Lisle 82130 Hose Spoon Review

Once again my inability to see sizes has gotten me. In this case it's not bad. Longer sizes will give you some leverage and traction. I was just a little surprised when I opened the box and saw that these things aren't the average size of a screwdriver. I've had to use one of these before to remove a stubborn radiator hose. It worked as advertised and I was happy. Trying to remove the coolant hoses has always been my biggest annoyance. It gets a little dangerous when you use one of those big…

If you have to pull the whole brain through the nasal cavity of the skull, great! As an unintended consequence, they also do an excellent job of loosening stubborn radiator hoses and are MUCH stronger. than other samples of this type that I have used. I poked right through the end of the stubborn radiator hose with the longest hook in the kit and just ripped it out of the engine bay where there's a gap to see what a pain it was. The hook didn't warp and didn't even seem to care about abuse. The

This is a quality full size hose pick set. Of course, you can use them for almost any other related purpose, but they are primarily designed to work with coolant hoses that are disconnected from connectors without cutting the hose. This is very handy if you want to reuse the hose. The ends of the picks are professionally finished and chrome plated, unlike others I've purchased which have obviously been hand sanded prior to being chrome plated. I was impressed how perfect the handling of my…