The CHANNELLOCK 209 pliers worked exceptionally well on your 2-inch pipe for the hot tub! Their jaw capacity is perfect for gripping various sizes, and the strong forged design provides the leverage needed to turn or loosen fittings easily. Users often share that the pliers offer a snug fit, minimizing slippage, which is crucial when working in tight spaces like plumbing. Additionally, their durable construction ensures they can handle the demands of regular use without wear and tear.

So I decided to "work on" my old pickup that has been sitting under a tree for 19 years. "This will be easy," I thought. I'll just change the oil and spark plugs, put a new battery in and go from there. So, I go down to the local auto parts store and buy a pan to catch the old oil in, some new oil and new spark plugs, a new battery, a new oil filter and an oil filter wrench. I even bought some of those cool mechanics gloves so the neighbors will think I'm an old hand at this. "I'll have this thing cranking by dinner time," I tell myself.So first things first, I remove the oil drain plug and let the old gunk stream out (making sure to get my mechanic's gloves a little dirty so they look "experienced"). Then, I put the oil wrench (you know, the standard strap-design) on the old filter and start working. The filter doesn't budge. So I work harder and eventually the old oil filter just twists on itself but still doesn't budge from the threads. Okay, no big deal, it has been sitting for almost 20 years. So I go back to the store and buy the fancier kind that hooks up to a ratchet and go back home to have another go at things. After about 30-45 minutes of maneuvering and twisting and cursing and sweating and even hammering the ratchet handle with a claw hammer to help it twist the old filter off, the filter is even more twisted but still stuck firmly in place. So I decide to bring out the big guns...I get an extremely large, flathead screwdriver from the bowels of my tool chest that has never been used (who needs a flathead screwdriver the size of a walking cane anyways?) and put the tip of it agains the oil filter and hammer it though. "This sucker is whipped now," I said out loud. Or at least some word that rhymed with sucker. Then I twisted that screwdriver and gave it my all and it ripped that filter to shreds! But the threads didn't move.So, I came on Amazon and looked around for a different type of oil filter wrench and came across this thing. "This thing looks too flimsy to do any better than the hell I just put that old filter through," I thought to myself as I clicked "Proceed to checkout." But all of the good reviews convinced me I had nothing to lose. Besides, I can just return it if it doesn't work and write a review about how all of the other reviewers were nuts for thinking this thing was "all that."It arrived in the mail the next day and I was excited to try it out, but still skeptical. I blocked my schedule for the evening because I was determined to make SOMETHING get that oil filter off, starting with this tool. I put my gloves on (which by this time had me looking like the Chief of a Nascar pit crew), told my fiancé to eat dinner without me, and headed to the garage. I laid out all of the other, failed tools beside my mechanic creeper for back up, put some Van Halen on the bluetooth to keep me motivated, then I grabbed this tool and rolled under the old Ford. I put the mouth of this tool at the base of the oil filter with the teeth gripping the stubborn oil filter like an alligator crushing a human skull and twisted...and the filter came right off.So the morale of the story is this: The right tool really does matter. And if you have a stubborn oil filter, buy this tool.

Fantastic tool. Just what I needed to to do maintenance on my pool equipment. This tool fits all of the PVC couplings.

In my earlier years, I spent a couple years using these exact tools working in a busy big city lube shop changing oil in customer cars. In a professional lube shop, these were used daily. However, on rare occasions I've ran into situations on my personal vehicles and family member vehicles I was performing an oil change on that I wished I had a set of these, so recently purchased them to have for the next scenario where i wished I had a set. So far I haven't had to use them on a vehicle during an oil change, but I have used them on several occasions for hard to open pasta jars. Seriously, they work fantastic for a jar opener!

I liked the quality and ease of use of this product as it accommodates varies sizes of filters, which is great for working on different cars. The Channellock brand has always been good quality and built tough. Useful very much when using daily on changing oil filter of all types. Highly recommended and useful!

This 15-inch pair is for larger, heavy-duty size filters. The 9-inch pair is much more suitable for most common automotive size filters, and is more maneuverable in tighter quarters. Channel Lock does this style of filter pliers very well, and are my personal favorite. They feel very solid, and they grip great. It has a strong, large rivet joint. I've never failed to remove a filter with these pliers, even where every other method of "stuck-on" filter removal has failed. Just grip as close to the base of the filter as possible, and push down on the backside of the handles (the back handle is the shorter one that slides for adjustment). Everything lines up well on these and they're well machined, with no sharp edges or burrs. The teeth are well-pronounced and get a good bite. They work much better than any strap style or socket style filter tool. I actually got these for removing the canister on my home water filter that unscrews from it's base. But I imagine they would work well for working with larger pvc pipe too. Just a tip, I always keep a coating of oil on all my tools to keep the rust away. The coating on these pliers tends to wear off easily. But they are made with really good steel, and all tools made with steel will rust more easily if they're not chrome plated or powder coated. These are a lifetime tool, and Channel Lock is still a US owned and operated company. All their pliers are made in the US, with US materials.

No Nonsense, Made in USA.Sharp teeth, sturdy design.

Great for oil filters or tight PVC fittings

These wrenches are perfect for loosening or tightening couplings on swimming pools such as pump connections.They exert all round pressure on the nuts and avoid nipping them as other types of tools do.Not cheap but highly recommended.

Outil super pratique (colliers PVC piscine et autres), solide et simple

These work great on pool fittings

Works great on cartridge type oil filters. Hold the external body of filter housing,while un-doing center drain plug. Once drained, just use to twist off oil cartridge main body.

I used it for my Toyota fortuner, working great.