Yost Vises LV-4 Homeowner's Vise | 4.5 Inch Jaw Width with a 3 Inch Jaw Opening Home Vise | Secure Grip with Swivel Base | Blue

Great product

This vise offers excellent value for light to medium-duty tasks. It is sturdily constructed and easy to install. It has met my expectations and I use it constantly to secure work in my shop. It is percect for hobbies or DIY repairs when you can't get Mark next door to come over to help without forking out for a 6-pack. The vice is not suitable for heavy-duty work but for smaller jobs it's priceless. I use it all the time and it's made such a difference to the ease of my work. I highly recommend this light-duty vice for any home shop or professional shop work.

Ok first out of the way, its small and cheap, but you aren't expecting a 500 dollar vise for 30 are you? Next, using it outside on a weather exposed table, your mileage might vary as far as what I've experienced. So far I've cranked down on it pretty hard, beaten on it pretty nicely and its held up as good as one can expect for 30 bucks. I might replace it with a full size vise in the future, but currently for my needs it'll due. The only major issue I've had with it exposed to the elements is surface rust on both any portion that is exposed to the air (for instance I've chipped the paint in a couple places), and on the small flat anvil space. I wouldn't expect much better out of just about any other vice so there is that. I put some rust reclaimer on it every so often and that seems to keep it from going insane. Other than that no breaks, the vice mechanism still works after a month exposed in the rain, and it was cheap enough that I'm not going to mind much if it breaks really, but I've gotten a month out of it, if it last half a year I'll be impressed and have well gotten my money out of it.

First off... This vice is solid cast or on. I wasn't prepared for just how premium a $30 bench vice would or even could be. I lost my 50 year old vice in a move some years back & hadn't needed one until the other day when an important project came up, requiring just this type of vice. Now, my tools are quality & I don't like to skimp in that department but, my finances are tight at the moment & I really didn't want to drop over $200 on similar vice's available. New & used. Well, look no more. This thing is crazy good. I included my ugly hand for scale... You can see this isn't a tiny toy type vice. Again, pleasantly surprised indeed. Holds very secure. The anvil I perfect & you can wail away on it. It can take it! Trust me, I needed to pound out a bent cornet on an incredibly thick, steel bracket that got bent somehow. It held up to the task effortlessly! Rotates to perfect positions. Plenty of "open" real estate" for most projects. I highly recommend this product. 5, glowing stars!!!!!

Yost LV-4 Home Vise 4-1/2" at this price is awesome for a good light duty swivel vise with one year warranty! And at this price it is obviously not made in the USA and is not a medium nor professional grade vise. If you want a vise able to withstand a lot of pressure with zero movement with a large anvil, then this is not the vise you need. I would recommend looking at The Yost Apprentice series at least. This is clearly for the casual user who just needs a light duty simple vise and probably targeted toward someone who will not use this very often. I've used it for household projects, school projects, building a pinewood derby car, regripping a golf club and gunsmith projects (filing a magazine) for example. Works great for everything I've used it for and grips great, opens pretty wide, swivels when needed and is solid. If you are concerned about the size, before you buy please go get a tape measure and go out to where you'll be installing this and measure; all the dimensions are listed here or on Yost's website. I don't understand reviews that state it was 'smaller than expected'. You should always measure! I liked it for the very reason it is compact and doesn't take up much of my bench space for something I seldom will use. I'll probably only use mine once a month on average and it is perfect for that. If you get a defective unit, Amazon will take it back no issues, plus Yost also has a year warranty. It happens.

I’ve had the Yost LV-4 for about 5 years now. I’ve got limited bench top space and only occasionally do I need a vise. Most of the time the vise lives in my tool chest; when I need it, I attach it to my bench top with a pair of bolts and wing nuts. It’s a setup that works well for me and is easy and quick to set up and tear down. The size and weight of the vise help with this, as it’s not too unwieldy or awkward to handle and it stores easily. “Sturdy” is the word that comes to mind when I think about any aspect of the vise. Granted, just about anything made of cast iron will be tough and durable, but so are its other elements: the crank arms for the jaw and swivel base are heavy and have not deflected with time and use; the powder coat has held up to repeated handling and impacts as I’ve installed, removed, and tossed it in the tool chest (usually on its side since I leave the bolts and wing nuts attached so they don’t get lost); the swivel base locks down securely; and there’s plenty of grip in those 4.5” jaws. IMO this product’s value (a ratio of quality, utility, and durability per unit cost) far exceeds its price tag.

Just got it. It is quality and a perfect size. Just what I was looking for.

What an amazing vise this is.. This vice is in the Top 5 vises in the market today! I wanted a vise for my electronics workbench but all the vises I had seen where either aluminium and low quality or very small for the usage I wanted. Plus they were equipped to be attached on a bench with the help of a screw pad and OMG very expensive to buy too.. In my work I can use it as a holder to solder a connector or to hold an enclosure box for drilling.. Because I've worked with a couple of vises before I had always problem with stabilization of the vise. Therefor I decided to go with a heavy-duty vise like this one. And on this age of cheapness that surrounds us nowadays (where almost everything is plastic or the lowest quality metal and sometimes its even plastic painted like metal), I've never expect to find a heave-duty professional vise especially on this prize! Just $40 bucks. I've got to tell you that not only its amazing, never moves on the bench no matter what work I do on it (I mean its 5 Kg) but also it has an awesome holder that can be used on light and tough work as well. You don't have to tight it strong to hold whatever you're working with. I'm totally satisfied with it and I recommend it to anyone for all kind of jobs.

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me gustó esta prensa porque es de buena calidad, es barata y cumple la función. Aparte de la prensa de 4.5 pulgadas también incorpora una mordaza circular para cortar tubos. Sirve muy bien para trabajos de hogar. 100% recomendable!!.

I mounted this vise to my work bench using a set of flange bolts and nuts (you can also just use hex bolts with washers if you can't find flange bolts). When mounted correctly, the vise will perform as it's intended to. This vise is good quality, durable, and strong enough for most household/domestic uses. Good bang for your buck.

Muy buen precio por un producto que se ve sólido y funcionando sin problema muy útil y llegó en el tiempo establecido por lo que estoy muy satisfecho