so damn big so I started leaving them in my bag and just carrying the Milwaukee pliers in my pocket and they are more than sufficient for the most part.
I subscribed when I started laughing because your labored breathing adds true realism to the video. Keep 'em coming.
That wire stripper placement is called "the finger meat extractor"
I am an electrician and we work out of a Ford Transit Van and even have a similar shelf setup like you have, video was hilarious
Channels literally a god send. Quality channel!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad you kept the key tradition alive
Thanks for this video, I'm clenching every time you squeeze the tool. POV style is cool.
You and AvE are some of the best content on TH-cam
Your videos are hilarious AND informative! You just saved me from buying these for rescue work!
Funky stuff. Also you look like my boss and my boss is a funny man. 😂
Great video! Love your take on the internet idiots and scammers. They are probably rusting because of the salt air during shipping. They used to pack everything with cosmoline and they still do certain things. I’ve gotten some car parts paces with it and you have to clean it all off before installation.
Love the dedication in this video. Buying tools to just prove the scammers wrong. That's awesome. :)
Not trying to be disrespectful but they say people with tapered fingers are not as strong as a person that has non tapered fingers. They lose a lot of their muscle in their finger towards the end where it gets small and that does make sense.
I REALLY DID ENJOY YOUR VIDEO AND YOUR CHANNEL ❤️ THANK YOU!
Who is "they"? And what evidence is there for that?
I'm glad you had fun making this. I would love to see more
Love the audio. Your use of real language is appreciated.
Almost choked on my tea with “no f’in way” with the wrenches
I am really enjoying how great your dexterity is, definitely lots of experience, and an interesting video for sure 👍
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