The men in my life love tools. Whenever my husband says he needs to buy yet another tool, I tell him that there can’t possibly be any tools left that he doesn’t own. In fact, when I was asked to review the VJ-1 Gift Set from Channellock, I was certain that my husband wouldn’t have any use for a set of pliers, and I figured I would give them to a family member to use. Apparently I was wrong, because the second he saw them on the counter he grabbed them and off he went – to fix something on his car. We have never owned any Channellock tools prior to this, and my husband was impressed with the quality of the pliers. He also mentioned that they were easy to use and seemed to be made to fit well in his hand.
Channellock is a company based in Meadville, PA, and they have been making tools since 1886. They have a reputation for quality and I’m told they are known for their adjustable pliers. Even better is that their products are made in the USA. The 412 V-Jaw Plier is the newest to the Channellock line, and it is perfect for smaller jobs at 6.5 inches. During the product launch, several DIY-savvy dads found an endless list of uses for the 412. And the 422 is a 9.5-inch V-Jaw tongue & groove plier, which completes the perfect set of tools for any Father.
Father’s Day is officially 10 days away, and if you are still in need of the perfect gift for dad, be sure to check the Channellock site for more info about the VJ-1 Gift Set and other great tools. Also be sure to check out Channellock on Facebook and Twitter.
You can save 10% off of the VJ-1 Gift Set (online only) through Father’s Day (6/20/10) when you use the coupon code CP3Q1 at checkout. And I am excited to have one VJ-1 Gift Set to give away to one of you!
What am I giving away?
1 reader will win a Channellock VJ-1 Gift Set which includes 2 pairs pliers – #’s 412 & 422
How can you win?
You get up to 3 entries to win:
1) Leave a comment letting me know who this gift set would be perfect for in your life (even yourself). (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)
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3) Promote this giveaway and/or blog. If you don’t have a blog, tweet about it (follow me: I’m @stretchingabuck), post about it on your favorite forum or on Facebook (check out my Stretching a Buck Fan Page). Tell your friends about it! Be sure to leave a comment letting me know how you did it and earn another entry.
Who is eligible?
You must have a valid US address to be eligible.
When does this giveaway end?
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 10 PM EST
The winner will be chosen via the random number generator at random.org and will be notified via email. Please note that if I do not hear from the winner within 4 days that another winner will be chosen.
Good Luck!
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My husband is obsessed with Channellock. I can’t pretend to understand or explain why, but I hear the word “Channellock” a lot. It would just be too perfect to win these for him. :)
My dh is always looking for new tools
This would be perfect for my husband. I remember the other day, he said “honey, where are my channel locks?” I’m like “umm, honey, I have no clue what channel locks are, please explain!”
lol. He loves them :)
this would be excellent for my boyfriend/ livin partner. He has the biggest tool collection i’ve seen to date and he always tries to tell me he needs more.. I feel this would be great for him because he does need pliers in his collection
i follow you on fb and let my friends know about this giveaway!!
Great tools! I have subscribed to your feed.
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and these are definitely great for my hubby. He is very non handy- but we’ve been working on it and these would help immensely :)
and I tweeted about the giveaway!
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This would be a great gift for either my father or father-in-law. They are both very handy. Thanks!
This would be perfect for my hubby for Father’s Day. Thanks!
I would love this for my dad!
This would be great for my husband! He is such a handyman!
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This would be great for my hubby!
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My husband would love this!
This would be for my husband
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I already subscribed to your email.
My dad would love this!
I’m a subscriber
My husband! Thanks for the opportunity…
for my husband or father-in-law. Thanks
These would be great for my dad he is a contractor and the more tools he has the happier he is!
My husband would love these!
I’m an RSS subscriber.
I tweeted you! amberjordan
I would love to give this to my great hubby for Father’s Day. He is slowly trying to build up a set of tools.
I have never used Channellock tools, but I’ve misplaced most of my good pliers and wrenches and can usually only find the cheap dollar store variety that are made of cheap metal that bends or breaks easily. New tools would be nice!
This would go to my husband! He can always use more tools.
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This would be perfect for my husband. My daughter calls him handy daddy.
My husband would love these!!
My husband would love these
My husband loves Channel-lock products. They are very well made! Somebody “borrowed” my husband’s and never got it back. He really needs a replacement. Thanks!! :-)
My husband works for Channellock and everything you said is true.
It’s a great place to work. Please don’t enter me in the drawing.
We have all the tools we can use.
Perfect gift for my husband
My dad had a pair and loved them. He went to a volunteer job work site and loaned them to someone and they were never returned. This would be a great gift for him.
My father would love these! : )
I would love this because I am working on my bathroom and they would help with the plumbing. 2> I am not the world’s Greatest Dad but I am a close 2nd. 3> I am the only one after 40 comments to let you know that I read far enough down to tell you that the end of the contest should be June and not May – So there :)
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My husband would love to open up these on Father’s Day!!
I’m a subscriber to your blog!!
These would make a great gift for my husband!
I am a subscriber!
my husband would love it!
My husband already owns some Channellock and loves them so I’d give these to my dad!
My husband would love these!
I am an RSS subscriber.
If I won, these would replace the pair my son lost! Straight into my toolbox … Thanks!
I am subscribed into your RSS feed.
If I won this giveaway this gift would be for the only (and best) man in my life – my dad!
I think my dad might already have something like this so I might just keep them!
I am a subscriber
My husband would love this. He has trouble with hand strength and dexterity.
I posted on my facebook about your blog – thanks for the chance to win!
DH drops one of his gas-permable contact lens down the sink at least once a yr. & I’ve had to rescue Obi-Wan from the bathroom sink trap too; these would be a great addition to the toolbox. in our our moves we have discovered we are missing LOTS of pliers, wrenches & screwdrivers. It would be a nice surprise to start restocking the toolbox
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my husband would love this!
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If I won these, I would give them to my daughter when she goes back to college this fall. An apartment full of girls needs tools!!
I am an RSS subscriber and I love your site! Keep up the good work!
I would love to win these for my husband. We are slowly building up his tool chest, and this is one tool that he does not yet own! ! (And this would be just perfect for Fathers Day!) Hope I win, but good luck all!
This would be perfect for my husband. He’s a tool freak! Thanks for the chance!
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I’m an email subscriber. (google)
Kelly D. – secrets_girl23(at)yahoo(dot)com (aka) dkad23(at)gmail(dot)com
I follow you on twitter (@dkad23) and tweeted.
Kelly D. – secrets_girl23(at)yahoo(dot)com (aka) dkad23(at)gmail(dot)com
http://twitter.com/dkad23/status/15897926749
These would be great for my husband.
OOOhhh… my husband would love to have this!
My husband said he could use another plier set,,, and I could use another pair of shoes!! :)
I am a subscriber.
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I have posted this on my blog.
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I would love this for my hubby!
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I am trying to fill a tool box with the basics for my son who will turn 17 next month. He is driving his grandfathers 1986 Dodge pickup, and will be needing good tools to keep it going.
Thank You!!
This would be a gift for my brother.
Super! Either my hubby or two boys would LOVE this!! Right up their alley! Thanks!
This would be a perfect gift for my father. He is a very handy man and tools are his passion !!! Thankds
Definitely the Hubs. He has at least 4 projects going on and can’t remember where he left what – that is probably why he always “needs another ______ (channel lock?)” (according to him).
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My husband’s tools keep disappearing (have 18 and 22 year old boys who have all kinds of reasons to get in Dad’s tools). This would be great.
This tool would be for my hubby! Could really use them.
I am a email subscriber.
I need this for my husband – thanks!
I would like to win this set for my husband. He not only celebrates father’s day this sunday, but next wednesday is his 47th birthday! It would be so perfect for him!
And I am also a subscriber to your newsletter.
And you can see stretching a buck on my facebook page!
My son would love to have this set. He is such a handyman
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This would be perfect for my hubby!
I am an email subscriber.
This would be for my handy man!
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TWEET!
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I’d love to win these for my hubby. Maybe they can replace the ones someone stole! thanks
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These would go to hubby. I swear he dreams about tools LOL! He really is the toolman.
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This would be great for my fiance who just started his own pressure washing business. He is slowly trying to build up a tool set (god-knows good tools are sooooo pricey!), so that he can easily fix machines whiles he’s at the job site.
Alyssa
this would be nice to win for my boyfriend , he could always use more tools lol
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i shared on my facebook , http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000288900032
I could find many uses for these… and maybe let my husband use them (for the right payment of course) :)
I am a happy subscriber :)
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My husband could use this set of tools. With three sons tools always are missing so an extra set would be great.
These would be great for my husband
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My hubby could use these. He was looking around the house for his pliers last weekend.
My husband can’t get enough tools!!!! He would love these!
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…it would be for ME!
Oh, these would be for me! My pliers are about a hundred years old – I’d love some new ones!
For my hubby – thanks!
With a husband and two teenage boys and a 4 year old, boy also, they are always tinkering with something at our house.
this would be a perfect gift for my bf!
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Count me in to win this set for me (Pauline). Never mind the husband, I need it for me to repair my metal detector for the Cape Cod season. John will love it too. We are subscribers!
This would be perfect for my husband! He loves his collection of tools.
I also subscribe to your feed in google reader.
My husband. Totally. King of the Tools. (he is one and loves them. ;-) HA!)
My husband would love to have a set of these. He uses them a lot.
I am an email subscriber.
Love your site. My fiance loves to fix up things around the house. He is just getting back on his feet from prostrate surgery in November and this would be a big ego booster for him.
These would be for my hubby. We recently moved into our first house after many years of apartment living so he’s trying to build his tool collection for all of the DIY projects that I want.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I’m an email subscriber!
My tool-loving husband and father would both appreciate these. Thanks!
My husband would love this.
I am an email subscriber.
I subscribe. This would be good for the hubby and me.
I subscribe to your email and my hubby would love to try these out!
I’d love to win these as my son needs to fill the toolbox we gave him for his birthday!
This would make a wonderful Father’s day gift
My husband would like these tools.
I’m a subscriber!
This would be perfect for my husband. He’s so handy!
I would love to win these for my husband. We are renovating a house and new tools are always welcome here!
My bf loves tools, these would be great for him.
Thanks
I subscribe to your email. :)
I shared this contest on Facebook.
thanks ;)
This would be perfect for my husband. We have a new home and he is always coming up with new projects!
I am also an email subscriber
My husband… he needs tools :)
My Boyfriend of course!
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my hubby would love this
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i tweeted the giveaway
This would be a gift to my father in law.
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My husband loves all kinds of tools. This would be great to win for him. Thanks.
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This gift set would be perfect for my husband or my dad!
I am an email subscriber!
My husband would love this set!
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i would love this set for me… i’m the fixer upper in the fam
My dad would love this! Thanks!
I’m also an email subscriber. Thanks!
These would be very useful to my husband. Thanks for all the great information you give us to help save money and the use of coupons.
It would be perfect for my hubby, the handyman of the house! :)
I’m a subscriber, via Google Reader.
I tweeted about thsi: http://twitter.com/hawaiismn/status/15949907248
This channel lock tool would be perfect for me. I don’t own any tools yet and would love to try them.
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This would be great for my husband who repairs almost everything around the house.
this would be perfect for my hubby
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My husband would love to have this so he could find something to fix.
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These would be for my Father In Law. He is the handiest guy I know.
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These would be perfect for my husband.
This would be perfect for my husband! He is turned into mr fix it in the last few years! I LOVE it!
“We” need to renovate “Our” Bathroom. Believe Me!!! (He has a shower, I have a clawfoot tub sitting in the living room).
My husband would love these.
I would actually love to have these- I just moved out on my own and have been searching garage sales for tools!
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This would be great for my husband!!!!
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Would be great for my husband!
My dad would love these!
I would love these for myself.
My dad ,the handyman, could use these.
Would be great for my dad!
I would love to have this for Dh, but really I want to keep them for my mommy tool kit to get things done around the house when noone is looking
I am already an enthusiastic subscriber, because I entend to save wisely so I can live well. (big grin)
They would be great for my husband, the plumber, who tried to steal my set, which my dad bought me.
Wow! I have a hubby and two sons who would benefit from these tools. Thanks for including me :-)
I’d love to give this to my wonderful Mr. Fix-it, he’d love this!!!!
Thanks so much=)