Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These clamps are amazing!!! I was a little skeptical after reading a few mixed reviews regarding the Automaxx feature. It was for this reason that I purchased 2 Premium Kreg face clamps WITHOUT Automaxx just to be sure I had two clamps that at least worked well. Now, I wish I would have spent the extra $20 and got my other two with Automaxx. The Automaxx feature removes the threaded tension adjuster that you commonly find protruding from one handle of the clamps. The mechanism in this clamp automatically adjusts to whatever thickness you're working with, and clamps down at a preset tension. The tension is set with a small adjustment dial, turn one way for more tension and the other way for less tension. And this dial is sensitive, in the way that a slight turn makes a noticeable difference in clamping pressure. So you can take a piece of material, say 3/4", and clamp down. Adjust the screw to reach your preferred clamping pressure, and you're done. Now, you'll clamp down with the same pressure every time whether your clamping down on 1/2" material or 1-1/2" material. No more setting or adjusting. Perfect! These right angle clamps are like an extra set of hands. I put a little glue between my two pieces of material and place a right angle clamp and it literally holds everything in place while I install my pocket screws. Sometimes there is a little slide while clamping, which I read in some reviews and was slightly concerned about. But this can happen with any clamp. There is a sweet spot to clamping where one piece or the other doesn't slide. You'll find this with the clamp your using and it just becomes second nature every time you clamp. Two of these held up numerous 24"x27.5" panels while I installed pocket screws. And they were SECURELY held in place, standing up, not unstable at all. I am in my first project with pocket hole construction and am often working by myself. Having two of these clamps on hand is seriously like having another person helping you and having an extra set of hands while you work. The only issue I've had with these clamps is when releasing from clamping, you need to open them up all the way. This kind of "resets" the mechanism for the next clamping. If it doesn't, the clamping pressure isn't exactly what it should be. But this isn't really a big deal for me. Most of the time when I release them from the material, they open all the way automatically. And if they don't, I do it by habit. Hope this helps.