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52 mm — it takes a tap back nut

VORTA 250 mm pliers wrench, 52 mm jaw, hardened carbon steel, 390 g

The one pliers here that publishes a jaw big enough for the nuts a bathroom actually has — 52 mm.

VORTA 250 mm pliers wrench with a 52 mm jaw capacity

VORTA 250 mm pliers wrench, 52 mm jaw, hardened carbon steel, 390 g

The one pliers here that publishes a jaw big enough for the nuts a bathroom actually has — 52 mm.

Jaw capacity
52 mm — stated
Overall length
250 mm — stated, at a weight of 390 g
Adjustment
A ratchet mechanism, stated to hold its setting without slipping once made
Jaw type
Toothed jaws for gripping pipes and nuts — stated
Steel and finish
Hardened carbon steel with non-slip ergonomic plastic handles — stated; CE tested, from a German company
Amazon reference
B0G5KQ268Y (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4262495460240
  • A 52 mm jaw, which takes a basin tap back nut and a trap connector — the two things a bathroom job needs
  • A ratchet adjustment that holds its setting rather than needing constant re-seating
  • Toothed jaws mark a chromed fitting — wrap it in cloth or tape before gripping anything visible

Best for: The actual bathroom jobs — a tap back nut, a trap connector, a seized angle valve — where 25 mm is not enough.

≈ £32 / 25 €
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Specifications

Jaw capacity
52 mm — stated
Overall length
250 mm — stated, at a weight of 390 g
Adjustment
A ratchet mechanism, stated to hold its setting without slipping once made
Jaw type
Toothed jaws for gripping pipes and nuts — stated
Steel and finish
Hardened carbon steel with non-slip ergonomic plastic handles — stated; CE tested, from a German company
Amazon reference
B0G5KQ268Y (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4262495460240

What you are getting

A 250 mm pliers wrench in hardened carbon steel, with a 52 mm jaw capacity, a ratchet fine adjustment, toothed jaws, non-slip ergonomic handles, weighing 390 g. CE tested, from a German company.

52 mm is what a bathroom needs

A basin tap back nut is around 40 mm across the flats. A trap connector can be 50 mm. A shower arm is somewhere between.

The 127 mm pliers in this hub stops at 25 mm and cannot touch any of them. Fifty-two millimetres covers the lot.

The ratchet, and what it saves

Set the opening once and it stays. On an ordinary sliding joint the setting drifts every time the jaws come off the nut, and you re-seat it on every quarter turn.

Over an hour of undoing something seized, that is the difference between the job and the argument.

Three figures published

250 mm. 52 mm. 390 g. Length, capacity and weight. No other tool in this hub gives all three.

Wrap the chrome

Toothed jaws bite. That is what they are for, and it is why a trap, a shower arm or a tap body needs a cloth or a strip of tape between the steel and the finish. Every time — the mark does not come out.

Availability

On sale from 25 € to 34 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Also on sale on the British Amazon store, in the local currency: the range above is measured on the euro stores only.

Listed but with no offer on the American Amazon store — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 5 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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