11/19/2023 0 Comments 420 channel locks![]() ![]() Neither bit of hearsay could be called proof-positive – but probably with 100 or so of each brand in use over the years – it sounds like they are both robust enough to keep on working. In the nearly 10 years since we switched over to Knipex – up to the time I sold my interest in the business – I never heard that anyone broke a Knipex pliers. In the many years I was a partner medium-sized plumbing business I never heard about any of the plumbers breaking a pair of Channellocks. Were the guys happier? Perhaps a scootch.ĭid any of the crews complain about made in Germany versus made in USA? Not that I ever heard.ĭid the switchover cost us more (Channellock vs Knipex)? Perhaps a double scootch. Was it done any better or faster when we switched over to Knipex? Perhaps a scootch. The work we used them for had always gotten done with Channellock T&G. The question about value or cost/benefit is more complex. So, looking at a 2010 inventory the switch was almost complete. Soon it seemed that Knipex had replaced Channellock. ![]() ![]() I can’t swear to it – but more and more of the older Channellock’s seemed to go missing and no one was clamoring for replacements. In 2001 we bought a batch of Knipex plier wrenches and Cobras to try out. The Channellock T&G design were a step up IMO. Perhaps In earlier years the older style slip joint pump pliers might have held sway – but I don’t recall seeing them on the job – but the business predated my arrival. In our plumbing business we used the Channellock brand T&G pliers (pump pliers) almost exclusively up until 2001. ![]()
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