Can KNIPEX Cut a Chinese Tool In Half
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The difference between science and screwing around is documentation. ;)
And research.
No. Its weather or not you write it down. He didnt write it down. A camera doesn't count
@@evaneverything119 a camera does count
@@evaneverything119 ... Science is literally about making a hypothesis, testing said hypothesis, then documenting the results, and continuing this process until you either prove or disprove your hypothesis, or change your hypothesis. It doesn't matter if it's documented at all, it's still science.. just no one else will know about it.
@@evaneverything119 both are methods of recording information... why does a camera not count then?
I'm more impressed that the rubber grip didn't tear or slide off.
Ki
For pliers I always buy knipex. Worth the money!
German Quality 💪🏼
they use them daily on the STENA recycling plants. som of the older pliers have started to crack the rubber grip but non of them have slid off. even tought we work with compressor oil from refridgerator compressors all day and the pliars are allways coverd in the oil. even with the greasy oil it don't slip off
All of the cheap tools have that same issue.
I’ve used knipex professionally for 15 years now. I love them. Nothing comes close to them. Cobras and pliers wrenches are amazing.
There is your knipex in half!
chinesium is good enough in most instances and when lost,cheap to replace
@@humility-righteous-giving sounds like you don’t make a living working with tools. The time savings alone makes them worth it.
Next up, slamming hammer heads together to see which one shatters first.
For the same price, you'd get 10 to 20 chinese hammers. What will happen if you try to hammer through those, you'd give up. So, which won?
MENSA game? 13 minutes of "learning absolutely nothing?" Common Sense wins again.
🤣👍
If their marketing department is smart....Knipex is packing a crate of every product they make sending it to WranglerStar.
Fully agree haha, he kinda just did a lifetime of torture pretty quickly
No the Chicoms should send Wranglerstar 10 more pairs of their pliers with a note that says 'Enjoy, from your West Coast neighbor'.
This channel might actually make Knipex cross over from engineers to everyday hobbyists. Then they'll start licensing their logo to hats and worthless swag, slowly declining in quality and becoming the next Snap-on!
Kinda like locktite did 😬🤷♂️
This is as funny as anything I have ever seen on UA-cam.
That isnt the best and strongest sidecutter from knipex.There is much more my friend😂.In germany this is the standard sidecutter from knipex for about 20$
Tom Simon almost 40 here in america
70 in Australia
Gotta get a second mortgage on the trailer here in canada for them.
But they are comparable models... so this was a good comparison.
Can I just say. I have noticed you using different visuals, also just wanted to say it works really well
Edit: P.S. this is why women live longer than men 😂👍
Thank you, BP,
The visuals are great. Literally on par with things you'd see on a high budget production like discovery or nat geo. Except without the liberal pandering :D
Exelent work!!
Tyler Unknown. Strange how the far right try to justify their politics by criticising the centre.
@@johnturner4400 Aint even far right brother, just got common sense
In Sweden we get lifetime warranty on Knipex. I'm pretty sure that they will cover this as well. Unbelievable strong tools.
You should stencil "west coast" on your man sized chainsaw bars
J B that would be perfect since it's the lite bar. 😂
Is there enough room on that short of a bar for all those letters?
Diresta style, or is that too east cost? LOL
32" or your a woman
Funny how only in California can a 32” bar be considered bigger than a 36” bar idk where y’all get that east coast doesn’t have 32” or 36” bars??
A close-up of the Knipex's cutting edge would've been nice, to see how the resilience of the jaws held its edge before failure..
The fact they are able to cut steel tools (which these are not designed to do) should be impressive enough. Regardless of its edge.
@@nonyabuissness5128 some folks are never happy..
I love how you keep teasing your subscribers over everything that annoys them 😂
He’s not he’s just stupid like with the electrical work he did
@@mrpanda2655 Let me guess you are an expert now just because other clueless people chimed in?
@@mrpanda2655 You must be one of those east coast fellas he is always talking about.
Oh man
ddcn427 no, he didn’t do a terrible job as the boxes and emt are still grounded. Just not as good as it would be with a ground screw BUT I get annoyed when he tries to do it as a tutorial and do it wrong
When my wife was a sales rep for Lawsons , they used to take a competitors drill bit and drill a hole thru it with the lawsons bit.
Of course the trick was to drill the shank where it was not hardened. Lawsons hardens the shank of their bits. They do make the best drill bits
I have ever used.
Why harden the shank? Wont it just reduce the chuck's grip?
look at the steel grains under the microscope. we might be able to see why one broke first
I worked in the steel industry and as a general contractor and maintenance for all my adult life and knipex side cutters have always been hands down my favorite cutters apart from Klein.
I love your editing. Such a pleasure to watch your videos. I can tell you have a passion for everything you do.
I like the precision in cutting really small wires and the possibility to handel also really tough materials with these tools. Of course also the best tool has limits and will fail at some point (like you can see in the video).
I worked a lot with KNIPEX-tools and they never let me down.
Luckily I am from Germany, so the Products are much cheaper here 😊
The knipex mini bolt cutters are what you’re looking for with all this Cody
They are amazing destroy the competition
Seconded! Repeat the same thing with mini bolt cutters!
I'd watch the full adds
These are great though when you can't fit a bigger tool in. I pack these in my go bag when I have to do aircraft repairs in the field. They will cut through seized bolts and screws with moderate effort on the largest pair.
Those are my current favourite, I used to carry the 74 91's in my toolbox before as I needed something to cut 3 mm solid steel wire (fibre optic cable reinforcement wires), but the 71 series have replaced them completely. They are also very handy for shortening bolts if you can't get at them with an angle grinder.
I used a pair of Knipex side cutters to cut a zip-tie today! I was repairing the plastic housing of a limit switch on our Pirahna iron worker.
@12:10 conclusion, "so what did we learn from this tool torture test? absolutely nothing!"
😂😂😂
We found the weakest point in that design of side cutter
Yeah, that chinese only harden the jaws of a tool where it is needed
From my experience, the most useful are the cobra pliers. I dearly miss mine that were stolen along with all my other electrician tools two years ago and just never got around to replacing them. They far out perform any other type slotted adjustable pliers on the market.
osomxl I have 4 sets, all different sizes, and use at least one set every day, they are excellent.
I love the quick turn of the follow-up videos. Wranglestar really DOES love us.
The cutting side takes way more force due to the mechanical advantage of the longer handles also the drastic change in shape from the cutting edge creates a stress concentration at that point
It fascinates me how you Americans prepare for Armageddon when you appear to enjoy the worlds most secure lifestyle. Keep making the vlogs Cody, really appreciate all of the content and hard work that goes into them. Blessings on you and your family.
You learned about stress risers where the cavity had a corner on the cutter portion.
I think a Finnish accent is a prerequisite for making anything involving hydralic presses entertaining.
Like Beyond the press
Ahmet Murati yes, exactly like Hydraulic Press channel. I’m pretty sure he is the sole reason this guy made this comment
"Heeuuuddllraawlik plress channel, aand heeeere ve go!"
@@AhmetMurati selma murati
As a telephone tech that uses scissors (we call them snips) to strip wire, I once was issued a new pair and cut a penny in half with them. My EDC pair are Klein and worth every penny.
I have never sat so quiet and still before in my life.I'm concentrating so hard on what's about to happen. Lol
I love my Knipex cutters. I had an issue with my first set. I contacted Knipex and they replaced them. No questions asked.
We’ve learnt something!
I no longer have a pair of side cutters
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just a line, Cody, to let you know I used Blue Loctite today.
I have a very good telescoping ARS tree pruner. But I do not need the cutting head to articulate side to side. So I put Blue on the the adjusting screw.
I just thought you would like to know, since I have never used Loctite before.
What about Snap-on(USA) vs Knipex (Germany) ????
I'd rather see Klein vs. Knipex. Both are playing in the same price range. The only reason Knipex is so expensive in the US is due to shipping, tariffs, taxes and so on. The model shown here in the video is less than 20 Euros, the 19.86€ on the german branch of Amazon are 21.89 US$. Value added tax of 19% is already included, so that is what you pay for them here. Here the Klein tools are the expensive ones...
www.amazon.de/Knipex-74-01-180-Kraft-Seitenschneider/dp/B0002YYM4E/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=P6AF7KEBHVWMQ0NCMSX3
www.amazon.de/Klein-Tools-D228-8-Seitenschneider-Schneidkraft/dp/B0000302VW/ref=sr_1_25?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=klein+tools&qid=1568832472&refinements=p_89%3AKlein+Tools%2Cp_76%3A419122031&rnid=419121031&rps=1&s=diy&sr=1-25
Channellock are in the price range of Knipex here:
www.amazon.de/Channellock-338-Schneidzange-20-cm/dp/B00004SBDD/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=Q8WDTGKI0K89&keywords=channellock&qid=1568832536&refinements=p_76%3A419122031&rnid=419121031&rps=1&s=diy&sprefix=channell%2Cdiy%2C158&sr=1-7
I use knipex, my coworker uses snap-on. I use mine to cut smallish bolts and screws that seize. My knipex cutting edge is still almost flawless compared to his snap-on.
ivanhamlyn Snap on side cutters are rubbish.
Knipex all the way.
I had to watch. This is the first time I've seen Knipex pliers break. The head portion or teeth would break before the handles since it's a harder steel. I've had the handle on my 22" Cobra's deflecting over 2 inches when I used a 4 foot pipe over the handle to get leverage on some old hydraulic fittings, lifting with everything I had. Once the fitting finally came loose, the handle bounced right back. They are, hands down, the best pliers in the world. Forged in the depths of Mordor
would be nice to see the breaking in slow motion so that we determine if the pressing force broke the pliers or ACTUALLY the tossing to concrete!
Last Spring, first mow of the year, I managed to run the lawn tractor over a long piece of vinyl coated clothesline cable that had somehow gotten dragged out to the edge of the field. Before I could react, it wrapped around the shaft tighter than I could near believe. I put the tractor up on blocks so I could get at it, and could make no progress with any tool I had. Not long needle-nose vise grips, nothing. Went into town and bought what seemed like a big chunk of cash on a pair of Knipex cutters. Could not believe how fast they were able to cut it up into short pieces that would then fall away.
Took longer to get the nicks out of the mower blade.
GREAT QUALITY products!
Hey Cody, might i reccomend using a piece of pipe to extend your press bar, might keep your arms a little more clear in case a mess happens
You're all listening to a man who wears 3 shirts.
And he hasn't even popped the collars!
We’re used to doug demuro wearing 2 when reviewing cars
Steven cone and your poin
Can you compare Harbor Freight tools with equivalents. Like they do in their ads?
I bought a pair of Harbor freight side cutters they were smaller than these but I went to cut a piece of er70s2 1/8th thick tig filler wire and there cutter broke the first time and there same way these cutters did.
Look at project farm
At 7:06 “ that’s what she said”
anyway in all seriousness, it looks like the design of the side cutters has a single stress point which causes failures in almost the same location. The difference is the material and threatment. So whats the steel in the chinese made cutters vs the german? are you actually comparing like for like?
I also have a few Knipex tools, but the VDE variant that are suitable for working with high voltages.
The VDE side cutter is basically the same as yours, but with thicker, more insulated handles.
Worth the money; they're way more ergonomic than those thin red handles.
The feeling everytime I tune my guitar
Seriously. Specially the high e string 😥
Yep lol
So I took the advice and ordered a pair of the Knipex. They are awesome. As good or better than an old set of Snap-On ones I have.
The cutting blade divots have a stress raiser corner near the hinge. Both broke there but no surprise as the Chinesium is a plain copy. If the divot was eyebrow curved, the tool would take even more load.
I cant thank you enough, after watching your video i bought one of the knipex cutters and its great. So have now got rid of all my other pliers and bought knipex ones.
Can you get Knipex to supply you for a subscriber giveaway?
There is a half cutter a available
+1
Youre asking for free stuff. Lozer
RARE pepe ahhhh no just a sort of payment for the amazing advertising they’re getting from Cody.
@@syndrome7589 I really miss the thumbs down counter when I see something like that
I had knipex side cutters (lost them) replaced them with Klein. Like the Klein Tools better. Knipex Cobra water pump pliers make channel locks look like junk however. They are fantastic
I found a box of my grandpas tools and guess what pliers he had? They were German made in the 50’s in west Germany
Komodo Nation If you take good care of them you can give them to your grandkids.
If they are still in good shape... keep them! Great mementos...
The production process has changed only in details. The steel is probably very similar and the drop forging process is the same for 100+ years.
The audio from 7:00 onwards for a minute plus gives off some strange retro 80s vibes. Those of that era would know.
10:53 Just saved you 11 minutes
Cable tech here. I use my side cutters sometimes 50 times a day. Our company supplies us with klein almost everything. Tried the knipex with my own money. I'd really have to say klein is just all around better. Cuts easier. Feel more heavy duty. I wanted to like knipex more than my kleins but I just can't. ):
I really like the way you edited this video really good job Cody you always make amazing content.
@@utetopia1620 maybe people that pay see it first
I'm a paid member
@@Mike_west thanks for confirming
Good video. Since both of the cutters are damaged, would you please try if a bolt cutter can cut either of the cutters?
i thought it was pronounced "nip x" at least that is what I hear people in the field call them. IDK
The Dutch word for cutting is knippen, i imagine its the same in German, which makes nip-x very close to its actual pronunciation.
Try Google translating cutting to German and have the pronounce it
It is pronounced nip- ex.
It is
Just thought about how to tell him how to pronounce Knipex... This!
I thought about that the second after i cringed at the way he pronounced it
If you're looking for a good tool for cutting zip ties, you should try a pair of flush cuts. Basically side cutters that are ground totally flat on one side. These leave a nice (flush) cut on the exposed tail and prevent those sharp corners that will get your arms and wrists when you're working. They are standard in the motorsport industry.
Oh how I wanted to be there to yell BANG! when you went to check.
You are evil Bob, haha
@@wranglerstar I have my moments. It is a just off the west coast thing.
@@wranglerstar it would have gotten a good laugh from thousands
Cody. Try again, but use your grip assisted by hammer blows on the cutting end. I’ve cut pretty big stuff with lineman’s pliers that way.
I was on the edge of my seat!!
Ha ha! That was awesome
I have Knipex cable cutters for 20 years...amazing tools. Cool video!
Anyone else hear his stomach growl at the 11:52 mark?
Let's hope that was a stomach
haha yeah
Yup.
I shelled out for Knipex pliers and cutters when I first went to college. Over thirty years later, they are all still going strong.
Hopefully there is a subscriber/subscribers somewhere that can spare some clear plexiglass or bulletproof glass. I believe Cody could become the next myth buster!
1/2"x48"x48" polycarbonate sheet on amazon is about $175 (USD), it'll stop 00 Buck shot...
@@TLLConline just how do you know this? Videos, or it never happened!! Lol.
I use Knipex pliers and cutters every day and have for 20 years. They’re the only “squeeze” tools I’ll use that don’t say Snap-On. The quality is sooo apparent. Anyone out there who uses ‘Channel locks’, buy a set of cobra jaw knipex, they’ll change your life. They grab corners, not flats, so squeeze pressure is minimal.
"What do we learn ...." LOL, Love that kind of humor ;-)
you definitely gave the germans every advantage. modern cutters are normall induction hardened at the jaws only, and if they are progressively hardened they will be hardest furthest into the jaws and softer at the end to allow sharper cutting of soft materials at the end and cut harder wires deep into the jaws.
oh god... a west coast hat and airpods... i think you've taken 1 trip too many to Portland
When i was in the navy doing Electrician things i used Knipex. You just can't beat German steel.
Chiesium: 0
Kruppstahl: 1
Why do we all have those " I wonder if" moments. Some days we are braver then others...
1:"I wonder if this expensive item can do something it probably can't and wont"
2:"Dont you'll break and ruin it"
1:"I know but still"
2" Don't you'll regret th...."
1: " YA BUT I WONDER"
The video could probably pay for a case of the cutters, so...
@@turnersparadise8368 exactly. Really doesn't matter in his case
Sitting at my desk watching with complete fascination, will one pair of cutters cut through another pair? Life is good.
You have referred to the Germans as the master race a few times and said they were mistreated after the first world war… How do you really feel?
You also found the structural weak point for a pair of snippers.
Love Knipex, I still have a set of vise grips I've had for thirty years.
I have a pair of Knipex end cutters and a pair of Snap On diagonal cutters. Both used for many years professionally.
The Snap On definitely take more abuse. The Knipex ones cut closer to flush than the Snap on, but they are prone to chipping.
Manly tears being shed for that Knipex...
“If anything happens to me...” “Hey y’all watch this!” and “hold my beer.” All pretty much apply here. Riveting content Cody!
hahaha
I splice heavy duty cables and I use the knipex cutters, they're the best ones I've found so far
Try ck cutters
The best ones iv'e found are at a yard sale for a buck and are made in America.
If you think 1/2" or 3/4" is going to stop a piece of steel with 20 tonnes behind it at point blank range you are sorely mistaken. I have heard of the bottle coming out of those. If anything goes wrong and it comes your way, you are dead sitting there. At the very least stand to the side of the press, the failure mode of the press is infinitely more likely to send the force fore or aft rather than to the left or right columns. Furthermore you have steel in between you and the projectile.
The only reason the pliers did not kill you any of the times they popped out is because the plastic handles made them slip before you could get them under enough pressure.
You're the only UA-camr who can make 20second video to last 15min without anything happening..
Idk about that, I saw a video that was half an hour long on why McDonald’s ice cream makers are always broken 😂
Can you say at which point of pressure the Knipex failed?
To be fair: These pliars are made to cut wires, not thick hardened steel. The bigger ones from Knipex cut almost everything, even thick locks for motorcycles and so on. Knipex gives something like lifetime warranty. With this is the best product to buy. PB Baumann Swiss Tools (Screwdrivers and others) have lifetime warranty too. Prices are very relative with that.
This just shows that people will watch anything
About 8 years ago I worked for a very poorly run company that thought they were saving money by buying cheap tools. They gave me some wire cutters cast from the finest Chinesium... you know where this is going. All I had to do was cut a piece of .036" wire, so I didn't really need anything fancy.
When I used them, the strangest thing happened. I put the wire in the cutters and squeezed together. Nothing. I squeezed harder. Nothing. So I really squeezed. Clink! The handles broke. I almost broke a finger. And the wire.... wasn't even scratched. The blades of the wire cutter were so soft that they bent around the wire I was trying to cut. The handles seemed to be powdered metal sintered into a tool shape. That was the very first time I attempted to cut a wire with them.
Tig the German ones back together.
chuck miller I think a TIG is a bit complex for him. He made a whole video about the simplest way to weld
@@viper6257 Are you saying he is not tig welding soda cans together anytime soon???!
What we learned is that the steel and forging of Knipex is significantly superior to that used in the cheaper pair. But we did not learn anything representative of Chinese quality -sample size is way too small, and there are a wider range all the time of new, higher quality production. The answer would be interesting, but expensive!
Manuel: yeah but, can the Knipex cut the Cinesium?
Wranglerstar: Hold my beer...
Wranglerstar: hold my full fat coke
Upon watching the whole thing, in hindsight a bigger backstop was needed because the press was an inch behind the handle fulcrum which compromised the leverage and caused the handle to bend.
But the real question is, can the Knipex cut the press?! 🤔🤔🤔
Knipex fought the press and the press won
So, I watched your comparison between the Knipex and Amazon Basics first. In that you mentioned your Snap-on side cuts no longer cut Zip ties. I have to ask, what in the world have you put those through? I have had mine for 3 years now and they are still the sharpest cuts in my box. I'm a auto mechanic so I use mine for everything from wiring to zip ties to cotter pins and mangled control cables!
this is how I feel when I'm tuning my guitar's High E
Cody you have outdone yourself. The editing on these last 2 videos has been REALLY COOL!
7:09 that’s what she said
I always learn something from watching Wrangletstar videos. Thank you!
This was great. Perfect choice of music!
Can you believe we actually sat through this? The Wranglestar fascination at work. Deutschland uber alles. ;-) almost. It was fun Cody,thanks!
I have spent $35 on less entertainment! great series!
I had cheap generic screw drivers from Harbor freight. The tip of one for slotted screws twisted the FIRST time I tried to use it. My guess is it is not hardened or heat treated and may even be an inferior alloy. I immediately threw that thing away and got out my old Craftsman screw drivers that have lasted many times over.
I'm pretty sure Big old Brian Shaw would be helpful here!
I'm looking into grabbing a small tool to add to my wildland gear so I can quickly cut through fencing. Would you recommend this Knipex cutter or would you recommend Knipex's mini 8" bolt cutters.
Side cutters? I’m familiar with the term “Dykes”.
What part of the country you from cause my father-in-law always called them dykes so it stuck with me but everyone looks at me stupid when I say dykes
The word “dikes” comes from diagonal cutters. Side cutters is a bit more vague as it is used for a number of tools with the ability to cut wires. In the utility trades, side cutters can refer to lineman’s pliers, diagonal cutters, or even needle nose pliers with cutters. In my experience as a retired lineman, we used the term side cutters for lineman’s pliers.
A guy has to try! They are good cutters!! Drill press for the last component of work bench
We did learn that side cutters have a common weak point/point of failure.
I’m from the Midwest. I had a set of Knipex side cutters that I used to trim my fingernails, but they failed in the same way.