Tube Extrusion Tool, Tube-Grip Industrial Size Dispenser, Efficient RTV and Silicone Dispenser, Prevent Material Waste, Black

This is a very handy tool that allows you to not waste as much of whatever you are trying to apply with a tube. For me this is typically silicone.I don't use the smaller tubes as often as the larger tubes and part of that was actually due to me thinking I may not have enough to do the job due to material left inside the tube. I always figured I could seal off the larger tube. That typically doesn't always work and the silicone cures..With this, I can get the smaller tubes and not waste as much material. There basically isn't anything left once you get to the end.

This works great. It was a bit awkward at first, thinking it wouldn't work but once I loaded the RTV tube it worked like champ.

This is one of those tools that you get because you think it fixes one really annoying problem, but in actual use has more other annoyances than the one it fixes. This looked like a good solution for giving a controlled flat squeeze for tube style caulk, etc. I always found it annoying the way the contents of these tubes seem to squeeze to the back when you hand squeeze them. Then you need to work the contents back to the tip and go again. The listing photos with the front nice and full and the back flatly empty seemed like a solution to that problem. And it does sorta do that with mostly empty tubes. Still some squeeze back if you pull too hard, and over depress the front of the "paddle", but with care it does work for the stiffer metallic tubing.But overall, with the idea that you put a full tube in and use this tool to dispense the contents of the tube, it's not very good. First it has a tendency to come apart as you try to open it to load a tube. Open it just a bit too far and the movable part of the spring loaded handle pulls loose from the fixed part. They're still attached, just unhinged and out of alignment. This appears to be the problem with the "upgrade" version shown in the listing photos with longer tabs. But it didn't fix it. Doing the natural thing of prying the spring loaded handles open to insert the tubing usually makes the front hit, then the pivot shifts from the back to the front, the tabs lift off the rear pivot edge, and the spring pulls it apart. It also flips the squeeze plate upside down, all without ever actually opening the spot where you need to insert the tube. It's the back side of the squeeze plat that opens instead. Adding a spring on the pivot rod that presses down the rear of the squeeze plate as the handles open would make it possible to insert the tube in the front opening.I finally found the trick to make it work as-is was to slightly open the handles, insert my middle finger between the handles and let the spring close it gently on my finger. Then I could use my thumb to press the back of the plate to make the front open to insert the tube. that way in never opened far enough to come apart. Once the tubing is in place it stays together. I hope the attached photos show the technique well enough.But even once you get the tube loaded without it coming apart, it's only marginally useful. The full plastic tubes of caulk just want want to slip forward out of the smooth jaws instead of getting squeezed. The metal style tubing works a bit better because you can bend the empty end of the tubing up over the back of the presser plate to keep it from sliding forward. So I think I'll just keep doing it the old way by hand squeezing until there's about 1/4 left. After that, there's enough flat out the back to fold over and hold it. Or if you do the rolling up the back technique, that would also keep it from sliding.Overall, although it will do the job of squeezing out the last bits at the end of the tube, making it work is too much of a hassle. And although it's strongly built, so I can see why the cost is justified, it's not worth it for the job it actually does.

This is one of those tools that you never thought you needed until you have it. Its like that toothpaste tube rollup tool to get the last bit of paste from the tube but you can use this on RTV, caulk, or just about anything else that comes in a tube AND you can control the squeeze to control flow. Way easier than squeezing the tube in your hand and just smashing it, this is way easier to use!! Comfortable for long uses, sturdy metal, super helpful!!!

Works well for clearing a tube of grease or silicone or something similar.Better than squeezing a tube by fingertips or trying to roll it.Sturdy build, fairly heft, and finish/paint is nice and clean.I would buy this at list price.

hmmmm. well, its worth a try. the RTV that comes in the easy squeeze tubes is way too expensive, and the regular tubes will kill your hands by the end of a project. So, i am gonna try this little gadget. Unsure based on out of the box if it will be OK, but its construction is all metal and it looks like it would survive well.

Works great for tubes of thick material like silicone or gasket maker & really helps keep your hands from getting so tired. I have severe arthritis in my hands & this is such a great help when working with silicone, plus it gives you better control of whatever you are applying to your workpiece. Definitely a great value to me, & is very well made. My only issue was when I first received it I was messing with it and it fell apart and I had a hard time figuring out how to get it back together, but that was my fault. I highly recommend this product!

This is a poorly designed tool that comes apart way too easily. When you spread the handles to open up the flat plates the tube fits between, it all of a sudden pops apart. While it is easy to put it back together, watch out that the label on the top plate is supposed to be *outside*, facing up. When it pops apart the top plate spins around so it is facing down (as you see in the photo on the left top). And you can put it back together this way too, which makes the tool almost useless in that configuration.A good idea in principle that needed a few more rounds in the design phase.A regular toothpaste roller is another option to consider.