Simple Needle Nose Pliers Review & Comparison

Here we are reviewing and comparing standard size straight nose needle pliers. Klein D203-8N, Proto 226, GreenLee 0351-08M, ChannelLock 3017, CraftsMan 45081, XceLite 59CG . .

[@dyer2cycle]

I work on chainsaws, and the long needle nose pliers, especially the bent-nose long ones, are essential for fishing new fuel lines into the fuel tank.....

[@CatusMaximus]

Indeed

[@jeffsnyder5456]

Home Depot I believe for the Commercial Electric ones.

[@CatusMaximus]

Thank you I thought it was them but I forgot

[@robertdieder4178]

I've had good luck loosening tight riveted pliers by either spraying with liquid wrench or a soak in atf/acetone mix and working the pliers back and forth. A few sets of pliers benefited by first soaking the pivots in mineral spirits before lubing up with a penetrant oil.

[@twiz8789]

I have Channellock and Kliens mostly, and a really old pair of Protos I inherited from my Dad. Recently I got the long ones in a variety of configurations from advance auto, which so far I'm quite pleased with. I have cheaper ones as well. One has the thicker style grips and a pair of Stanley, both the grips came loose and slid off and had to glue them back on. Good enough to keep in a kit for offroading. The Greenlees look quite nice

[@CatusMaximus]

Yes the long ones are handy I want to get one of the pairs that are spark plug wire-pullers. Needle-nose end up getting damaged so easily it's nice to have some extras

[@twiz8789]

Catus Maximus I have a set, work pretty good

[@nunyadambidniss]

I CAN NOT decide on a cheap pair of 5 inchers with cutters. WTH is decent enough for the tool drawer priced less than 10 bucks on amazon ??

[@feyrband]

@@nunyadambidniss I know it's been awhile but for that price point I'd look at Tsunoda Rp-125 on amazon. Made in Japan.

[@jaydee2620]

I needed needle nose in an emergency yesterday. Went to Walmart and got the Hart brand. Not the best but definitely not trash. I’m very well machined and will b my back up emergency needle nose.

[@wounjian]

I made a custom hole in the cutters of my Klein needle nose 💥

[@TylerSnyder305]

They're not made here anymore, so the US made Craftsman pliers would have to be NOS. There was so much stuff made that it's not all sold yet.

[@CatusMaximus]

Yes indeed quite true, but I have had these for a while just haven't used them much because they're so nice looking

[@jaydee2620]

Need nose a must for pulling fuses in car audio and automotive. Sometime even fine needle nose r needed

[@markadams7597]

Great Monday review. Ty.

[@CatusMaximus]

Thanks

[@codybrookehanson2346]

Thabks for the angle grinder idea. Great idea

[@CatusMaximus]

Any time!

[@Marcel_Germann]

Channellock 318 and 317 have cutters. The model 3017 don't have a cutter. 318WS has a cutter and two holes for wire stripping (AWG 12 and 14).

[@CatusMaximus]

It's amazing how many different types of pliers there are. Sometimes I think it's a bit much some of the small variations

[@Marcel_Germann]

I own several models of this type of pliers: -Knipex 26 16 200 (VDE) -Knipex 25 26 160 (VDE) -Channellock 386 -Channellock 317 -Klein 203-8 EINS (VDE) -Klein 203-6 EINS (VDE)

[@CatusMaximus]

I appreciate your numerous and detail comments if some of your messages don't show up it's because you have links and I have KZbin hold posts with links because of the immense amount of spam in KZbin comments so if your message doesn't show up for a day or two just wait I'll end up approving it

[@TheFlick175]

If you like collecting cool tools, grab a pair of safety wire pliers. Only guys that use them are gonna be aircraft mechanics and maybe some race car mechanics.

[@scottcarlon6318]

Seems like when I buy a new pair of pliers I spend 20-30 min just working and oiling the pivot point to loosen them up. If you don’t , at least for me , they are unusable.

[@CatusMaximus]

Yes and that's a good thing if you get a set of pliers that starts out Loose and easy to move the only get worse after that so it's better to have them be really tight and then break in

[@mdovideo1414]

Commercial electric is a home Depot brand.

[@mytube2013]

It looks the Klein has most rust.

[@lunavs.thewilds4378]

[@dougtilaran3496]

lap yer channel locks

[@user-ll2hh6dh1n]

All my channellock are NOS and stamped