In a pocket
The maker shows it going into a pants pocket, and for a 4 inch tool that is the point. It is on you when the full-size pair is back in the garage.
4 inch · push-button adjust · toothed or smooth jaws
Mini Water Pump Pliers
A pair of adjustable pliers small enough to lie across your palm. Press the button on the joint, slide the jaw to the size in front of you, let go, and it stays there. It comes with one of two heads: toothed jaws that bite round stock and worn fasteners, or smooth parallel jaws that hold a nut by its flats and have no teeth to mark it. They do different jobs, so the set we recommend is one toothed and one smooth, both in the same finish.
Finish
Silver finish. In the maker's photos the toothed tool in silver has a blue button and the smooth one a red button, so we cannot promise the button color on this finish.
Black finish, shown with a red button in every photo of both heads.
Which jaws
Toothed jaws
$39.95
Bought separately:
The classic water pump pliers jaw. Teeth on both jaws bite round stock, the hook end of a spring or a rounded-off bolt head. They leave marks.Sold out
The classic water pump pliers jaw. Teeth on both jaws bite round stock, the hook end of a spring or a rounded-off bolt head. They leave marks.
Smooth jaws
$47.95
Bought separately:
Flat faces that stay parallel, like a small adjustable wrench. Holds a nut or a finished fitting by its flats. No teeth to mark the work.Sold out
Flat faces that stay parallel, like a small adjustable wrench. Holds a nut or a finished fitting by its flats. No teeth to mark the work.
Save 16%Both types
$73.95
Bought separately: $87.90
Two tools in the finish you picked: one with toothed jaws, one with smooth jaws. Not one of each color. Less than the two cost separately, and the one option here that ships free.Sold out
Bought separately: $87.90. $36.98 avg. per tool. Save $13.95. Two tools in the finish you picked: one with toothed jaws, one with smooth jaws. Not one of each color. Less than the two cost separately, and the one option here that ships free.
The two heads are two different tools. Toothed jaws dig in, so they hold round and damaged things and leave marks. Smooth jaws have no teeth, so they suit nuts and finished fittings and tend to slip on anything round. One of each covers both. The first photo shows the smooth-jaw tool in black and in silver; the toothed tool is in photos 7 and 9.
Both types
Total $73.95
- Free US shipping from $49
- 30-day returns on unused items
- Delivery in 7–15 business days
The pliers that live in a pocket
One button sets the jaw.
Full-size water pump pliers stay in the toolbox because they are full size. This one is the 4 inch size, so it goes where you go. Press the button, slide the jaw to fit, let go and squeeze. Pick teeth that bite, smooth faces with no teeth, or carry one toothed and one smooth.
- 4 inch, palm-sized
- Push button on the joint
- Silver or black
Two heads
They look alike. They are not the same tool.
Both adjust with the same push button, and from the handle side you could mix them up. The difference is at the business end. One head has teeth on both jaws. The other has two flat faces that stay parallel as they close. The picture shows the two in silver, toothed on the left and smooth on the right: those are the two tools you get with Both types in silver.
Toothed jaws bite
Teeth dig into whatever is between them. That is what you want on round stock, the hook end of a spring or a rounded-off bolt head, and what you do not want on chrome.
Smooth jaws sit flat
Two flat faces close on two flats of a nut the way a small adjustable wrench does. There are no teeth to bite into a finished fitting. On anything round they tend to slip.
One joint for both
Either head adjusts the same way: a round push button on the joint and a toothed slot behind it. Press, slide the jaw, let go.
The maker publishes no jaw capacity and no count of positions for either head.
The specifics
What is published, and what is not
The maker gives very little: a length, a steel and two finishes. We print those, and we say plainly where a figure you might want does not exist, instead of filling the gap with a guess.
4inch*
overall length
About 100 mm. The one dimension the maker gives.
2heads
toothed or smooth
Two different tools built on the same joint.
2finishes
silver or black
Bare metal handles, with no sleeves on them.
1button
sets the jaw
Press it, slide the jaw, let go.
* Marked figures are the maker's own and are not measured by us.
Full specifications
4 inch adjustable pliers with a push-button joint, sold with toothed jaws or with smooth parallel jaws, in silver or black. The picture shows the two heads: toothed on the left, smooth on the right.
- Length
- 4 inch, about 100 mm The maker's figure. There is no dimension drawing
- Toothed jaws
- Teeth on both jaws, on a tapered nose The classic water pump pliers head
- Smooth jaws
- Two flat faces that stay parallel as they close Each face has a shallow step near the tip
- Adjustment
- Push button on the joint, toothed slot Press, slide the jaw, let go
- Jaw capacity
- Not published by the maker No maximum opening is given for either head
- Jaw positions
- Not published by the maker
- Steel
- CR-V (chrome vanadium), by the maker's own badge No grade and no hardness figure is published
- Finish
- Silver or black
- Button color
- Red in every photo but one The toothed tool in silver is shown with a blue button
- Handles
- Bare metal, no insulation Not a tool for live electrical work
- Handle ends
- A pointed tip and a ring, plus a flat tip on the smooth-jaw tool, by the photos They differ between the two heads and from picture to picture. The maker does not name them or give sizes
- Maker's mark
- Expect a logo printed on one handle The photos on this page show that handle blank, so do not go by the pictures on this point
- Force rating
- None published Nothing tells you how hard you may lean on it
- Weight
- Not published by the maker
In the box
- One pair of pliers in the head and finish you pick, or one of each head
The maker publishes no packing list and shows no packaging. We promise the tool only: no pouch, no case, no instructions.
Where it earns its keep
Small enough to have with you
A tool this size is not for the big jobs. It is for the fastener you meet when the toolbox is somewhere else.
Across a palm
It lies across an open hand. Handles this short give modest leverage, so think of it as a holder and a turner of small things, not a breaker of stuck ones.
On a nut, by its flats
Smooth jaws close on two flats of a hex nut the way a small wrench does. If the corners are already gone, that is a job for the toothed head instead.
Silver or black
The finish changes nothing about how it works. Pick the one you will find fastest at the bottom of a bag, and take one of each head in it if you want both.
Setting the jaw
Press, slide, let go.
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Press the button
The round button on the joint frees the moving jaw. Hold it down with your thumb.
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Slide the jaw to the work
With the button held, slide the jaw along the slot until the jaws are just wider than the part. The slot is toothed on both edges. The maker does not say how many positions it has.
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Let go, then squeeze
Release the button and the jaw stays where you left it. Close your hand and the jaws come together on the part.
That is everything the maker's own three photographs show. No force figure is published for this tool, so it is for holding and turning by hand, not for a length of pipe over the handles.
Toothed, smooth, or both
Each head is good at what the other is bad at.
Teeth grip by digging in. Smooth faces grip by sitting flat. Whichever single head you buy, there is a kind of job it does poorly.
| Job | Toothed jaws only | Smooth jaws only | Both types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hex nut or bolt with good corners | Grips, and marks the flats | ||
| Chrome or finished fitting | Marks it | ||
| Rounded-off bolt head | Slips once the flats are gone | ||
| Round stock, a pin, small pipe | Tends to slip | ||
| Hook end of a spring, as the maker shows | Slips off | ||
| Flat stock or a sheet edge | Holds, and marks it | ||
| Ships free on its own | Under $49, so no | Under $49, so no |
What each head suits follows from its shape. The maker publishes no test of either. Buying both costs less than the two on their own and is the one option on this page that passes the $49 free shipping line.
Free shipping on orders of $49 or more. Below that, standard shipping is a flat $4.95 to any of the 50 US states. Delivery takes 7–15 business days from the time you order, and that window already includes the 1–2 business days we take to process. Shipping & Delivery.
30-day returns. Items must be unused and in their original packaging. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number to start a return. Returns & Refunds.
30 days from delivery. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number and what you want to return. We reply with a return address — do not send anything back before you have it, or we cannot match the parcel to your order.
What we can take back: unused items in their original, undamaged packaging. Adhesives, sealants and lubricants cannot be returned once opened; the same goes for any item with a broken safety seal. That is a safety and hazardous-goods rule, not a preference.
Who pays: return shipping is paid by you, except when the item arrived damaged, faulty or was not what you ordered — then we cover it and refund the original shipping too.
Refunds go back to the original payment method within 5 business days of the return reaching us. Full returns policy.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Before you order
What is the difference between the two jaw types?
Which one should I buy?
Is the set of both actually cheaper?
How wide do the jaws open?
How does the adjustment work?
What is it made of?
Is there a logo on it, and what color is the button?
What are the tips and the ring on the handles for?
Does it replace my full-size pliers?
How long does delivery take, and can I return it?
4 inch · two heads · one button
Teeth for grip. Smooth faces for finish.
Toothed jaws hold what is round or worn, and leave marks. Smooth jaws hold a nut by its flats and have no teeth. Take one toothed and one smooth in the same finish for less than the two cost separately. Free US shipping from $49, and 30 days to return unused items.
