1/4 in. Double Flaring Tool

I had also bought one of the cheap vice-held sets that wasn't fit for purpose. This, however, is a good quality item that produces perfect double flares every time. The grip holds the pipe firmly without damage and without needing to overtighten the nuts. The best thing is that all the critical settings, e.g. how far the pipe protrudes, how much the formers should be tightened down, are all controlled so no guesswork is required. Also, the formers are kept square to the pipe producing nice symmetrical flares - this is the big weakness with the cheap sets. Great tool and well worth the money.

I used this to make up new brake pipes for my Mini Cooper S. For a hand held brake flaring tool it feels solid and really well made unlike some tolls I have used in the past. As its hand help I was able to use t to flare the pipes in situ, this really helped with the job, especially as the idiot (me) managed to damage on of the joining threads after the pip had been laid.

It does work brilliantly on steel brake lines as well, on the car so saves a lot of time, and quality wise its very nice, only down side to it is there's no case with the variant i got

This is was my first attempt at replacing brake pipes. This tool made it really easy, created perfect flares on my first attempt. All installed with no leaks. Really good tool, highly recommend!

I tried this on copper nickel lines and factory steel lines. It worked well and produced clean flares but you need to make sure the body is clamped together tightly or it will produce misshapen flares. I would have liked to see it come with a case at this price.

Well engineered tool used on car to bubble and double flair worked a treat. Had to send 4 others different brands back as pipe just slipped back. This capri tool works great. Practice on bench first and if having to use on pipe on car plug pipe if you can and clean pipe to stop it slipping and you should be good.

Used cheaper sets that weren’t that great at producing quality flares but this is simple, easy to use and produces great quality flares also use if needed with out taking the pipe off the vehicle , bout sure what it’s like with steel pipes though as used on copper, great quality tool

I never normally leave reviews for products I have bought. But, if you need a flairing tool, spend the extra and buy this. Don't waste your money on the old style. Worth every penny! Perfect flairs every time. I'd give it 6 out of 5 if I could...

If you have been struggling to flare steel lines on your car using the cheap bar clamp-style tube flaring tools, this is what you have been looking for. Many other tools like this only handle "soft steel", aluminum, nickel-copper alloy, or other soft metals. Often, the OEM lines in the car are steel. I mangled the OEM brake line installed on my car so many times trying to get a DIN bubble flare with the cheap tool. This gave me a perfect DIN bubble flare the first time, on the car. Note that I prepped the line by both reaming and deburring the end to be flared before using this tool. The die/head of the tool is weighty and substantive. The threaded connection between the handle and the die is probably an M12 or M14; it is very sturdy and will handle the stresses of you cranking on the arbor to form the flare. It's easy to set up. One of the bolts screws in in place of the arbor and sets the depth of the line perfectly. The three 10mm bolts hold the two halves of the die together, which holds the line in place tightly without tearing up the outside like the tools that rely on internal threading to hold the line in place. If you have steel brake lines that you need to flare in situ or don't want to spend $250 for a hydraulic flaring tool that's constrained to a vise, this is what you need. Great tool.

The tool performed perfectly just as advertised. I had great flares first time everytime. Much easier to use then the old style of flare tool. This one just slides on the line to the stop nut you screw in clamp it down. Then you remove the stop nut screw in the #1 die run it down flip the die over #2 run that down and bam perfect flare everytime.

Better than other pipe flange we have a lot easer to use

I recently had a line rust out on my 2006 Chrysler 300C. I noticed several years ago that the lines going to the ABS Pump to the master cylinder and both left and right feed lines were getting rusty. Well one finally let loose. I bought stainless 3/16” line and did all four front lines. Master cylinder to abs pump and pump to left and right line. I took my time bending the new line to the same bends as oem. All 4 lines fit perfectly and look great and not a single leak on any of the 8 flares/fittings. (2/line). AWESOME PRODUCT!!! 5 stars!

This is an excellent tool. Nearly fool proof, just don't forget the tube nut, don't forget to grease the die, and work it back and forth as you run the die in. I like to go 1/3 forward, 1/6 turn back as I run the die in. I am using 4lifetimes stainless tubing, it is fairly malleable and I haven't had a flare split on me yet! Can't speak for other cheap tubing though. This is a tool that will last a lifetime and worth every penny!!