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

I've owned this vise for around 6 years now. I'm a hobbyist and such; I didn't use it professionally bending pipe or really giving it the what-for. The vise held up after all these years and its both surprising and great. Rotates easy, and because of smaller size it fits where you have space for it. It's really easy to figure out how to get the most out of it. The jaws aren't the softest but if you fashion a sort of copper insert, there's no issue.

Installed in a workbench. So far has helped with a few projects to include: shaping metal, making fluid lines, drilling & more. For the price it's been pretty helpful thus far. 5/5 for use and value.

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.

Excellent vice. Well made and works as advertised.

just what I ordered and nothing less and at a great price and the delivery was fast

for the p[rice...excellent. I love my new vice. good quality ...heavy duty ...easy to use. Do not hesitate to buy

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.

Let me begin by saying that I think Yost makes a fine line of vises. Please read my review of the superb Yost RIA-4 bench vise - undoubtedly the Cadillac of small bench vises. Which makes Yost's apparent indifference to the well-documented complaints of slop in the LV-4 swivel pivot so hard to understand. My brand-new Model LV-4 arrived his afternoon, and the slop in the swivel pivot was obvious. As many reviewers have noted, this looseness makes it almost impossible to secure the vise against movement, and also puts unnecessary strain on the single pivot clamp, which users tend to tighten with max force in an effort to hold the vise still. A clear lose-lose that is so simple to fix! I discussed this problem with Yost customer service, and the person I spoke with was quite pleasant and friendly but dismissed the matter as possible tooling wear. Which is nonsense. Fortunately, I had a simple fix. Simple, that is, if you happen to have a scrap piece of thinwall copper or aluminum tubing. Which, by the way, is the deeply satisfying answer to your Significant Other asking you why you keep all that junk, to which you usually answer "Because I might need it some day." Well, that Some Day arrived this afternoon! Please see the two attached photos. I cut a short piece from a length of thinwall aluminum tubing that I knew, Just Knew, I would need someday. The tubing wasn't exactly the right diameter, so I split it lengthwise and slipped it over the pivot bolt that secures the body of the vise to the base. Voila!! no more slop! Now, much as I admire the Yost product line, I cannot justify, in my mind, their refusal to fix this dead-simple problem. I do resent having to fix a brand-new vise to correct an obvious manufacturer's oversight. A simple bushing in copper, brass, or aluminum, would cost Yost a couple of pennies, at most. But they evidently have chosen to ignore the many complaints by loyal users, and instead allow the vise to shift position unexpectedly, possibly compromising the work piece. Even offering it for a dollar as an after-market item would be nice..... Anyway, all's well that ends well....etc. I hope that this review is helpful. It should be possible to find a bushing of the correct diameter (length might be a problem). But I worked with what I had on hand.