Winco Heavy-Duty Stainless Steel Utility Tongs, 9"

I'm a huge fan of tongs with rings, because it keeps them easy to store and retrieve from a drawer, but it's not a locking mechanism that requires two hands to operate (such as pull style ones, eg OXO) or a counterintuitive up-down magic latch (forever accidentally locking those or unable to remember how to unlock them under pressure of something needing a turn *rightnow* ugh). Ring closures are the way to go IMHO, only many options in this style suffer from EXTREMELY cheap build quality.Not these! They're a great weight, have a strong, coiled spring, and the rivet holding them together is crimped AND capped instead of just curled outwards like other pairs I've had (this has been main the point of failure for this style, in my experience). I'll update if they have any performance problems down the road, but I doubt they will: this is clearly an industrial quality item.Edit: the springs in these are so beefy that they make my hands tired to use them for very long. I'd say oh well, this is just a fault of my grip strength, EXCEPT: I'm a woman with "man hands" - as in, like, the hubs had to order a custom size for my engagement ring, I can't wear women's glove sizes, etc -- for a woman, these are absolute bear paws. 🫣 This means there are going to be a lot of women who can't operate these tongs without a lot of discomfort. I can still use them ok, so I consider this an acceptable tradeoff for the quality/won't deduct a star for it, but take this facet into consideration if your hand strength isn't the best.

I bought these for the hubby, as we do alot of grilling. These are heavy duty, made very well, clean very easy. The slider doesn't get stuck as with most cheaper ones. So easy to use and kids can use them too.

My other (similar) tongs finally gave out. They were much thinner material but these are better made and I like them very much

These smaller ones are made with a lighter weight metal. They definitely don’t feel as sturdy as the longer ones and they are very sharp, so be careful when you wash them, they cut both my husband and myself.

I can't believe I've received something from Amazon that is actually a quality product. These tongs are seriously, restaurant quality. They are very thick, heavy gauge stainless steel and the spring feels very strong. WINCO has definitely won me over and as a chef of over 45 years, impressing me is not an easy task. Because of the quality of these tongs, I have purchased several other WINCO items and all are equally impressive and I will continue to buy WINCO products whenever I see them as a choice. Great value at any price.

I read the above reviews and read that these were a good value for money, they are not. These are the cheapest, flimsiest set of tongs I have ever seen. Dollar store tongs are better. Really and truly a complete waste of money.

Should have returned item as neither of us seniors have the strength to use this tongs due to an extremely heavy spring mechanism.

I liked the size and sturdy design of this utensil, reminds me of the quality of years gone by.