Customer Reviews for VEVOR Portable Pipe Vise, Lightweight Aluminum Pipe Vise with 1/8" to 1-1/2" Clamping Capacity, Ideal for Onsite Plumbing Installation, Repair, and Maintenance

It is a bit hard to describe, it's one of those \"you have to be there\" things. This is basically a horizontaly mounted pipe wrench with a spring loaded jaw, that said it is meant to be portable, and does require one hand to hold it down, unless you rig up a clamp. So you have to put your work in the jaws in a appropriate position to utilize the jaw clamping to tighten or loosen as with a ordinary pipe wrench, than proceed to make or break your joint., Whew! Additionally the jaw must of course be open up to accept the work, and to me, what appears to be missing is some type of handle or lever to make this action easier, as it is, you have to grasp the jaw proper to do this, and again, akward! Several times when using it it seemed to me it would be better if the jaw opening was facing the other way, like I said it is something that you have to experience. Of course the real nice arrangement would be a design, granted a more complx one, whereby you could with the hand you use to holsd the tool down, grasp a lever of some sort that would allow the jaw to open. Then you would have a truly convient device. Don't get me werong, it still has it's place as a little portable pipe vise; it would do well holding copper for sweating or silver soldering, but again it is like a tool in a hatchling state, not fully developed. The tool is very nicely made, and the jaws hold well.

This vise basically acts as an extra hand to hold a pipe while you work on it. It's aluminum, but still has some weight to it. If I was using heavy pipes, I'd want to clamp this down on my workbench, but for smaller lengths, it's fine on its own. I haven't really tested the grip strength too much because I've only really used it to hold copper pipe as I sweat fittings on it, but based on some preliminary impressions, it seems pretty decent. The jaws hold pretty well, but I'm not 100% sold on the quality of the spring, which just seems cheaply made (see photo). Nevertheless, for the price, this is a steal. It's not the same quality as the name brand, but it's a fraction of the price. Not being a pro myself, I'd never really consider buying the expensive version of this tool (I just wouldn't use it enough), but this one by Vevor? Heck yeah.

Solid little pipe grip. Lends an extra hand and firm grip on not just pipe but round objects, rods, etc.. Handy in that it is small and portable and no doubt will come in handy, but this is not replacing the round jaw inserts for my bench vise. I do find it handy for holding pipe while being welded or cut in odd locations through out the shop. Nice and solid, works. Just not sure it is a necessity.

This clamp is overall pretty good value for the price. It has a well thought out pattern for the jaw. The base is wide enough has enough weight to hold most pipes upright. Larger pipes might require you to affix the base to a table with a C clamp. Additionally, the paint quality looks & feels durable. Only one star was lost due to the lack of tension adjustment on the jaw. It would provide a lot of benefit to have a stronger bite on heavier materials, such as steel.

Arrived smaller than I imagined it would be but that is the only negative thing I can say about it. Extremely easy to use , so lightweight and handled everything asked of it. Great value for money and a very welcome addition to my tool kit. “Buy it”.

The only thing keeping this from getting a four star is the feet. I have a coworker that purchased the name brand PipeVise and they matched up on all fronts. Vevor is lighter since they are aluminum but the performance is pretty equal. When factoring price I am buying these all day.

Not bad,not good. Opruga je dosta loše kvalitete,rastegla se prilikom prve upotrebe. Zubi mi se ne čine nešto previše kvalitetni,vrijeme će pokazati. Ali za tu cijenu se ne može niti očekivati neka top kvaliteta.

Does not grip well, and doesn't grip Stainless Steel pipe.

Doet niks, paar keer probeert maar het krijgt niet vast in het bek.

I ordered 16 of these to hand out to my guys. after getting one and looking it over. Out of the 16 I purchased 4 of them were all rusty. No big deal as it is going to get beat up anyway. This product would be fine for the DIY person, but I do not anticipate these to last very long in the feild though. That being said for the price of the product you can buy 4 replacements for the cost of just one of the original inventors product.