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I’ve yet to find a use for mine, mainly because the correct wrench or socket is often available.

I guess they’re better than standard adjustable wrenches?

I keep two (a 5" Knipex and an 8" Irwin) in my ~~tool~~ bags. (The small one in my everyday backpack and the bigger one in my toolbag.) They're much smaller and lighter than a set of wrenches.

They're also useful as parallel clamps/pinchers/vices. I've used them to (un)seat many press-fit parts like bike chain pins, small bearings, and shaft keys.

I think that's the place they go; like a multi-tool they're never the best tool for the job but they're often the best you have on hand.

I’ve only ever used mine as portable vises, or to apply controlled pressure like snapping shut a press-fit watch case back. I always use sockets for actual nuts.

Like you, I find them much more useful as wrench-like pliers than as pliers-like wrenches.

Don't buy these if you think they'll replace your fixed size wrenches. Do buy these if you're often doing weird crap that you'd never even dream to use fixed wrenches for. And consider them if you hate your Channellocks but wish you didn't.

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