J-Clip Pliers, Comfort Grip 8" Long Heavy Duty, Cage Building

I used it to attach stay wire to springs on the bottom of a couch. Once I figured out that you just need to put the clip in and hold it in tightly, the j-clip stays in and you can hold it in one hand. It worked like a charm and seems verrry strong!

They work fine but the handles will touch each other when completely closed, I used them for upholstery spring clamps because the brand that specializes in upholstery tools are useless and has negative reviews, the more I use this tool, the more I like it, the only negative is the handles touch each other in the complete closed position, but it works better than the specialized upholstery tools for upholstery spring clamps.

Bought to make Chicken pens. These made it way easier

Although I haven't spent much time using this particular model it looks to be made well enough to hold up to heavy use. This brand seems to be a little looser in the joint than another brand I have. This tool is slimmer than the cheaper ones you might find at the farm store, therefore can get in between the 1/2 inch spaces of 1/2 x 1" welded wire although you do still need the 1" of vertical clearance to insert the clip (I don't believe any pliers would work on 1/2 x 1/2" HW cloth.) I expect to get a lot of use out of these.

This tool made install the clips easy and could be done one handed. Also, less clips dropped. Glad I splurged on the tool and gave up on the pliers.

I volunteer at the Florida Wildlife Hospital. We were putting a wire floor into two cages for gopher tortoises. The standard set of pliers did not work very well. I bought the Ion and it worked perfectly. I liked it so much that I bought a second pair and donated them to the hospital.

The tool is smaller than expected. That turned out to be a good thing as it is perfectly sized for the job, fits my large hand well enough and they are sturdily built with a good hinge joint like you'd find on Channelock tools of SnapOn. It took me about a minute to figure out how the clip goes in the tool. If you're right handed old the tool so the jaws point up and the opening pointing to the left and open the jaws fully. Insert the clip with the curved part down and the open side toward the open side of the jaws. Squeezing the pliers curls the clip into a perfect circle. Keep squeezing just a bit more after the circle is formed to overlap the joint slightly which keeps it secure. After inserting the uncurled clip into the pliers you can close the jaws a tiny bit to keep the clip from falling out while manipulating the clip around the wires.

Don’t use on 1/4 in mesh. It’s a pain to get it in the spaces.