Comments on: Dealmonger: Black & Decker’s Powered Auto Clamp For $17

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:22:51 +0000

I think its a great idea there have been plenty of times that I wanted to put a clamp on one handed, its just a differnt approch to the one handed clamps by irwin and it requires little strengh. That said I havent actualy tried one but the concept seems good.

By: Stuey

Stuey — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:45:53 +0000

If you could squeeze the trigger you could operate one of those Irwin clamps.

If this was a hot or not, I’d give it a big “350lb clamping power” nooooooot.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:29:07 +0000

Am I missing something here, or does this really seem like the biggest waste of money ever? Unless you have the world’s worst arthritis (in which case you’re probably not doing a lot of work with hand tools anyway), how is this really any faster/better/easier than using a regular C-clamp or a trigger clamp?

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:40:09 +0000

I played with one the other day when I found myself at a Sears and it felt really poorly constructed. I just can’t imagine it lasting long. That said, I didn’t buy one so I can’t say I really know, just my first impression.

By: eschoendorff

eschoendorff — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:31:46 +0000

Pass.

By: l_bilyk

l_bilyk — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:59:42 +0000

Gimmic

By: Waylan

Waylan — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:44:27 +0000

While reading your review of the Stanley FatMax Xtreme Auto Trigger Clamp it occurred to me that when testing these things it would be cool if you could measure the pressure that each clamp is capable of. Here I see the manufacturer making a claim, which makes it even more interesting. Why not dig up some sort of pressure measuring device, check every clamp you can get your hands on and report back? Of course, thats just a suggestion that you are completely free to ignore.