Cheap Knipex Cobra 125 Upgrade - Best EDC Pocket Pliers Hack - Everyday Carry Tool
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- The Knipex 125 Cobras are probably the best every day carry (EDC) pliers around. The only issue is how to carry them. In this video I go over a simple improvement that you can do to make them easier to carry in your pocket.
Mind. Blown. I just ordered my very first Knipex yesterday. I already have a bunch of those small magnets. I use some of those same magnets to keep the fuel door on my old pickup shut. Now I'm basically a 47 year old kid waiting for Christmas..
Since the day I got my pair years ago, I've carried mine with a rubber band around it. I don't even take it off to use it most of the time, I find the self closing quite useful (and it's easy enough to take off if you don't want it). There is something satisfying, however, about how perfectly that magnet fits and keeps it closed.
What about carrying a nail clipper? Looks like he needs to carry one to cut those eagle claws.
Lol, I have built in screwdrivers on my fingers.
@@projectswithrich22 lol fair enough!
Them long nails are useful when sniffing angel dust, boy.
@@theoriginaljohngalt2450leave my Eagle alone
I noticed that. But green bell or takumi are the last ones you will ever buy. Japanese swords and nail clippers are the best in the world. 😉
If you did want to use a sheath as to not have these pliers scratch other items in your pockets. I found that an old school maglite mini pouch is absolutely perfectly sized. Also if you want the wrench to be a bit more compact you open the wrench to the second stop click and the handles will be as close together as possible.
I don't want people to steal my idea, but dollar store reading glasses pouches work well They had ones that look like Carhartt canvas!😆
I took a old tie down strap folded in half and sown together as a drop in pouch or you can take a longer piece and make a sheath for your belf.
Great idea. I rarely carry tools in my pocket, but will do this anyway in my various belt/pouch setups.
Brilliant.
Using the knipex 125 everyday as i work as an fiber laser cnc operator, dealing with a lot of metal work i wouldn't prefer this as it will collect all the metal shawings , i have found that if you take a small rubber O ring that fits tightly around the jaws just infront of the adjust button , it will keep them shut and also it will act as a rubber band and spring the pliers back close when released (basically turning them to spring close pliers)
Thanks a bunch man that worked like a treat!
Now that's pretty ingenious
For well over 20 years I have cut the front pocket out of my work pants and replaced them with slightly larger ones I make out of heavy weight linen and in each pocket I sew another small pocket inside of it to keep a pair of small water pump pliers, a baby adjustable wrench and my customized AAA size mini mag lite that I replaced the bulb with a small LED cob that recently was replaced with a small o-light my girlfriend gave me
I'm a facilities maintenance man, Logger jeans with suspenders is how I carry a fair amount of tools nearly every where I go. That goes for after work and weekends too.
A blue broccoli rubber band also works.
They make for a good money clip as well.
Asparagus. 😉
Wish I could buy those things by the bag.
Keep your old bicycle inner tubes. Cut a band whenever you like
he literally says in the video he doesn't want to use a rubber band
I carry knipex wrench pliers with a velcro wrap wire tie. Its like a zip tie but velcro so I have one end looped around one handle and then the tail end wraps around both handles. it keeps it in place and can grip hands free, similar to vice grips if need be.
cubes are the strongest shape for a magnet because if you were to stack magnets they only get stronger until they are as thick as the are wide and you can rotate it around the point the poles in whatever direction you need to if it’s a cube so for the most compact magnets you would want the highest grade cube shaped magnet you can find.
Brilliant! I carry mine everyday, everywhere and I have magnets like that.
Thanks! It is such a great tool.
I had some extra “Ranger Bands” that were small enough to wrap around the handles too, I like the magnet idea, I’m going to try it. Thanks!
I have a ranger band around mine, and keep it in a knife pocket on my pants. The Ranger band isn't to keep it from opening as much as to provide extra friction so it can't accidentally fall out. Many of my pants have flaps over the knife pocket, but often that is part of the cargo pocket, so if I'm reaching in the cargo pocket, the pliers are not as retained. I've lost a pair in the past, so I'm extra careful now.
I carry some of my edc in cloth glasses cases.I use the one with the spring clip top. Pinch the sides to open it. They work great, and easy to transfer from one pocket to another on laundry day, or shift the kit to a coat pocket.
That seems like a good idea. It's all enclosed not catching on stuff
Small enough for the useful stuff...can shake it out when needed.
Great idea for its use! Rubber band is great too if you like self closing.. if not the magnet idea rocks!
This was an excellent suggestion. I used a spot of JB weld to fix the magnet permanently in place.
Please make a video of what all is in your EDC kit shown in this video. BTW thank you your videos are great, concise, interesting, useful and well made...Keep it up
Quality tool! These people that come up with these pocket gadgets appear not to be mechanically inclined. I’m very mechanically, inclined, and Handyman But I see no need and carrying around players with me for the rest of my life
They're "edc nerds" and they carry stupid shit around to feel superior to people who don't. Nobody needs to carry around a fuckin adjustable wrench.
Pair up your Mini Cobras with a Picquic Dash screwdriver, they can both easily ride in jeans backpocket.
Those are the cutest channel locksI've ever seen! gotta get one for my EDC pouch!
😝👍
Thats actually a legit hack, i expected it to be bs. Nice job
Rubber bend helps with ratcheting around the pipes/nuts
They also make those velcro pieces that come on phone chargers, that could work if done around the handles
I love this hack - I'm going to add magnets to my fuller sized Knipex pliers so they tak up less room in my tool boxen !
Great idea. My only problem with magnets around tools is they attract so much ferrous dust
You can also put them in your pocket handle-side DOWN.
They ride pretty well like that....or, at least, the 150mm I carry.
Very nifty my friend, i like it. I use compact belt sheaths for 150. I carry a 125 for edc in a leather belt organizer.
Wow. Very informative, valuable stuff. 👍
Genius!
I'm amazed they haven't stolen your idea yet!
Thanks for your tip.
I carry a rubber band around the levers. Holds it close an can be used as realy small "vice" ;D
Neat solution, man! 😎👍
Thanks! 👍
Leather single stack mag holder is what I keep my 88-180 pliers in!
If you are on the practical side of life and like wearing cargo pants, carry it in a cargo pocket where it lays horizontal with the "mouth" aligned upwards. Easy and comfortable.
Slick trick. Will try it. Thanks.
For people that wear glasses, some basic glasses containers are just a simple slide-in pouch - might fit this tool.
At work, me and others, have the 180 Cobra in our pockets. For edc, out of work, I carry a 150 Cobra. 125 sacrifices a lot of performance and versatility,, ERgos and more, for some grams... 150 is the way to go for edc. Again, at work, we carry the 180 in our pockets... Ne man. 125 is almost a novelty, compared to the next sizes up..
Nice tip!
I prefer the xs as edc. Because the jaws are so much thinner than the 125s you can use them in a lot of use cases where you would use needle nose pliers. Hard to do with the 125s.
"Hack" is so overused, but this is a great little hack.
Perfect. The KISS theory in action.
Nice magnet trick but does it stay closed while walking you didnt demonstrate that of course it stayed closed with the tiny magnet you didnt even change your stance
Nail clippers for the win!
Gotta be careful with that magnet, it can screw up your phone if it’s too close. Maybe your car fob too.
Nice, don’t know that I’d have thought of that one
It was just a random thought. I was carrying the plier wrench versions before and had a little sheath in the pocket to keep them closed but these happened to have that little slot where a magnet would fit so I like them much better. They are lighter too.
I have carried mine for almost 5 years in everytging feom dress pants to shorts and had not one issue with them ever. Left pocket and they stay right where they go and have never had them open up or cause any issues
Just use a twist tie or a small thick rubber band.
Well done Sir! Thank you for this video! 👍
I carry mine in a leather horizontal belt sheath made for folding knives.
As an electrician who uses a pair of 10inch daily I use rubber bands. I have to replace about every3 weeks due to them drying out
KA-NIP-EX
GREAT IDEA.....Thanks Rich.
I think the pronunciation is still up for debate. I had someone tell me the other day it was obvious because we don't say KA-NIFE. I'll probably just pick one and stick with it lol.
Listen to the way the Germans say
Their Name. hahahaha
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@@projectswithrich22 In Germany, they pronounce it K-nippex. Taken from abKnipsen, meaning to pinch. But Nipex or Knipex, everyone says it interchangeably.
@@projectswithrich22Why be obtuse, the people that run the company say it that way.
Simple but effective 👍
Run a cord from above through the upper handle around the lower handle and back up through the upper handle. Then the pliers are removable without opening the cord loop and they also stay closed.
The cord needs to be the right diameter that just fits through the upper handle with a little bit of friction.
So then you can place them on your keychain. Hm, I think I also filed down the screw that sticks out inside the upper handle for this to work. But that's not a big deal.
Muy buena tu idea, gracias por compartirla.
Saludos
I'm going to try this on pliers in my box that open up in transit & tangle with other tools.
The 125mm cobra is so great to carry. Anymore, I only buy pants that have an appropriate little pocket for them.
Check out 5.11 pants
For some odd reason at the 1:52 minute mark the theme from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly popped into my head😜
lol
Nice idea! But who carries that type of pliers as an EDC? I carry all sorts of EDC tools on me as a normal routine but I would not carry something like those pliers. But to each their own. :)
Not bad a made a mini toolkit with some knipex the 5 inch cobra pilers, 5 inch pilers wrench, 5 inch needle nose with cutters, then some other tools like Topeak rocket ratchet lite, 5 inch fiskers scissors, a micro box cutter from harbor fright, dewalt nail punch I took the grip off, 511 pry tool, door pin removal tool Black and red electric tape wrapped on a credit card in the flattened out duck tape on another card assassin 32,000 safety wire and some para cord and it all fits in a max edition micro It’s pretty close to the limit of what the little a pocket organizer can do but I can comfortably put it in any pocket
That sounds like a really useful setup. I have the 5 inch pliers wrench as well. There are definite benefits to having separate tools vs a single multi. As well as separate pliers for holding bolts while removing nuts. The wave is great for what it is but the pliers are basic needle nose at best. There isn't much leverage and I do question the strength so for most things I use the knipex.
@@projectswithrich22 waves pretty good I carried the leather man super tool 300 for years and it worked fine but it always felt like a compromise when using it and Feel the kit maybe slightly heavier but the amount of work you can do is so much more I have a older version slightly bigger for a car toolkit on my channel and I used it to disassemble a harrier jet at a volunteer event. I think the other part it sort of got me to put together the kit is the fact I’ve been working aircraft maintenance for about nine years it’s just really convenient to have a very small capable to in confined spaces.
Nail clippers... just saying
Carries pliers, has never heard of nail clippers.
It is funny what stands out to people. You can pry a lot of things open if you have strong nails. I could also use the tools I have on me too I suppose lol.
@@projectswithrich22 Use your tools and cut your fingernails. It's gross looking.
I've always kept my thumb nails a little long because they are strong. Kinda like having built in screwdriver or gasket scraper handy.
@@projectswithrich22 I suppose there are benefits to having small children think you're a witch. To each their own.
Nice!
btw are these the next size up from the Cobra XS?
Excellent idea 💡
I use a Fenix flashlight light sheath which fits perfectly
Nice little hack, well done
Thanks!
Sir! That is amazing!
I use the wide rubber band that came off my lobster claw. In that gap, I nest a small flashlight.
Or carry a leatherman or similar. Multiple tools in one. And they stay closed in your pocket without any hacks too!
i have been carrying the 6 inch plires wrench sice 2018 and never hand them open on me cool trick though i might try it
Ok… well… thank you for letting me feel stupid, why didn’t I came up with that idea long time ago 😮
Put it in one of those soft eyeglass carriers that has a little clip on
I keep mine as well as an Olight i3t on my leather zippered front pocket wallet from a South American leather company called Hide and Drink. Fits so well I don't even realize they are there.
The concept of EDC is a big lol once you get a pickup with a toolbox bed. Good video though 😎
Clever this is what happens when you use your head for more than just a hat rack
Good idea Rich
deluthe ballroom double has a large pen pocket that this fits into prefect at least for the pliers wrench thats how i carry them
They pronounce their name ‘kinippex’. So weird. I keep the second smallest pair in both my work coveralls pocket and my every day coat pocket. Soooo useful! I replaced my leatherman with it.
They don't pronounce their name this way. It's pronounced "Knipex" in German. Yeah, I know, obvious, but let me explain. It means you leave the first i in your proposed pronounciaton out and you're nearly there. The K is prominent and the i is the same as in nickle. The n after the k is pronounced WITHOUT any vowel inbetween. It takes some getting used to, but that's normal for names from other languages.
Good idea
Neat idea.
Make an inside-the-pocket sheath.
OMG the struggles, the fight, the sheer arduous agony of having to remove a rubber band. There is nothing worse or more mentally challenging than the devil's game of trying to figure out how to take off a rubber band from the handles. May God have mercy on us and grant us the strength and wisdom to endure this trial. Go turn in your man card immediately!
I will die on this one rock! It’s a German company the K is hard it’s Kuh-Nip-Ex that’s how you pronounce it
I hate to say this but, I bought some of those magnets and they dang sure aren’t $0.15 a piece they also don’t hold my cobra 125’s together very good.
I don't really have a problem with them opening in my pocket or it just isn't enough that it is an issue but i think the magnet might attach to other things in there
One thought - those small and powerful magnets can be dangerous for small children. If a child ingests one and then another, the magnets can cause potentially deadly injury to the child’s digestive tract. It is important that such magnets be kept secured.
Ka-nip-ex. 😊
Just stick one handle in your pocket and let the other hang out?been doing this for years for any set of pliers/cutters/channel locks
I carry the knipex sheath and use it as an edc tool pouch. You cant fit a ton in it and not too big
You're a Genius man
Thanks!
This is great, but I have a dumb question. Why not carry a Leatherman?
Or wrap the jaws in a short segment of an old bicycle tire inner tube.
When nuts attack, pull out your EDC pliers and tighten them down just like you train to. Don't neglect your training days, otherwise loose nuts might get you.
I deal with magneticly sensitive stuff too much. Better just to use a rubber band.
Why do I want one of these pliers so bad!!?
Great tip
Nice tip!
Carrying a magnet in a pocket is asking for trouble, IMO. Credit card strips & electric gadgets can be touchy gits.
Brilliant
It’s pronounced kuh nipex. The K is not silent as the company has said many times
Now EPOXY that bad boy so it can't fall out!
I’ve had a lot of edc items over the years. But never pliers. Am I missing out 🤔
Well, most multitools have some variety of pliers built in. But lately, I have been considering replacing my Leatherman Skeletool with the PICHI X2. I would gain a wrench and a prybar, but I would lose the pliers. I could fix that by adding the Knipex to my EDC.
Edc professor here..