[garbo41]

Sorry if this has been posted before but for those of you who have Knipex linemans, diagonal cutters, etc., do you prefer the comfort grip or the dipped?

I'm leaning towards the dipped but if the comfort grips make a big difference, then I'll go with them.

Prefer the cushion grip.If you have pliers with torn up dipped grips Klien makes a moron colored durable slip on hard grips. Come in 3 sizes. Best method is to dip them into almost boiling water for 30 seconds then hammer them into bare steel poker handles. I stalled a pair on my needle nose pliers 40 years ago and still in great shape. They are not voltage rated but have used them on energized 480 volt AC & the 670 Volts DC buss voltage found on 480 volt drives and never got a shock. My dad had a different brand ( might have Been Channelock brand ) on one of his side cutters back in the 1960's.