Crescent 5 Piece 5 Inch, 7 Inch & 10 Inch Curved Jaw & 6 Inch & 9 Inch Long Nose Locking Pliers with Wire Cutter - CLP5SETN

These are some of the better locking pliers you can get anymore, without going to the premium (quality and priced) brands like Grip--On or Knipex. Id say they are very, very close overall to the original Vise-Grip brand. I would say that Id put them in between the USA made Peterson Vise-Grips, and the ones they now import from China. Heft and feel are about equal, as is the locking release mechanism. The hardness of the jaws is what Im going by with my ranking. They seem slightly better than the China Vise-Grips, but not quite what the ones made in Nebraska were. These were a little cheaper than the import Vise-Grip brand, so Id consider them a decent value.

Great set, threads a bit rough but can tap and die the threads if fussy, you can put alot of pain on the allen bolts to tighten the grip considerably.

Like others say, they are good, but not as good as the USA made ones that are no longer made. The set is very well put together. This is really all you will need for most jobs.

Got it for Father’s Day to replace his generic brand vice grips. He opened them up and used them that same day.

Very good option for the person who will use these a few times a year. They work great and are made very well. The only negative is that they arent very comfortable and dont have the modern ergonomics you will find on tools 2-3x this price.

As expected with crescent, these are great. I use them everyday in my shop for the past 6 months not a problem

Others said the same thing, but I was hoping to get lucky... Shame on you, Crescent! Youre supposed to be one of the vanguard tool companies, but this is just more cheap foreign garbage. Ive used them twice now, and the needle-nose pliers quickly shift off-axis, whereupon they fall right off the object (in my case, the classic drum brake tension spring). The little red plastic piece on the locking lever split and started walking off the other set small parrot-like pliers. Both had rough lock engagements, just like the cheap ones I already had in my tool kit. I bought these because locking pliers are one of those last-ditch tools youre probably using when things have already hit the fan. At that moment, you want quality gear that will get the job done before things get worse. These pliers wont be that gear. Theyre just more cheap rubbish.

Vice grips work! Ive been building my own pipe and board shelves since before they could be bought here on Amazon, any time Im working with pipe vice grips are a must have on my tool belt.

Got sick of having to look all over for pliers so bought these and regular set and have tools on every level of home and cellar, now. Have already used a few times.

I dropped one star from a five due to the screw adjustments of each unit was sticky and clunky in places when first used. After some use of the pliers, the stickiness is gone and adjustments are pretty much what you would expect.