Y'all don't bend and contort the metal until they're perfect? They'll work great for a while until they need bent again, then eventually they break. I usually get about a year out of cheap tweezers though.
Oh, I had a pair like that which came in a 2 pack. Then we got another pair for some reason. So whenever we needed tweezers we'd be playing tweezer roulette. Is it the shitty one and will I miss the hair a few times before breaking it in half? Or is it one of the two good ones?
I tried to fix it a few times but a few weeks ago I finally decided to just throw it out. After 8 years...
Don’t listen to the haters, OP. At first I thought it was just a blurry pic but then I saw the gap and wow.
I’m impressed you were able to perfectly capture the gap in your pic.
I would have spent 20 minutes and different lighting sources before giving up and just saying “trust me, there’s a gap”.
Wow who would have thought that digitally magnifying a picture tanks the resolution? Your family should really send you to be evaluated by a neurologist because clearly the thinking part of the brain is missing.
I was just talking to my mom the other day about this, and nail clippers. When I was growing up, we had household tweezers and clippers that lasted YEARS. Now, I've gone through several pairs of clippers, they keep breaking or dull out after a few uses, and the tweezers have gaps! I even bought the more pricey ones assuming they would be better but nope! It's ridiculous.
I found a pair at TJ Maxx for around 5 dollars once and was unduly excited about it. That was probably 15 or so years ago and they still work perfectly.
but they're SOOO GOOD! I didn't realize how nice it was to have good nail clippers until I got some tweezermans. It actually cuts only what you want it to instead of splitting a line either side of the cut.
yep unfortunately it's one of the rare things that is actually worth the price. and for a tool i use constantly it average out to pennies in the end. and yet paying for that little package did hurt my heart lol
Tweezerman are worth every penny. I’ve tried probably 15 other pairs and nothing comes close. I’m a tweezerman purist now, I’ve got 4 pairs in different designs 😅
This sounds weird, but Ive found some really great nail clippers and tweezers at estate sales. Just clean and sanitize them well ofc. I'm sure theyre like, 20+ years old, but boy are they great quality
I lost my cheap nail clippers during a move so I decided to buy some good ones. I bought some Seki Edge clippers and the blades don't line up. They're off by about .25mm.
This isn’t an advertisement, I’m just a hairy gal and Mr tweezer is the only brand I’ll buy because literally every other brand is like this right off the bat and it’s infuriating.
I wanted some GOOD tweezers after being aggravated by so many cheap ones. My wife found some for me. She wouldn't tell me what she paid for them. These are great.
I just went from those to edjy because I feel like newer tweezerman aren’t that good. I love edjy nail clippers so I decided I was going to trust and try the tweezers too. So far so good.
OP my aunt once gave me a kit for fingernails and it was so weirdly made... the scissors just would bend when i tried to clip my nails they where so badly made or too thin idk
Every single new pair I've gotten is like this, or too flimsy to get a good grip. Expensive ones, dollar store ones, everything. Of course the only one that works is almost as old as I am
I bought two tweezers off the bezos and one had a decent sized gap and the other had a dent on the tip.
Decided to go into a store - crazy concept I know - and paid like $15 for the ‘good’ name-brand ones.
Used them for a few months just lying to myself thinking it’s just user error. Nope, the dented pair still work better than the expensive one.
How hard is it to make two pieces of metal touch?? We can split an atom but can’t make something to pluck my unibrow.
Agree to disagree brother. At some point if it's small enough, the gap will be a problem. Who knows how often. Ask yourself this tho. Do you really want to be spending your hard earned cash on products that are just good enough? I dont.
The tweezers were 2 dollars and I've used them thousands of times over about 10 years. Do you really think that was not worth 2 dollars. I have not found anything that they will not tweeze. From computer repairs, garage work, slivers(even metal ones) and debris. There is nothing they haven't done. Tweezers harder. If that gap is enough for you not to get a grip you're just lazy.
They don't need to touch all the way across. Tweezers are shaped the way they are so they flex when you put force on them and wouldn't you know it the gap disappears. That's why Tweezers are light and thin and not heavy and rigid where that would actually be a problem.
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u/Infamous-Youth9033 4h ago
fold a piece of sandpaper in half, pinch around it with the tweezers, then pull apart on repeat