Finds: Knipex’s Auto-Adjusting Cobra Pliers
By Chuck Cage
We’ve always heard positive things from readers (and friends) regarding Knipex’s offerings, so we’re thinking about giving these auto-adjusting pliers a try. As you can see in the picture, they’re pretty much standard slip-joint pliers, but a second joint in the middle lets them automatically slip to the correct size.
Street pricing starts around $40, though there don’t seem to be a ton of people selling ‘em right now.
It sounds quite convenient, but most of the ones I’ve come across were manufactured by low-end brands. My guess: if Knipex thinks it’s worth manufacturing, it probably works.
Have any of you used these?
Note: I’d link the Knipex site directly, but a) there’s not much additional information there, and b) the site’s having some XML programming troubles.
Street Pricing [Froogle]
Via Amazon
March 20th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
I hope these work better than what Robogrip did for pliers. Knowing Knipex, they’re probably excellent. I’ll stick to my “manual” Cobras though….
March 20th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Anglo-American is the major US importer of Knipex, plus some other good European brands: http://www.angloamericantools.com/ .
March 20th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
http://www.chadstoolbox.com carries the full range of Knipex tools at great prices. Having dealt with them, they are a class act - fast shipping, great email service and are constantly adding only the best tools.