Over at Amazon, the Stanley Fubar demolition tool, STHT55134, has dropped in price to $15. The Fubar demo bar is mainly intended for cutting, chopping, and prying tasks. It’s a fairly compact tool that’s packed with convenient features.
If you want to learn more about it, we previewed the Fubar demo tool when it first came out, and also put together a quick show and tell video as well.
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The Fubar is normally priced at $20-25. Walmart also lists the demo bar for $15, so we’re unsure as to whether this is a temporary or permanent price drop.
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Robert
There are a number of good wrecking tools out there from companies like Stilleto, Dead On, Vaughan, Estwing, etc. One thing that these tools typically have in common is the prying function on both ends. While I’ve always been happy with the Stanley version and while this looks like an interesting departure, I can visualize a lot of problems.
I can’t see continually applying leverage to the prying end, without eventually suffering some type of mishap, “injury,” with the other. I can’t imagine a way to consistently remain safe, even while wearing gloves, while exerting the typical wear that these tools commonly encounter.
I for one would probably stick with an original Fubar, and reserve the cutting tasks for something else.
Robert
By the way, the price is certainly an issue, but I’d probably still avoid this one.
Jerry
I don’t have one of these, but I always visualized the sharp end as more just sharp enough to be use for chopping through drywall, than it was meant to be ‘sharp’.
Stuart
You’ve got it. The sharp end is not knife-sharp. It still poses a laceration injury, but there’s no reason to grab the bladed end when using the pry bar. One could push down on the handle without wrapping their hand around the bladed end.
SteveW
I looked at one and decided it was even more dangerous than all the other Fubars and not worthy of any more than a look, I didn’t even pick one up and hold it. There can’t possibly be a more inconvenient to use and dangerous pry tool for a right handed person. If this thing were free, and given to me, it would go into the scrap pile. A Wonder Bar and a carpenters hatchet is a better combination.
I can’t believe I read about so many people that actually like them and that give them positive reviews all over the ‘net. I also don’t know one single person, especially tradesmen, that owns one of any model.
Hang Fire
I wouldn’t allow that in my house/home/workshop/garage.
Jim Felt
Too many “sales” features on one tool syndrome? The apparent confluence of marketing and product line extension. RIP.