It's not a particularly pretty product but I used it for a project with photos and it worked just fine. The holes I punched were clean (though the punched paper was hard to get out of the hole in the metal), the eyelets were easy to press, and they fit snugly within the holes.

I was scared when I noticed there were scratch marks all over the unopened product but everything moved just fine. I used almost all of the eyelets in one sitting and my hands aren't sore or anything. Only thing to watch out for is that you don't use too much force on thin objects or the back of the eyelets will poke through.

Others have said that it's good quality, it really works! I definitely can attest to that! You can get other eyelet colors (bronze, gunpowder, silver) at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, JoAnns or Amazon. The plier will come in handy! Thank you so much for shipping it fast, didn't expect to arrive real soon.

The tool works very well and it was easy to add eyelets to my workout shoes in the weak eyelet. BUT it would be helpful if they printed a few simple instructions on the cardboard insert within the packaging. It took me a few minutes to be willing to remove the pin that holds the pliers together so that I could open them. Also it would be helpful to know that the protruding side of the pliers should go into the wider end of the eyelets. Once I figured these things out, the tool worked to perfection. Tool=5 stars, Instructions=0 stars, so that comes out to 4 stars.

The eyelets that come with this tool are crap, but I was buying for the tool itself, to use with these grommets Amanaote 5mm Internal Hole Diameter Gun Black Eyelets Grommets with Washer Self Backing Pack of 200 Sets in a corset that I'm making. They work wonderfully together even though the grommets are a little larger than the eyelets that came with the tool.

The pliers are very easy to use, and don't require too much strength to squeeze. As someone who insists on constantly typing, sewing, and knitting despite carpal tunnel, my tools need to be hand-friendly, and I did not experience any pain or cramping while using these to set grommets in one side of the corset (haven't finished the other side yet). I was able to quickly and securely set my grommets, the tool working very well with them. I didn't realize until re-reading the questions just now that the tool actually punches holes - I had been poking holes with a seam ripper, then using a knitting needle as a makeshift awl to make them bigger (which is probably better for the fabric, but is more work), which is what most corset-making tutorials tell you to do, and which worked just fine.

I wouldn't use the included eyelets on a garment. Perhaps on a decorative pillow or something similiar where the backs won't be exposed or rubbing against anything. They splay very poorly, and leave very rough edges that are going to catch on everything they come into contact with. Don't buy this expecting to use the eyelets for anything that's going to get regular use. I used a couple to test out the pliers before setting a couple of my good grommets as practice and finally moving on to my project, and that's honeslty about all they're good for.

Very sturdy construction for bargain priced pliers. I was surprised by the heft of the pliers.

I will use with Kydex, so pre-drilling is a must. The eyelets that come with it are very weak and not very useful in my situation. Worth noting is that to actually use the pliers, you must remove a small pin as noted in other reviews. It feels wrong to pull out what looks like part of your new pliers, but you must. I placed my pin in the small zip bag the cheap eyelets were in and stowed the whole mess in case it needs locked again.

Functionality seems to hold true for the stronger eyelets I ordered to use on Kydex though, obviously, more pressure is needed to set the eyelet. That said, the amount of pressure is not excessive. I would classify the other eyelets as medium weight and have not used these pliers on the heavier weight ones.

Shop around on Amazon before you buy. The price range was impressive.