It’s a bit surprising. Anyone who shops regularly at Amazon knows that you will mainly find foreign products there. Be it Korean TV sets, smartphones from US suppliers or all the odds and ends from China. When it comes to tools, however, German manufacturers set the tone. And these include Wiha, Wera, Hazet and Knipex. The latter is particularly strong in the area of the pliers. In several categories you will find tools from the Wuppertal company not only in the upper range, but at the top. When it comes to long-nose pliers, Knipex occupies the top four places in the sales ranking with its tools, even though the number one bestseller isn’t even a real long-nose pliers. At least not alone. The electrical installation pliers are also combination pliers, crimping pliers, stripping pliers and side cutters at the same time, so they almost replace a small tool case. After a 26 percent discount on the RRP, it currently only costs 45.70 euros on Amazon – “Made in Germany” mind you. 1st place in the field of water pump pliers also goes to the German pliers specialist, unsurprisingly it is the permanent bestseller in the form of the Knipex Cobra. When it comes to side cutters, no one can fool Knipex either. Bestseller number 1 is a particularly fine “Super Knips” for soft wires and fiber optic cables. But why is Knipex so dominant with its tools? In the following, we will explain what distinguishes the individual products and what ultimately makes them so popular.
Knipex pliers for all purposes: The installation pliers, which are side cutters, combi and needle-nose pliers, stripping tools and crimping pliers
Let us first come to the electrical installation pliers. Unlike the Knipex Cobra, this comes without a distinctive name, but with a wide range of functions. Normally, special tools are preferable to “all-purpose weapons”, but this tool is extremely well received by Amazon customers with 4.8 out of 5 stars. At the tip, for example, the pliers are smooth, in keeping with their bestseller position in the needle-nose pliers segment, in order to keep the wires free of damage. Profiled gripping surfaces and a burner hole are available for flat and round materials. The third function, reminiscent of cable cutters and wire cutters, is cutting. In this context, Knipex promises clean cuts of Cu and Al cables up to a diameter of 15 mm thanks to induction-hardened precision cutting edges. If you happen to be an electrician and are allowed to work on live lines, you will benefit from the VDE-compliant insulation of the chrome-plated installation pliers. Approximately in the middle of the gripping surface there is an indentation with which 0.5 to 2.5 millimeter thick cables can be fitted with ferrules – just like crimping pliers. This is followed by notches for stripping wires: one for 0.7 to 1.5 thick wires and one for 2.5 millimeters. According to Knipex, the pliers, which are only 200 millimeters long, save you having to constantly change tools. In case of doubt, special tools may serve the purpose better – on the other hand, of course, you don’t always have the tool case to hand. This means that the installation pliers are certainly an alternative for use in mobile homes, holiday apartments or on the go. At Amazon you can find the bestseller at the time the article is created for only 45.70 euros after a 26% discount on the RRP.
Knipex pliers for all cases: Alternative to crimping pliers & Co. 26% cheaper at Amazon
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Knipex Cobra: The No. 1 bestseller in the field of water pump pliers
Many tools are certainly dispensable for mere mortals. Not so the water pump pliers. The alligator and the cobra come from Knipex, with the cobra being the flagship of the Wuppertal company. It’s #1 on the water pump charts from Amazon, you can choose different versions and sizes on the product page. Whether you use the compact pipe wrench for your pocket or the Klopper with 2K handles and chrome for your large tool case, that’s entirely up to you. What they all have in common is the setting at the push of a button. According to the manufacturer, the Knipex Cobra also implements a self-retaining function with its special jaw geometry. As a result, you don’t have to clench them convulsively while you’re working on a workpiece, but you can use the force elsewhere. According to Knipex, the gripping surfaces come with specially hardened teeth with a hardness of around 61 HRC. Of course, Knipex can make a lot of promises, but Amazon customers seem convinced and give it an average of 4.9 out of 5 points. By the way: second place in the charts is a pliers wrench with flat gripping surfaces. This tool is therefore much more careful with nuts and bolts, so that it can be used as a multi-spanner for various imperial and metric screws. You can buy a 125 mm large and chrome-plated version for 36.95 euros from Amazon after a 28% discount. The product page also has other variants ready.
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Mini side cutters instead of Knipex crimping pliers: Super Knips for soft wires and fiber optic cables
The pliers expert from Wuppertal also dominates the field of side cutters with their tools. For example, at the time the article was created, it can be found in ranks 1, 2 and 4. Amazon customers have apparently already satisfied the need for classic side cutters, since the rather atypical “Electronic Super Knips” is at the top. This is a special electronics side cutter for soft wires and fiber optic cables (FO). According to Knipex, the “Knipex Electronic Super Knips” is made of special tool steel and burnished. For flush cutting, the cutting edges are ground without a bevel and they are inductively hardened to approx. 64 HRC. With the finely crafted tips, even fine wires, such as those found on housings and components, should be cut precisely. The tool precisely cuts adjacent wires from a diameter of 0.2 mm. Here, too, the top dog from North Rhine-Westphalia does not promise too much, considering the Amazon ratings of 4.8 out of 5 stars. Like the Knipex Cobra and the installation pliers (crimping pliers, long-nosed pliers), the diagonal cutters are also available in different versions for your tool case. You can currently get a burnished model suitable for fiber optic cables for EUR 20.58 with a 14% discount.
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Made in Germany for 130 years: Knipex pliers, crimping pliers, Cobra & Co. will continue to come from Wuppertal in the future
“We forge our tools from high-quality materials, process them with great precision on modern machines and harden them through multiple careful heat treatments,” writes Knipex on the various offer pages. “More than 130 years of specialist know-how have gone into every Knipex pair of pliers.” The traditional Wuppertal-based manufacturer Knipex does not only understand the area of pliers, but above all. The Germans only produce their tools at home, from crimping pliers and Cobra water pump pliers to side cutters and tool cases. Most recently, they renewed their promise to remain true to “Made in Germany” – and of all things at a time when others are leaving the country because of catastrophic energy prices. For example, Knipex recently had to buy space in the Ronsdorf district of Wuppertal. In contrast, at the Wuppertal-Cronenberg headquarters an ambitious new building is planned. This is not the calculation of an unsuccessful company, but of a company that defies the crisis. The pliers specialists are apparently generating growth with their quality, which has been documented in tests.
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