Channellock #8WCB 8"ADJ 1-1/2" Cap Wrench

Great quality feeling adjustable wrench. Backlash is pretty good, milling/machining looks very nice! I purchased this to compliment a set of super thin fixed wrenches. Occasionally I'll run into the need for two thin wrenches of the exact same size for binding nuts (gotta love engineers, haha). This tool fits the build perfectly. I can either use this for a quick spin-off, use the fixed wrenches for more precision, or use both when there are two identical nuts. The wrench-set is from Capri and can be found here for those interested https://amzn.to/4gBLSZU . Happy fixing!

"Wide Azz Wrench"- They werent lyin'! You can't find these in stores anywhere! Woodcraft, HD, lowes, white cap, Fergusons, plumbing suppliers, auto parts stores etc etc. Nobody has it. I don't like to buy stuff I can't hold in my hands first (especially tools) but I had to risk it for this wrench. Amazing tool. Exactly what I had hoped for. Very compact yet very large capacity. I'm a full-time commercial and residential plumber and this is the only crescent wrench I use now. If I need crazy long leverage on some impossible giant nut, there's a pipe wrench in the truck for that. No need to carry 4 heavy wrenches anymore. Just this little beast. Very heavy duty but light. No play in the jaws. Stays where you set it to. Fits in otherwise impossible places. So very worth the $21. The three wrenches you would need to buy to equal this one would be twice that price or more. I kept the grip on mine. I have large hands (I wear a size Large glove) and it feels and fits very comfortable in my hands. Gloved or bare. It could easily double as a "fist pack". (see: Brass Knuckles)You need this wrench for finish plumbing. Have it next to you and your channelocks from start to finish and you'll shave tons of time off your installs and repairs because this one size does it all. It's great for replacing angle stops with little clearance and hard to reach flex lines. I'll be very pissed if I ever lose this thing. It's my new favorite tool. I'm buying the 8 inch version too just cause. I'll keep it in the car or in a frame over the mantle or something.Shipping note: It shipped really fast but the retail packaging was damaged. Cracked and ripped like it had been opened maybe. The tool also came scratched and a couple of the millimeter markings worn off (does anybody use those anyways?). But I ironically needed to use the wrench for a repair, literally the moment it came in the mail, so I just kept it. It's a tool I use everyday. Who cares if it's scratched up a little before I beat it up?

Badass. If your thinking about buying these just do it. I bought these on a whim a few days ago and when they arrived I just happened to be replacing the inner tie rods on a 2002 CRV. Space is severely limited and I don't know how else I would have completed this job without them. The short handle is excellent and the grip feels good in the hand.

These are great versatile wrenches that are well made.

This compact size makes it ideal to work in tight spaces as air handlers and condensers, also is ideal to carry in veto bags, but the most important is that feels a quality product and looks good too, not to mention that it opens way more than one inch. Like and recommend it.

First the differences between Channel Lock's flagship, the 440 tongue and grove pliers. These are made in Spain, and not the USA. The metal is much shinier than the tongue and groove pliers I've bought in the past two years. I've not had the opportunity to abuse them, so I can't speak for the quality of the metal. I don't have any reason to doubt these will outlive me unless I do something really stupid though. The blue rubbery material is completely different from the insulative sleeves on their tongue and grove and linesman pliers. Its thicker. It feels nice. However I am not one of those tool guys thats very picky about their insulated handles.On to the particulars of this model.The numbers are easy to read. The jaw opens slightly larger than the biggest tick mark. On the inch side the numbers go right to left. in the format 1/2 1 1/2 0. The leftmost 1/2 is actually 1-1/2". Minor nitpicking, but not a big deal to read. You can only use this as an outside caliper. Since the slim jaws are 3/16", wider than the teeth of most bolts, this is really handy for measuring the outside diameter of bolts coarse thread bolts when your calipers fit between the threads. This is not as thin as most thin wrenches though. I own a set of SAE thin wrenches that only have 1/8" increments. They are 1/8" thick. This is thin enough for my purposes though.The knurled adjustment screw has 1/2 more of a thread than most standard adjustable wrenches. It has 4 threads at each point in the screw. It does turn very well, but I don't know if that's due to the factory lubrication and the fact that its brand new.The lubrication was a surprise. It seems to be around the viscosity of 3 in 1 machine oil. I was expecting grease or dry lube. I am actually going to question Channellock about this.There is a set screw with a slot to disassemble this like 99% of the standard adjustable wrenches on the market. I have not attempted a teardown of this. Depending on what Channellock tells me I will likely disassemble, clean and relube with PB Blaster teflon lube.If you have an immediate need for either this or a set of thin wrenches, get this. The slightly thicker jaws will take more abuse. I've yet to find thin wrenches cheap enough where a set of SAE and a set of metric will be cheaper than this one wrench.If you want to make an extension bar out of some scrap metal pipe, you need about 1-1/2" interior diameter on the pipe.

Heavy duty tool jaws open up to over 1.50” works well in tight spaces.