Milwaukee 48-22-9214 4 Piece Pry Bar Set

Bought these for my farm service truck. So they only get used occasionally. The tips chip off and even broke one mid way up the I beam shaft.

The worst part is that despite having life time warranty, I can't get anyone to help we with the warranty process. I spoke to one Milwaukee rep at a trade show, and he told me to bring them back to the point of purchase. The point of purchase told me they couldn't handle the warranty, and may or may not be able to send them off for possible warranty approval. The point of purchase was having a Milwaukee event with 8 Milwaukee reps on site, so I attempted to get warranty help there. The rep then told me that my only option was to get warranty help online. What is the point of having a Milwaukee rep that can't do warranty work in person?

light weight but very strong

I have been missing a quality pry bar in my tool box for a while. After I had a seized steering shaft that required the use of on I decided to find one. While looking through a tool store I stumbled on these Milwaukee pry bars. A set of 4, lifetime warranty, excellent price. I have lots of Milwaukee power tools, might as well try these too. Turned out I used the strike through feature on the first job, trying to break apart an exhaust joint on a Diesel Particulate Filter housing. The small pry bar worked excellent to get the piece apart, and the large one helped get the assembly back into the vehicle. I am glad I found them. They will get lots of use and abuse.

The were good for light duty for my hobbies and home projects there comfortable to use so I moved them from home to work went from light duty to heavy duty as I work on truck in the oil field iv since had the end of the largest bar start to chip and snapped the end off another it has now become a long punch and is holding up well to the abuse

I've had these pry bars for over a year as an automotive technician and they have held up great. As another reviewer mentioned, the chrome finish does chip at times, and mine are well worn, but I didn't buy these for aesthetics! The sharper angle on the pry bars is good at times and more difficult at other times, but there's give and take in any design. I lost one of my pry bars and was disappointed to find that I could not order them individually. Ended up ordering a professional quality pry bar off of amazon that works fine, although I prefer the Milwaukee handles. The case/tray is nice to have as well, although if you're not working out of a large toolbox you may have difficulty using it, as it's not as compact as some of the tool truck pry bar trays.

Overall, tool truck quality at an excellent price, would recommend to anyone, apprentice or master technician.

Claiming up to 40% more prying strength and seemingly attributing that to the I-Beam design of the steel shafts I presume that the claim is compared to non I-Beam designs. That might be true but speaking from experience I can get more prying power from the 18 inch Milwaukee bar when compared to another good quality 18 inch pry bar I own but the advantage, as far as I can tell, is due to the bigger angle on the prying end. The Milwaukee bar has a 24 degree angle and my other bar only has a 20 degree angle. There was another difference between the two 18 inch bars. The Milwaukee bar is a true 18 inches in length and my other (very expensive bar came up short at 17 ½ inches!

The solid metal I-Beam core runs all the way from the pry end to the striking cap and that is good design. The steel is chrome plated for protection and longevity. The tri-lobe plastic handles are comfortable to hold. The 24 inch bar has a rubber like protection cover on the sharp end for safety.

The packaging is designed to be the tool storage as well. This is a useful feature because if a bar is not in its place and not known to be in use it serves to remind me to find the bar and retrieve it. Each of the bars, 8 inch through 24 inch lengths comes with a Milwaukee lifetime guarantee.

Had these for a few months and really like them. The different sizes are nice for lots of situations, the striking caps are awesome if you have to hammer on them, the grips are comfy in the hand and the bars are very strong. Unfortunately the chrome finish chipped off the edge pretty fast (within the first use on one even but the bars still work great, its only looks anyways. I kinda wish the edge of the tips were not so steep, its hard to fit in small cracks to pry at times so that could be a problem for some. Still a great set and worth the investment!