Ridgid 38033 Bender, Model 604, 1/4"

I'm always use the other guys that are way more expensive but I decided to buy my own set of benders instead of using my employers. I'm always used the other brand that's like five times as expensive these are really good the only thing I don't like is the stationary handle is at an angle so I guess there's more room for your hands when you get to 90°. I don't like that I wish it was straight so you can use it to level up the tube with it being at an angle it makes it more difficult to eyeball. I've been bending tubes for many many years so if I say it's a good Bender, it is.

Great benders. Almost same design and just as good of quality as the swage benders for a quarter of the price.

Great tool for bending 1/4 tubing. Has an ear to hold tool with a vise if needed. Clear markings to help with degrees of bend. Can change position of handle also.Highly recommend.

I had bought one of those cheap $30 benders from the supply house to bend 1/4" stainless steel tubing, both soft and hard kind. It lasted about 100 bends before the pot metal broke. It also gave quite the workout on the hard pipe. I looked at the big box stores and all they had was the cheap kind I had already broken and electrician's conduit bender. Anyway, I went to Amazon and found this bender. I received it in a timely manner and after I opened the box, I knew I had a winner! I got this baby to work and it blew my socks off! It had a lot more leverage than the cheapy one and the rollers on it lowered the friction drastically. It is truly amazing how easy it is to bend the stainless steel now that I have this jewel! Highly recommend!

As good as swagelok benders if not better except for one thing...you can use the handles on swagelok benders to align your next bend...with these you cannot...you have to be able to "eyeball" your alignment more so with these...but you can bend back to back or back to side bends quite a bit closer with the ridgid benders. 4.5 out of 5 easily...maybe 5 out of 5 if you have a liitle more experience with various brands of benders...

I love these benders. I have them in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 inch sizes and use them for all kinds of tubing. Perfect for stainless. No distortion in the bends and the best design. Well known manufacturer that stands behind their products. Those rollers make all the difference. The offset in the handles makes life easier, and the two position movable handle is a life-saver to complete a 180° bend. Best you can buy for the dollars spent.

This tool provided very good bends in 1/4" copper tubing. However, the radius of the bends is small, so it's not suitable for larger radius bends. I gave it 5 stars simply because it works as designed and is easy to use, but you get what you pay for - it's definitely not cheap.

Easy to use