Channellock Slip-Joint Pliers 424 - Straight Jaw Tongue & Groove, Hardened Steel - 4.5 In

Always had great luck with these. I own many pair for work, home, auto, farm, etc. Great pair of pliers.

I get it for my job. Great brand.

Perfect tool for replacing auto batteries, or removing. Cables to clean off corrosion with brush and terminal scrubber. I keep these in glovebox with a battery tool.

Use these every day at work mom-Friday never disappoint me! Great quality tools

worth the money, excellent design, easy to use, rust resistant, slip resistant, us made

I know you are not supposed to use pliers in place of a wrench, but the parallel jaws will bear on the flats of a nut better than slipjoint pliers, or the needle-nose that typically come on a multi-tool. Best of all, these pliers are small enough to carry in a watch pocket or shirt pocket. I'd rather carry these and a couple of well-chosen pocket knives than a multi-tool that has to be worn in a belt pouch. Tekton 5-inch pliers are quite a bit cheaper, but do not carry as easily. The gold standard is the Knipex 5-inch Cobra, but they take as much room as the Tektons and cost thirty bucks. I'll put them in a motorcycle tool kit, but for everyday use the Channel-locks suit me best. Update: when I bought these, they were $8.99 (or $9.99?). Now I see they are $12.99. I take away a star for the unjustified price increase. At that price, I would give greater consideration to the Tektons. Update: the price is back to $9.99, so back to five stars. My colleagues have started coming to be to use my pliers, so I have encouraged them to buy their own. I drive a school bus, which has all kinds of small fasteners needing constant attention. Pretty soon all the cool kids will be carrying them.

These are so handy. My husband carries them in his pocket for any and everything. Used to buy them in the store but can’t find them anymore. These are just like the ones in the stores used to be and I will definitely purchase more because we go through them every few years.

Channellock does what channellock does. I have never bought a bad tool from channellock.