Which End Cutting Pliers Brand Wins?

(verbatim as captioned; implausible next to every neighboring brand's 260 to 430g range, almost certainly 333g with a dropped digit, not corrected)

(verbatim as captioned, though the narrator calls it 'by far the heaviest yet', which contradicts a 43.66g reading against WorkPro's already-stated 332g; almost certainly 436.6g with a misplaced decimal, not corrected)

(verbatim as captioned; almost certainly 374.73g with a misplaced decimal given every neighboring brand is in the 260 to 430g range, not corrected)

(verbatim as captioned; implausible next to every neighboring brand's 260 to 430g range, almost certainly 298.6g with a misplaced decimal, not corrected)

(verbatim as captioned; almost certainly 377.4g with a misplaced decimal given every neighboring brand is in the 260 to 430g range, not corrected)

heaviest so far at that point in the video

(verbatim as captioned; almost certainly 307.91g with a misplaced decimal given every neighboring brand is in the 260 to 430g range, not corrected)

(unit is captioned as 'MM' in the transcript, which does not fit a weight measurement the way every neighboring brand's gram figure does; kept as captioned rather than corrected)

(verbatim as captioned, no decimal shown at all; almost certainly a misplaced decimal such as 362.171 or 361.71g given every neighboring brand is in the 260 to 430g range, not corrected)

not given; the transcript's weight sentence is cut off mid-sentence ('The NWS Pliers are pretty light at') with no number before the narration moves on, a transcript gap

(unit captioned as kilograms, which would be an absurd weight for a hand tool given every neighboring brand is in the 260 to 430 gram range; almost certainly meant to read 332.5g, not corrected)

(verbatim as captioned with a stray 'n' before the unit, read as 292.50g)

not given; the transcript's weight sentence is interrupted by a [Music] tag right where the number should be ('the wasak Cur Pliers are by far the heaviest yet at [Music]'), a caption/audio gap

(verbatim as captioned; almost certainly 429.47g with a misplaced decimal given every neighboring brand is in the 260 to 430g range, not corrected)

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Taiwan

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Vietnam

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Germany

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described as not a very good job

much better than WorkPro but still leaving a fair amount of staple proud of the panel

moved into second place behind American Mutt Tools at that point in the video

very close to as good as American Mutt Tools

performed about the same as Hautmec

(verbatim as captioned; roughly 10x every other brand's result, which cluster between 0.02 and 0.09; narrator calls it a real struggle, but this magnitude is almost certainly a garbled extra digit, not corrected)

described as really struggled, a small misalignment noted

best result at that point in the video, later confirmed as the second-best overall behind Wazakura in the closing recap

moved into second place behind Wiha

moved into second place behind Wiha at that point

no figure given; the transcript moves directly from the Blue-Point weight sentence into the next brand's country-of-origin sentence with no flush-cut result narrated for Blue-Point, an apparent transcript gap

took second place away from Channellock at that point; closing recap confirms Barnwell finished third overall behind Wazakura and Wiha

performed almost as well as Barnwell

no distinct figure given; narrator states a three-way tie for third place with Channellock and NWS immediately after GearWrench's weight, implying roughly 0.051 in without a separate number

still a little better than average

moved into the lead, confirmed in the closing recap as the single best result in the video

had to smash its way through the staple, cutting knives called not very sharp

(transcript literally reads 'at50 lb', derived as 150 from the narrator's own follow up line '34 lb better than the workpro', 184 minus 34)

moved into second place behind American Mutt Tools

moved into second place

moved into last place; jaw described as now bent and cutting knives no longer making contact on one side

moved into the lead at that point; final closing recap confirms it finished third overall behind Knipex and Gedore

moved into fifth place

moved into a two-way tie for second place with American Mutt Tools

by far the worst result yet in that test

performed quite a bit better than average

described as a two-way tie for second place, matching Wazakura's later-stated 149

two different figures given for the same test: 215 lb stated in the original nail test narration, and 225 lb restated at the start of the screw test paragraph ('the Milwaukee pliers struggled quite a bit with the nail at 225 lb'); both kept, not reconciled

two-way tie for second place (with GearWrench)

very impressive, finished second overall behind Knipex

(narrator states 44 lb better than WorkPro's 331, which checks out)

jaw developed a small bend

performed better than Kseibi

took the lead from American Mutt Tools

did not complete the cut; made it to around 220 lb before losing ground and was unable to cut through, eliminated from the remaining screw/drill bit/hex key tests

moved into the lead over Tekton

struggled, more cutting knife damage than most brands to that point

broke at 227 lb, pliers destroyed

the most force yet

moved into third place behind Tekton

described as the most force yet at that point (essentially tied with Blue-Point's 354 stated just before it)

moved into the lead at that point; closing recap places it a distant third overall behind Knipex and Gedore

gave up at 375 lb; cutting knives described as too soft for the screw, jaw developed a small bend

finished second overall behind Knipex

cutting knives held up even better than WorkPro's

jaw already bent and struggled

trailed American Mutt Tools

moved into third position

best result at that point, closing recap confirms third place overall behind Knipex and Gedore

124 lb more than Wiha

trailed Barnwell by over 100 lb

moved into second place behind Wiha

not narrated between Milwaukee's result and the closing summary of the drill bit test, an apparent transcript gap

finished second overall behind Knipex

upper jaw finally broke, called practically indestructible with human hands up to that point

broke

broke near the pivot joint, jaw badly bent

broke near the pivot joint

9 (verbatim as captioned, likely a stray extra digit; read as approximately 629, handles finally bending)

(brand rendered as 'earthwind' in the transcript at this point; resolved to Irwin by testing-order position, which is otherwise unbroken and consistent through every prior test), handles finally bent at this peak force

never broke; handles became badly bent and the test was ended at 499 lb

lower jaw finally broke

test ended at 505 lb; the working (cutting) end outlasted the handles, which became badly bent

(verbatim as captioned; roughly 8x every neighboring brand's 400 to 900 lb range for this test, almost certainly a garbled extra digit meaning something closer to 417, not corrected), broke near the pivot joint

axle broke

barely outlasted Barnwell

handles became badly bent

not narrated; the transcript has no hex key result for Milwaukee, jumping from GearWrench's result to a general statement about peak test loads and then straight to Knipex and Gedore, an apparent transcript gap

badly bent; cutting knives described as too dull to actually cut through the hex key, unlike Knipex

very stiff out of the box

not nearly as stiff as the previous three brands

extremely stiff

moves very freely

moves nice and freely

pretty stiff