Wire hose clamp tools

That's a pretty slick tool, but it won't work in the tight spaces on my bikes or most of the hoses on my cars.

Before investing in this tool, I'd get "endless" hose band ("Band-it") or similar. The wire just cuts through the hose by the time. There are two types of hose bands. One threaded and one plain. Got a supply of the plain one from my army-time that still serves me very well.

The Band-It needs a special expensive tool, but there are others that look similar and need no extra tools.

Nick

("Band-it") or

Band-IT is very good in the larger sizes whereas I suspect the wire system wins on smaller hoses. Both need significant space around the joint to make the fastening (which is where Jubilee style clips win) - no problem on a single hose to pipe transition on the bench but a pain installed on a machine with no space to twiddle the tool. I recently had a situation with Jubilee style clip in a strong alternating magnetic field, that was getting hot enough from the induced currents to melt the nylon pipe! I replaced the Jubilee clip with a nylon "Herbie Clip" which has a pair of interlocking alligator mouths that you squash together - neat fastening but takes quite a bit of squeezing to fix.

AWEM