Without a doubt, these are the best pliers on the market. the best lever for trimming and driving staples and nails, and the staple remover is properly shaped for maximum effort when extracting old staples. I've used a number of other brands over the past 50 years and these are the best I've found. Good enough I've given these to other rancher friends to replace their tongs and now they all prefer the Chanellock tool!