Under-engineered - Snow Peak Stainless Steel Tongs

Great idea, less than stellar design.

I have a Snow Peak fire pit and cooking grate. These looked to be a good answer to handling items on the grill without having to take full size tongs, but not entirely impressed with the engineering.

The idea is very good, but these are spot welded at the base of the tongs. The spot welds don't appear sufficient to last. Additionally, the metal these are made of does not maintain the separation when you use them. Each time you use them to grab something the tongs do not spread back out to the distance they were at. You're forced to spread them back out manually each time and this will create metal fatigue at the bends near the base. I don't expect them to last long as the metal will eventually fail.