STANLEY 71-669 10” Steel Slim Water Joint Curve Pump Plier with Anti-Corrosion Properties for Plumbing Use, YELLOW & BLACK

Very helpful and liked it

Selected a new Amazon seller while ordering this product, as Cloudtail had listed it for a higher price.

Well Stanley surprises me. It blows hot and cold. Some products have been pretty good like the tape measure, open ended ring spanner. While some other items that I bought ( after reading rave reviews here) have failed to impress – Tester, Long nose plier. And now this 10″ pump plier is giving me mixed feelings. Just doesn’t seem alright. Honestly didn’t even feel it was a genuine Stanley product ( since I had ordered it from some newly listed seller ) . I wonder if it can take the abuse of being abused for years to come.

1.The polymer grips at the handles seem very flimsy and mostly likely chip or whither away being tossed around in grimy tool boxes.
2. The black color just seems to be sprayed over. I already see it getting scratched off around the pivot point. ( Is it some wiseguy idea by Stanely to prevent rust between factory and the customer’s hands. The long nose Stanley plier would happily rust away in the tool box. )
3. The metal just doesn’t feel right. It feels just too stiff and brittle for a plier. ( I am yet to test it in real life conditions )
4. The grooves just feel a little too wobbly.

Another seemingly red flag that bothers me is that this seems to be heavily discounted from it’s MRP online, while most other products from Stanley aren’t so. So, may be a dud product being offloaded to amateurs, while the professionals might have already called out this product.

I have been using it since 2 weeks now and it’s good for home usage. Tap water filters loosening and tightening is the reason I purchased and it best suits the same

Good