New Klein Plier Wrench Combo vs Knipex! Is it as good?
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2023
- Let’s check out the new Klein pliers wrench combination? Anyway! Let’s dig in to what’s different and what’s the same as well as what is better! Have you gotten to see this tool yet? Im curious your thoughts on these!
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bought the Klein pliers because they were similar to the stainless knipex pliers my coworker uses, really liked the knipex in hand. And now we're compaing them head to head on the jobsites. Honestly the knipex are better, I find them easier to adjust to grab first try. Sometimes the kliens are really tight on a bigger fitting, the handle doesn't seem to travel as much as on the knipex, and if you size up the klien wont grab. Kliens are great, ill rock mine for a while, but the knipex ones just work better.
Edit 09/16/23: So I eventually bought the Knipex 10" version as well and use them together in my bag now. The Kleins aged very well, the slider runs smooth as butter, better than new, smoother than Knipex. Still have the same issue with travel, I find the Knipex easier to adjust fast and grab the first time, they just have more movement in the gear. But the release is way better on Klein, easily able to adjust them without taking hand off the tool. I can't pick a favorite anymore really, they're both fantastic and I reach for whichever is closer. If you want a lighter tool go for the Knipex, the weight difference is very noticeable in hand. If you want a more versatile tool for the money, get the Klein. The black oxide on the Klein shows age faster
I actually just bought all those for my shop at work. I’m a maintenance supervisor and these have already been very handy.
Yes I would like to see the stand test
I really appreciate your honesty and transparency about the tool companies sponsoring content.
Appreciate the disclosure. There are some RUclipsrs that are not so transparent.
You and I, are the same when it comes to tools - I appreciate the non-bias with tools! Regardless of it they sent you money or the tool itself - appreciate the honesty!
Thank you for your review. Love your videos. Ill try to remember to thumbs up all your videos.
Love your videos. I have many Knipex tools and did buy the harbor freight pliers wrench and cobra knock offs at about half the price and they seem pretty good. You give a lot of honest common sense critique. Thanks!
If I were to need counter force, two of these Kleins would replace 4 Knipexes - 2 Cobras and 2 Pliers Wrenches - making my bag or belt significantly lighter. Could be used in a 3-plier set-up too, I suppose: use the Klein with a Knipex Cobra or a PW, depending on the job. Another example of "get what's useful for your work flow", I guess.
Thank you for an excellent and fair comparison. 👍
Just carry two pliers. One smooth jaw knipex plier wrench and a cobra. Sorry but I don’t want to fiddle with flipping jaws around and potentially lose it. It’s easier and quicker to just have two different pliers. Especially when it comes to nuts and bolts…you’re ganna need both regardless. I think it’s a cool design but practically pointless in my opinion.
R u gonna have a stroke immediately when u remove the jaw or something?
@@yogibearyogibear7229 no? But have you ever been working in a confined area and maybe it’s dark and your hands are covered in grease or slippery or maybe…just maybe…ever drop something small on accident and can’t find it? Like dude you pretending small objects that you need to fiddle with (such as your penis) are like thors hammer and just comes back when called?
I'm a sparky, so most of all my tools are Klein minus these pump pliers because I like my knipex. However, if they make them in different sizes, they'll probably go in my bag because I LOVE my Kleins
Same! But I have replaced all my Klein tools overtime with Knipex bc they are just superior in all ways! Cutting, weight, grip, ergonomics, etc - Klein is great and has tools knipex doesn’t (screw and nut drivers, for example - Wera for those LOL) but, nothing takes a beating like a large Klein Flathead but this Klein rip off just looks bulky and that removable piece will totally disappear!
My knipex tools are GD bulletproof!
Love love love this channel ! 👍🏽
Thank you 😁🔥
IM SO JEALOUS!!! They send you tools!!! Very cool. I love their stuff. About a year ago a got the small smooth jaws. And then the raptors. I LOVE both. The smooth jaw is my favorite. I seen this took dropped and I was SUPER interested. Great review. Thank you
Hi Josef. A am greatful we had visited you and your family in person in your home town a few Sundays ago. About your video that I just watched about the pliers between Klein, Knipex and the Harper Freight version. I am a Knipex plier user when it come to channel adjustable pliers. I have atleast 6 different brands and I prefer to use the knipex myself most of the times. I like how you explained the part that you can repair the knipex plier but in my case afyer 8 years of use moderatly I never had any issues with mine. Thanks and keep up the good work.😎
Can you start adding real demonstrations of you using the tools on hardware? That would be awesome.
I try to especially on my short content. I can’t film at many of my job sites so it can be difficult.
If youre talking about the Icon pliers from harbor freight, theyre definitely solid pliers. I understand theyre copies and whatnot, but for the price and sales harbor freight does you just cant beat it imo.
Also, Icon is made in Taiwan, not China. Their impact sockets are made on the same line as Cornwell Blue Power (now confirmed thanks to that dual-stamped socket all over the internet last week). Lifetime warranty and very solid tools. Not the stuff of Harbor Freight ten years ago.
You are a brand ambassador for Knipex??? SO AWESOME!!!
picked up the Klein on sale at home depot when they were getting rid of Klein I'll be using it for a while and seeing how they do
Great comparison video, man. These new Klein pliers are intriguing, but I’ll stick with my Knipex tools. As you noted, the spring mechanism on these new Klein pliers is just a bit too intricate and it also doesn’t appear to be user-serviceable (at least, not easily), which is a distinct disadvantage when compared to the easily replaceable spring mechanisms on both the Pliers Wrench and the Cobra pliers. Thanks for the detailed overview! 👍
I have a ton of Klein stuff and I love it. But, when I see these all I can think is BULKY, they just seem bigger and more cumbersome even if they really aren't. Not only that, but I have a general aversion to most "multi" type tools as they always seem to be 75% as good as an X or a Y or a Z and I'd honestly rather carry a bit more weight for 100%. So, I'll be sticking with my Knipex Pliers Wrench and Channellock's (I have Cobra's and they are great but I just always seem to grab the Channellock's for whatever reason).
Klein is essentially an electrican's tool company. Electricians don't get all that muddy. Not like plumbers.
Hazet have a similar lever design. I thought the Kleins were made by a third party until I saw the made in USA. I like the black finish. Personally I love the longer videos over shorts. thanks
The philosophy of knipex waterpump pliers (Cobra and Aligator) is the „self locking“ effect. Does the Klein do also?
I like Klein and Chanelllock, who make a micro-adjustable pair of water-pump pliers. I like them very much and the bite hard on the work piece.
The time savings of two pliers beats the weight savings of one plier. And definitely beats the trip back to the truck when one plier won’t cut it. Plus what about a hold back?
I appreciate your honesty and transparency, it all makes perfect sense to me. Apparently the original patent that Knipex had expired, so that is why we are seeing the HF clones of the original design (which Knipex has since updated). I like that Klein went in a different direction and made some changes to their version, instead of straight up copying.
I do buy HF tools on occasion (usually if I'm in the middle of a project and need something NOW)...but as a general rule I dislike buying anything that is straight up copying the intellectual property of companies that are actually innovating to make our jobs easier.
I have slowly replaced all my Klein tools with knipex, as an electrician, over the years - wish knipex made screwdrivers (Wera for those!) but that removable jaw piece will be lost in a second! Klein does have an ‘Alligator’ style pump pliers, but they are a rebranded NWS and say made in Germany LOL.
Knipex is amazing. If I could buy them locally, I would buy their full lineup
Knipex for life. Nothing beats German engineering haha
I would treat these like a multitool. Good in a pinch for lighter-duty tasks, with the convenience of requiring fewer tools. But anything more substantial and I would use a better option, like the Knipex.
Incidentally - perhaps slightly off topic - I've developed a slight preference for the Alligator pipe wrenches over the Cobras. It's just so much easier to clean them if you work in messy environments, and there's a lot less to go wrong with them. They also open wider and are usefully cheaper (here in the UK anyway).
I'm not sure I find myself particularly drawn to the new Klein pliers wrench, I presume it'll be priced similarly to the Knipex and the pipe wrench function looks unlikely to work well enough to replace a dedicated tool. Great video though, buddy, always enjoy them!
Dedicated tools are always better for particular jobs.
I bought this Klein plier and it’s a game changer. Now I only have to carry 1 wrench. Same with their screwdriver 11 in 1 impact. Has saved me to carry multiple tools.
Multi tools usually don’t work as well as dedicated tools but Klein multi tools so far have made my tasks way easier
Can I ask how long have you been using it?
@@nickfizzle1212 around 3 months.
@@Peponlikespeson3684 The 11 in 1 Impact is a capable unit . I also have the pliers , while not as well engineered as Knipex , they fill a very useful niche in my pliers collection .
@@chrisfyfe9212 fully agree I do not own my self the knipex but a coworker does and the quality is definitely there. Klein for the price is definitely worth
I run 90% knipex and wera tools in what i call my "jump bag." I work on oil field production side. Those knipex pliers wrench are my second favorite purcashe ive ever made. That klien system has me skeptical, between the mechanism the gap, and the inability to clean. I can pick up my knipex out of frac mud, squirt it with a water bottle, and it works great.
Interesting tool, similar design with my Irega adjustable wrench with reversible jaw, for working on pipes. But if you want to do your job in a better way, just use a dedicated tool. Those touching handles on the Klein pliers, I don't like them. Knipex pliers have pinch guard system on their tools. I have a gedore pliers wrench with a similar adjustment like on this Klein, if you are working in a cleaner environment, the mechanism is holding up just fine. But I still prefer my cobra for working on pipes, they offer the best grip.
Agree that the klein handel looks like a bad pinch waiting to happen
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@MillisConstruction I love all my knipex tools, never had any issue with the adjustors. The main improvement for the pliers wrench would be tighter fit, and the jaws should be harder (I wear the jaws out on my 150s that constantly reside in my pocket.)
I love the way this guy says 'Knipex' 🤣
He’s saying it the right way
I've never bought pliers where I had to worry about losing the jaws....
looks to me like the klein would really pinch your hand!
Klein is too late for me. I have every size of the Knipex pliers wrench and multiples of my favorite sizes.
I have the Klein and it's great and cost less. I also have the Harbor Freight Icon version and it's great as well.
I’ve not seen you with a snap on tool before, I’m wondering why that is? They make a slip joint needle nose plier that stands completely alone in what it is and what it does, and the rest of they pliers aren’t too shabby either
Oh my god
Mr. Rodgers doing tool reviews
Because of your attitude, I think I would buy Icon over Knipex.
Enjoy 😊 a person should buy the tool that their level of need and desire for quality requires.
My mustache smells like button
Knipex bites harder than ANYTHING.
Watch the project farm video test of how those teeth do not fall apart
Does Klein really make anything better than knipex?
Klein 2000 series Linemans and all 2000 series pliers are world's above Knipex.
I have tried every brand of Linemans commercially available in the world and nothing has held up like my Klein 2000 series. My Knipex Linemans and strippers both have chips on the cutting edges and they were a month old. The strippers chipped cutting mc as advertised to do so.
My Klein 2000 series Linemans have cut nails, screws, chicken wire, wraploc, ceiling wire/suspension wire, acsr, etc and not a single burr or chip since 2013. Knipex uses WAY too much chromium in their metallurgy. Their pliers are only suited for the cutting of copper.
Knipex pump pliers ftw though!
Klein makes better lineman pliers, better strippers, and they have a heavy duty pair of long nose pliers knipex doesn't have. Klein also has slip joint pliers with flat jaw they don't have. Klein has many other tools knipex doesn't have like screw drivers. Klein's multitool strippers also have bigger jaws than knipex which is better. So, yes, they do have better tools. I have both.
@@qzetu I think knipex does make a set of insulated screwdrivers but if we’re talking drivers Wera is the way I go.
@@SirDagonet eventually I’ll switch over to all knipex, at least the tools they do have. After being introduced to knipex, Wera etc. I’m not as excited about being in the klein tools section as I once was.
I’ll def keep my klein strippers tho and my reamers!
@@Blue-Electric I meant general screwdrivers. They don't have demo screwdrivers or the different types of multi screwdrivers like Klein does. I have Wera and Klein screwdrivers. I like them both. I l have all kinds of German and japanese tools. I like them but I've gone full circle and came back to Klein. That's probably what will happen to you as well.
If it's kuh-pin-ni-pecks .. why isn't it kay-line
The button meachanism is copied from Stahlwille.
Sorry, not a big fan of this Klein tool. Knipex version is the one to get. Personally, I have in my tool bag, Klein, Knipex and Channel Lock hand tools. Each tool company has a specialty that put them on the map. Channel Lock pump pliers, Klein linesman pliers, Knipex Cobra and Alligator pliers are what these companies have to offer.
You don’t really sound independent. We know you Love Knipex and for good reason, but…………..
I’m not sure what independent means…
I’m definitely biased to Knipex. Tried to be clear about that but both companies send me their tools so that’s not the reason 😅
I recently discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying your tool reviews. Show us your shop
buy American, keep our jobs in America.
This is made in America 😊
@@MillisConstruction yes sir, why I own the Klien, granted I own the german version too. However, I carry the Klien on my person at work.
A brand ambassador that doesn't even know how to pronounce Knipex.
Awesome! Another commenter that has no clue 🤣 The company has specifically requested it be said that way, it’s a German company and German pronunciation. Here’s a short I did about it: ruclips.net/user/shorts1mgCErcyifw?feature=share
Test Klein 2000 series Linemans vs Knipex and their high chromium content Linemans.
Knipex has amazing pump pliers but their linemans are atrocious and can only cut copper.
I've found no difference in their cutting when new. The klein, I find, tend to round out the cutting surface faster but still stay hard. The knipex I find stay sharper longer. That being said, they are linemans pliers not bolt cutters. I've used klein d213 that cut screws perfectly and a d2000 that chipped with thick copper. There seems to be too much variance in kleins metallurgy. Knipex uses more chromium to combat corrosion, lighter tool, and more spring to the steel so you don't get fracturing under load. One thing you cannot say about German tools is that they don't know what they are doing with metal lol. Remember, Klein was a German migrant who moved to America. Alot of these company roots come from Europe.