For some reason Travis Perkins have Irwin 10" mole grips for £6 at the moment. As I need one, that's what I bought. Yesterday.
There's about 2mm side to side play in the jaws. Is that unreasonable? I expected better from Irwin. Or, am I being unreasonable, as it's only £6?
My *real* Mole Self Grip Wrench has a little less than 1mm, and it is quite old.
You buy cheap, you get cheap.
On conventional "vice grip" pattern pliers, it probably does not matter too much for conventional uses cases. (far more noticeable on long nosed versions)
I think Irwin have sunk to the normal Chinese quality.
Unless you want to hold an item, I rather like these Swedish Pump wrenches:
Well, I would say the ones I bought many moons ago in a sale from Tandy, have nowhere near that play, but on the other hand a smaller pair do have a lot of play. I cannot say that unless I was trying to grip a very narrow nut or whatever, the play makes no difference, but in that one use case the side to side play can make them ping off as you do them up. Brian
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required