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What Customers Are Saying
The pliers are generally well-received, with many users praising the great design, ease of use, and self-adjusting features. They are described as sturdy, comfortable, and effective for a variety of tasks. However, some customers reported issues with the locking mechanism, jaws slipping, and overall quality being subpar. The consensus is that the pliers are a mixed bag, working well for many but having significant quality control and design issues for some users.
Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.Amazing pliers!
Would RecommendWhere have there been all my life!! Always a flat grip and the lock is gravy!
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Wouldn't buy them again
Would Not RecommendThe larger of the two works relatively well, the smaller one, however, is fairly useless. It slips when you need it to lock, it locks prior to actually squeezing, it does just about everything you don't want it to. They are machined with huge tolerances, so the jaws don't really line up, they wiggle all of the place and mechanisms don't work properly. I wouldn't buy them again, but the larger one works well enough for what I need.
Nice try but no cigar
Would Not RecommendWorst pliers ever. They don’t lock down well enough. If you apply too much pressure they come off what ever you are gripping. Trash for these buggers not even worth the drive to return them.
Great tool
To me these are so much better then a pair of channel locks just grab them and squeeze self adjusting no more trying to slip the pliers in the right joint for the right width.
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Don’t Lock!
Would Not RecommendI don’t know how these are called auto locking. They don’t lock! Even when trying to lock them by pressing the button. Junk.
no holding power
Would Not RecommendIT works great on things such as water hose, but smaller items are a strugle.
worthless and shocking thats its on the market
Would Not RecommendCAnt event pull a nail or staple out. Perhaps good for anything larger than 1/4” but had to return it. Kinda shocked this made it past any team of product designers.
Slips 100% of the time when applying full pressure
Would Not RecommendThe concept of self adjusting pliers seemed like a great concept...until I actually used them. I've attempted to use them numerous times under numerous scenarios loosening or tightening bolts or just to hold something tight and every time when trying to apply full pressure the pliers slip making them useless. They just sit in my drawer and I use my old fashioned pliers. I haven't found an application yet where I can apply full pressure and they dont lose their grip.
Locking feature didn’t work as well as anticipated. Should have just bought reliable channel locks.
Verified PurchaserSweepstakes
Small Jaws of Life
Would RecommendMy garden hose was stuck solid on my back yard spigot and would not budge, could NOT losen it! Went to Lowe's and bought this pair priced very reasonable. Came home, losen it the very first time. It was a life saver. I have lots of Kobalt tools.
Verified PurchaserSweepstakes
My favorite BEST tool but...
Would RecommendI love these pliers! I've had them for about a year and they are my "go-to" tools for just about anything! Yesterday, I grabbed them out of my tool bag and the pin that attaches the 2 sides together was gone! I've used a clip in place of the pin and they are working again. Maybe use washers to help with the pin so this part doesn't come out?
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Took a minute
Would RecommendI’ve never had self adjusting pliers before. I have to admit, it took me a second to figure them out. But now, I wish I’d gotten some sooner. I was always breaking my pliers or catching the closure wrong when I changed them. No more.
Verified PurchaserSweepstakes
Excellant
Would RecommendExtremely easy to use, the self adjusting and locking makes for easy one handed use. Perfect sizes for my applications.
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