Thanks for the tip. I thought about getting these Doyle but the build quality looks cheap. The Tsunoda you reference are Japan-made and come in straight and curved. I put both on my list. Also for anybody else interested are the FUJIYA 303-150 long-nose tweezer pliers from another video on this channel, I've been hoping they'd go back down but seem stuck at twenty bucks now.
I use these in our gutter gaurd installation small parts bags. These along with some flush cuts double ended picks and some uv resistant zip ties all tools hf. This is were hf shines as workers loose thing or wear them out either way it's cheap or warranty them out and available locally. I've seen some of these and picks from hf get ground down to a nub while on roofs and the lifetime warranty shines there. Some have been replaced 5 times picks 20x 30x times? It has saved me a decent amout of money over the years.
I brought the Doyle a few weeks at a sale. Just last week I put a double-sided Steinwhale bit in the wrong magnetic extender and the Doyle was the only ones to pull it out. My knipex and various pliers failed.
I didn't know about these! Thanks for adding to my temptations. I'm trying to practice being content with what i have. Adding this to the list do when i meet my goals I'll be able to grab some. Thanks for the video. Just don't tell my wife.
I'll have to go check mine to see if they are the newer improved version. They've been really handy for me in the past for all the reasons you pointed out.
My snap on wire cutters broke. Contacted snap on. Had to take pictures and send them in. They completely blew me off. Didn’t say no warranty, ignored me. I threw em away. My snap on differential leak down tester broke. Truck took it back. Sent it back to snap on. It came back supposedly fixed. I threw it away. The truck charged me something like 80 bucks for that. Battery jump box, cut the leads off and threw it away. I know they don’t care what I think and that’s okay. But I am free of being the tool truck groupie
I have very similar pliers from wiha, it was a set including the flush cutters. They are durable and you can do the job with them. I wonder if they exist with bent tip, just like the knipex one on you table.
I've got a small pair of precision slim needle-nose Engineer pliers that are awesome. I've almost got the whole Engineer Neji-saurus precision set now. I'm a big fan of Engineer. I wish they would come out with regular size pliers that aren't centered around screw removal. I guess I'll have to go with Tsunoda for that, for now. Harbor Freight does use the reviews to continually improve their products.
Swanstrom and especially Schmitz precision pliers are the best. I have tried many of the higher rated pliers, I rate Schmitz first, and Swanstrom second. Swanstrom has more choices but Schmitz still has plenty to choose from. Both put the snap-on precision pliers to shame. Both cost less than snap-on and are much much better made.
Thanks for these videos. I’ve found some helpful tools watching them. Similar to these, I really like the Tsunoda fine nose pliers. About $12 on Amazon. I work in electronics repair and they are great for holding small parts that i need more grip than tweezers provide..
I THINK the Doyle is a Xuron 450 white-labelled for hazard-fraught. LOVE them, absolutely love the geometry of the tips, where they're not quite parallel when they close so they clamp well at the tip.
Close, I wonder if the difference in the jaw gap between the two means HF did a copy that's better that the original. They did that with their Gordon 20-in-1 Multi-tool, which is a apologetic knock off of the Leatherman Wave. The pivot pins that attach the handles to the pliers, the Gordon has a bronze bushing on either side of the 4 heads, for 8 total. And the Leatherman only has 1, for 4 total.
Have you tried Engineer? My little precision needle nose is amazing. My friend and I had an amazing time picking up dimes by their edge (ummm… too easy ) and tiny specks of dust or debris all over my shop.
3:16 last week i bought a piergiacomi electronics flush cutters, look similar to these tweezers. Bought it cause my colleauge has them and the first day he saw me i got them he told me "those do not isolate from 240v, don't ask how I know" ahhahah so this sh1t is funny
Wow, the finish on those 6" snap-on talon pliers is atrocious! For what snap-on sell them at, no way should it have that unfinished rough edge. HF has really stepped up their game, people need to stop assuming that Harbor Freight still sells nothing but cheap Chinese junk, maybe in the old days, but certainly not now.
Your comparisons are faulty. Apples and Oranges, and one would not be attempting to bend a washer with those winky pliers. Right tool for the job is key.
