quality tooling

[Billy Bob Bob]

like most cheap tools to me are false economy,all my hand tools are bacho,with the exception of pump pliers they are knipex,but 2 bacho products i think are total rubbish the junior hacksaw flexes to much and that stupid pump piers they make with the grey button is useless anyone else find this?

 

[grahamgas]

Yeah same as you Mark.
Junior hacksaw too flimsy, blade twists and you have a devils own job to get a straight cut. Never have liked those push button grips.
I have the channel lock grips in three sizes, good gripping ability, and they dont break the bank, £30 for the three I think.

As confucious say: buy cheap, buy twice

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Yeah same as you Mark.
Junior hacksaw too flimsy, blade twists and you have a devils own job to get a straight cut. Never have liked those push button grips.
I have the channel lock grips in three sizes, good gripping ability, and they dont break the bank, £30 for the three I think.

As confucious say: buy cheap, buy twice

yes i agree graham i have the big channel lock pliers great for pumps

 

[AWheating]

i love channel lock.

a work mate has got one of those new bacho 15mm benders and admits its not to good. he paid over £100, i have used it and its not anywhere near as good as my record solo and i only paid £6 for that, i like to tell him this

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

i love channel lock.

a work mate has got one of those new bacho 15mm benders and admits its not to good. he paid over £100, i have used it and its not anywhere near as good as my record solo and i only paid £6 for that, i like to tell him this

record/marples stuff is top kit but you have to buy old stuff to get the quality newer china built irwin tat not in the same league ,shame when the marples factory shut its like all older quality British made kit footprint,marples record, Stanley etc now all made in china

 

[stevetheplumber]

same thing in every area of life quality companies bought out by investment companies purely for the name and reputation the closed down here manufacturing sent abroad
good news is due to rising costs in china and exchange rates we are actually getting more competative

 

[AWheating]

same with the record/hilmor benders. the old record bender with the crank arm is alot better made then todays versions.

 

[Guest123]

Rate Bahcos the best, especially the 6" extra wide jaw ones for getting behind a bath. I loathe the cheap imported copies of footprints, but I have 2 sets of originals although due to marking of fittings, I mostly use them in confined spaces.

Not a big fan of most things made by Rothenberger these days, prefer Monument especially the pipe slices.

 

[quality]

Blue point / snap on make some cracking water pump pliers as do cresent not sure where they are made but it could well be china

 

[PlumbBobBob]

my 6" bahco wide jaws are mostly the first thing i grab out of my tool bag. love my footies as well

 

[anz]

Has anyone got these grips?

[video=youtube;rd6YX7JO-9Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rd6YX7JO-9Q[/video]

 

[Mike Jackson]

I haven't but they look quite good but why did they have to demonstrate them on one of my pet hates. Compression nuts should be tightened with a spanner, especially chrome ones.

 

[Rickster123]

I bought a pair of Robogrips a few years ago. They were meant to be the next big thing and were going to change the plumbing world.... I threw them in a skip after they fell apart in 3 weeks.

 

[Guest123]

Chewed fittings incorporated. Use a spanner or the next guy that comes along has a nightmare job getting his adjustable to grip the nut your grips chewed to bits.

 

[mikegas]

Has anyone got these grips?

[video=youtube;rd6YX7JO-9Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rd6YX7JO-9Q[/video]

i like the look of these, think tamz needs to add them to he's review

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

i like the look of these, think tamz needs to add them to he's review

not for me they look to gimmicky and they dipstick demonstrating them is using the grips backwards

 

[mikegas]

not for me they look to gimmicky and they dipstick demonstrating them is using the grips backwards

i know, i think it was just so he could give the camera a better view though

 

[tamz]

I bought a pair of Robogrips a few years ago. They were meant to be the next big thing and were going to change the plumbing world.... I threw them in a skip after they fell apart in 3 weeks.

Was that those pink rothenberg things. Same principle as the ones in the video. Junk! And they were quite expensive too!!!

Anybody who is interested PM me and i'll give you an idea where to find a set i threw out a back door 10 years or so ago. They were brand new.

 

[mikegas]

Was that those pink rothenberg things. Same principle as the ones in the video. Junk! And they were quite expensive too!!!

Anybody who is interested PM me and i'll give you an idea where to find a set i threw out a back door 10 years or so ago. They were brand new.

ha ok ive lost any interest now :smiley2:

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

when it comes to grips you only need these and a few different sized bacho adjustable

 

[mikegas]

when it comes to grips you only need these and a few different sized bacho adjustable

these will be my next grips i buy after many recommendations on here, ive got 7,10.12" rothenberger at the min which are ok but do slip a bit

 

[Howsie]

Not happy. Hurt my little fingers when this happened.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Not happy. Hurt my little fingers when this happened.

they knips or roths?

 

[Howsie]

Roths.

 

[Howsie]

And they weren't even in my wan&... right hand.