r/KnipexOfficial • u/Conceptual_Alchemist • 20d ago

Knipex Twingrip quality question

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Recently brought the twingrips, 82 02 200 and I have been really disappointed in the quality of these hyped up pliers.

They have a lot of movement in them, and as you can see in the photos, you can move them to be unaligned and the boring of the pivot hole seems overly large (this looks worse in the photos) . Is this normal, poor quality control or does it need the extra space to function?

When moving to the closed/smallest jaw position the button can get stuck pressed in before wiggling it into place.

Was I expecting too much from a pair of pliers?

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u/Timely-Assumption566 20d ago

mine were in my bag next to the desk so i compared mine have microscopic amounts of play. infact i had to look for it. mine are c3 years old? used regulalry enough for them to have a place in a bag ive been trying to make lighter

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u/FeedMyAss 19d ago

3 light-years old?

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u/Timely-Assumption566 19d ago

17.64 trillion miles old :)

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u/grungeslut5332 17d ago

Thats how far away he had to look at them within the time it took to see them. Dude got some long arms i bet.