LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor Review

LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor Reviews

Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £7.99 (RRP: £7.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.

LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor Review


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LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor features

LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor specs

LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Tools found with this Spec: 6387

Feature 1

Durable steel construction

Other Tools found with this feature: 4

Feature 2

Rubberised handles for grip

Other Tools found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Comes with one replacement splitting pin

Other Tools found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Adjustable chain support screw prevents damage to the chain and the tool

Other Tools found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Suitable for all chains from 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 speed chains

Other Tools found with this feature: 1

Price

£7.99

Number of Reviews

177

Review Score

3.1 / 5

Average score in category: 4.4/5

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Tools. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor.

The first thing is material. Looking at what LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Tools. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Tools. Brands like LifeLine are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Tools category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Tools.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £7.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Tools

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Tools.

We found 563 in the Tools category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £33.54, making it below average at £7.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Tools. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £724.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.99.

With 563 products available we worked out that 444 cost more than LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor and 98 were cheaper.

Cost of LifeLine products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 311 products from LifeLine, of which 104 were in the Tools category.

For now though we’re looking at LifeLine branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £21.32 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest LifeLine product we found was £1.25 and the highest price we could find from them was £559.99.

Of the 311 from LifeLine, 179 were more expensive than LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor and 121 were cheaper.

How much are LifeLine Tools?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at LifeLine products that are listed in the Tools category.

The average price of the 104 products that match this search was £19.33, with the cheapest coming in at £1.25 and highest price was £109.99. With the average being £19.33, LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor comes in below average.

70 products that meet this search were more expensive than LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor and 28 were cheaper.


LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Tools category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor or another similar product, like LifeLine Pro Chain Rivet Extractor reviews or LifeLine Pro Cable Cutter reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Tools.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Tools. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with LifeLine, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.8/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 26372625381
  • Product ID 2: 793805UK
  • Brand: LifeLine
  • Model number: LL-CRE
  • RRP: £7.99
  • EAN: 5056389348962
  • Description: LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor The LifeLine Chain Rivet Extractor is a must for every home mechanic. Constructed from durable steel, this chain tool is small enough to take with you when you’re on the move.Features:¬† ¬† ¬† Durable steel construction¬† ¬† Rubberised handles for grip ¬† ¬† Comes with one replacement splitting pin¬† ¬† Adjustable chain support screw prevents damage to the chain and the tool¬† ¬† Suitable for all chains from 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 speed chains¬† ¬† Instructions for proper use: ¬† ¬† ¬† Back off the handle to make room for the chain to be fitted to the tool¬† ¬† Back off the adjustable support screw at the rear of the tool¬† ¬† Place the chain on the rear teeth of the tool (nearest the adjustable support)¬† ¬† Tighten the adjusting support screw until it comes firmly into contact with the back of the chain¬† ¬† Turn the handle of the tool gently until the tool pin comes into contact with the centre of the chain pin¬† ¬† If the two pins are not lined up, back off the handle and re-position the chain in the tool¬† ¬† Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the two pins are aligned¬† ¬† Now firmly tighten the handle to push the pin out, splitting the chain¬† ¬† The only time you would use the front teeth on the tool is to loosen a tight link slightly – If you try to split a chain using them, you will break them off¬† Buy LifeLine Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Workshop > Tools
  • Unisex
  • 0
  • Adult

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