I ordered these about 2 weeks ago and just got them in today so if you need something in a hurry don't order it from HF. Anyway I thought I'd write a brief review about them as there are always folks asking if the HF clamps are any good. So here goes for what's it's worth. First place I ordered 4 each but got 8 in so that price of $8.49 was for a pair which shocked me as you can imagine. Happy but shocked. The overall closed length of them are 28", that's end to handle and extend out to the 37" like they are supposed to. I played around with them a bit and they seemed to work fine. I applied as much pressure as I normally would clamping stuff together and they didn't seem to bend at least as far as I could tell by looking at them. They are extremely light in weight, I mean extremely which actually pleased me as I didn't expect them to be real heavy as light is what I wanted for the type of clamping I'll be doing with them. Busses's they ain't. The ends are made of what I call pot metal and one of the ends was actually broke which is not a good sign. I assume in shipping. I'm afraid they are very brittle or appears that way if one can be damaged in shipping but like I said they ain't Busses's but will certainly come in handy for certain applications. They were just placed in the shipping box without any type of padding but the ends were wrapped with paper to semi protect them. The bar's themselves are straight and can be adjusted out to 4 different lenghts but can be stowed in there overall closed 28"'s. So overall I'm glad I bought them but they may not hold up in the long run with lots of repeated usage and you sure won't throw them around being that brittle or you probably will only do it once. Anyway, there's my dime's worth review. 
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