plizers (tweezers meet pliers)

[sarepairman2]

Has anyone ever used this tool before?

http://www.swanstromtools.com/stweez.htm

I am very tempted to buy some..

[janekm]

I can't imagine having good control with one of those... I need the "finger-tip" control of regular tweezers to accurately place parts, I think. I find pliers frustrating in that respect at the best of times (placing .1" components, not 0402!).

[KL27x]

I'm sure they're great for people with arthritis or otherwise have poor dexterity of the digits.

When I clicked on it, I immediately thought of my own favorite pair of pliers at my bench. It is the tiny but sturdy plier head taken out of a Gerber clutch brazed to a couple lengths of curved 1/4" mild steel rods for a handle. It's not for handling tiny things with a full grip. It's for applying huge amounts of pressure and torque to a tiny area and/or in tight spots with accuracy. (And it's handy for tightening/loosening fasteners). That doesn't appear to be the idea behind the plizers in OP's link, with their breezy thin jaws.

[mikeselectricstuff]

Don't see the point - you don't need the force from plier handles for  tweezer-scale work, and tweezers give better control. 

[Brumby]

Don't see the point - you don't need the force from plier handles for  tweezer-scale work, and tweezers give better control.

That was my first thought as well.

[sarepairman2]

i bought them anyway, along with like 10 different kinds of swanstrom tweezers

[JGAN]

Don't see the point - you don't need the force from plier handles for  tweezer-scale work, and tweezers give better control. 

I concur.