Tin Snip Reviews

This is a good quality tin snips set, one of the best sellers and includes left, right and straight metal shear. They're color coded, manufactured from tempered steel and the cutting blades are powerful chrome vanadium steel - and well up to cutting through sheet metal.

They belong to the Malco company, well known for their superior quality cutting tools, and the overall design is ergonomic, comfortable and well put together. The jaws can be locked when they're not in use, they're larger than they look in the picture and their ability to cut through steel is impressive. Great set, nice price.

This is a single pair of tin snips - and they'll perform right, left and straight cuts. The blades are a nice length, preferable for some users and they deliver a nice cutting action. The resulting cuts are good enough and the manufacture is good and solid.

They tend to cut cleanly - there was a distinct lack of feeling as though you're sawing or gnawing away at the metal and when tested they cut through HVAC ducting happily enough. Comfort grip yellow handles, there's a good grip about them and the cutting mechanism feels rugged enough for heavy duty use. A good quality design and a very affordable price tag.

This is another bests selling set of aviation tin snips - all are color coded according to the cut and each one has the same quality build and design. They're up to heavy duty cutting, the blades are tempered steel and they cut through sheet metal without question.

The shape and design feel ergonomic - they're comfortable and you can get a good grip due to the jacketed handles. They're a very fair set of metal shears for the price - you can spend a lot more, especially if you start moving in the Klein Tools arena but - for what they are and the price you'll pay, they're good enough and strong enough to get the job done.

These are Wiss tin snips - a company favoured for their hand cutting tools and this particular pair are up to the usual high quality that the brand name is known for. The blade's design will manage straight, left and right cuts and their power and ability is pretty good. They work off a compound action, which amplifies the pressure you exert when you start the cut - and this does take some of the hard work out of cutting sheet metal.

The grip and handle design is comfortable - regular use doesn't seem to make them feel awkward to hold or use, and the way they cut when they get going is almost aggresive. Still - we're impressive when something so simple looking can cut through metal almsot as easily as a hot knife through butter so - in conslusion - Wiss deliver a superior quality pair of sheet metal snips for an incredibly low price.

These are a pair of Stanley tin snips and although they're moving away from Stanley's usual array of hand and power tools - they're well up to the same standard that everyone expects from such a famous brand name. They're more a general purpose pair of cutting shears - they'll cut through a range of other materials besides sheets of aluminum and overall they're capable and versatile.

They're good, rugged metal shears, the blade has a great edge to it and the compound cutting action makes them useful up to 18 gauge steel. These are a straight cut pair - you can also purchase the left and right versions for around the same price. Great quality, lots going for them and about as cheap as it gets for a good set of tin shears.