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Review on πŸ”§ Expand-O Pliers: 10-Inch Reverse-Action Clamping Pliers with 900 LBS Clamping Pressure - PE10 by Strong Hand Tools by Daniel Mandal

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very well designed, well built

Quality tool. I have a pair of pliers that are not of the same quality. Being a unique and rather unusual tool, its use is rather limited. But I'm using it more and more. Unexpectedly, I reach for it when I would never have thought of using such a tool before. I originally bought this to stretch some very stiff, high quality, very thick leather shoes that were too tight (my first mistake was buying these shoes). Forget shoe stays: After a few tries with expensive and supposedly high-quality shoe stays, I ripped the nut off by over-tightening the bolt. Extendable tongs come to the rescue. Using padding paper and wooden planks to fill in the space, I was able to stretch the shoes however I wanted. The minimum opening achievable is about 3/4 inch, and the maximum opening is virtually unlimited as the extra space can always be filled with the material of your choice. , as it is reverse pliers) can be adjusted to a fixed position with a black screw that has a comfortable grip for extra torque. As long as there's a hole wide enough to put them in, banging things to pieces is an easy task.

Pros
  • Sleek design
Cons
  • So far so good