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I’m thinking about picking up a set of the Knipex Cobra’s. Does any of the traditional stores sell them? I may just end up going to Sears and pick up the re-branded version if I can’t find them.
I got mind at sears under the craftsman name. They are %100 identical other than they have a black coating over the red grip. I believe that they were about 45 for the set. I haven’t seen them at any other store though.
I think Sears has them but its been awhile since I was there so I’m not sure
My local Farm and Fleet has them, Menard’s too.
farm and fleet does so much online linking
Sears has these rebranded as their craftsman but they are knipex Cobras
The Sears re branded are a good deal
I checked out the Craftsman version last night. They look pretty cool. Honestly, I thought they were going to be bigger and closer to a traditional set of Channel Locks.
Sears for sure, I had some I bought off a matco truck 10 yrs ago, loved those things. Too bad I lost them in one of the moves along with some other stuff.
Chadstoolbox.Com usually has great prices on knipex stuff and will beat a better advertised price if you can find one.. wherever you buy them from, just buy them… they are great
also the knipex pliers wrench has got to be one of the best hand tools ever made. Consider picking one up, they work amazingly well.
Just bought myself an extra knipex plier wrench the other day (I have the 150mm and now the 250mm i.e 10 inch), and I can sign up on how good they are. Incredible versatile, good looking, powerfull and awesome quality.
Find new uses for it “all the time”. 🙂
Kinda want the Smartgrip knipex too. Unsure if it is worth investing in when you already got the non-smartgrip version with comfy handles…
Ordered mine at Home Depot online, shipped to store.
I don’t know if you have a Menards in your area, but I know they stock Knipex
No Menards out in the Northeast.
I ended picking up the clones from Sears on Wednesday.
99_XC600 wrote:
No Menards out in the Northeast.
I ended picking up the clones from Sears on Wednesday.
Do you like them?
99_XC600 wrote:
No Menards out in the Northeast.
I ended picking up the clones from Sears on Wednesday.
As far as I know, they are rebrands, made by Knipex, not clones. The package does say made in Germany, right?
the pliers themselves say made in Germany. The only difference is that these pliers have an additional black grip and you can see the red knipex grip underneath.BK13 wrote:
As far as I know, they are rebrands, made by Knipex, not clones. The package does say made in Germany, right?
Yes they are the same. Only real difference is the grip is a red and black deal and it says Craftsman on the head.
As far as 1st impressions I do like them. One minor gripe is with how it’s marketed as having an auto lock/memory once you grab a fastener. This is not completely accurate since this feature will only work if they are in a perfect horizontal position where the top handle (bottom jaw) is using the force of gravity to pull down on the handle and allow the bottom jaw to grab the object.