Bessey BVVB Vacuum Base Vise - Durable Silver Construction for Secure Holds

Chris: Buying a new product and having it show up in a clearly opened box and not even being secured in it is very frustrating. I’m just hoping it still works like it should.

United States on Nov 27, 2023

RylanRylan: Suction is great on smooth surfaces, even got it to stick awhile on a non-smooth surface. For picking and practicing on locks this is a wonderful and versatile vice for all angles!

Canada on Oct 09, 2023

Steven Lepage: Used to hold locks to practice lockpicking and I can say for the price its great. Holds the locks securly and had a good range of motion. Only complaint is the vise rubber pads although protect clamped devices do not provide a strong enough clamping force. Need to use it without rubber pads.. still a good vise for the money and would recomend.

Canada on Sep 11, 2023

acurtis: Used this vise to reshaft a golf club. Worked better than I expected. Was able to remove and replace a graphite shaft as well as regrip.

United States on Aug 28, 2023

Earl Witt: Vise works great for my purpose. Only issue is it doesn’t hold for as long as I want.

United States on Jun 24, 2023

I report, you decideI report, you decide: I purchased this product a little over a year ago. Although it hasn't been used frequently, it's been used enough to give an accurate review. I'll start with what I consider the positive attributes. The bench suction I find to be better than most. It will hold securely for a good amount of time with almost all the tasks I've done. The best hold is stuck to a smooth clean surface and a little water (spit) applied to the rubber suction diaphragm. The base will easily adjust to almost any position rotational or to any degree of angle. This is done with a compression ball inside the base and a course threaded compression collar that sometimes takes a little effort to unscrew depending on how tight you need to make it. The jaws are of decent width and come with easily removable plastic / rubber pads that melt at a very low temperature. Thus you really don't want to solder when using the soft jaw pads. The threaded rod that is used to move the jaws are made of low quality steel and have stripped slightly when tightened to the max. The square nut insert that the rod threads into, although likely not stripped, along with the threaded rod, is going to be replaced with custom machined...

United States on Aug 26, 2022

Dmitriy: This thing has about 5mm of slack/backlash in the jaw. I didn't expect precision machinery for the price, but this is worse than I expected.

The weight is OK. Can't speak to the suction mechanism as I don't use it. It is not very heavy, but enough to not tip over while holding a reasonably sized PCB. I use it to hold things while soldering.

Canada on Mar 27, 2022

Robpol86Robpol86: I live in San Francisco so I don't have a garage to work on projects, everything is done in my living room. As such I don't have space for a large bench to drill holes into so I was looking for a vacuum mounted vise so I can use it in different places on my small work table.

I read reviews and saw YouTube videos of people being disappointed with the suction power of the vise. Saying it loses suction after one minute and every video I see people aren't yanking on the vise with any force. Just lightly pushing it around to show that it's anchored.

Once I got this, I was so surprised. For the money I am extremely happy with it. When I attach it to my table it doesn't go anywhere. I pull on it on different directions and this baby is stuck on solid. After 5 minutes it does lose suction power, but I mitigate that by resetting the vacuum every time I'm about to apply force/torque on the object being held.

I used this to hold on to parts when I was upgrading my 3d printer and I'm completely satisfied with this vise. It's great for small projects.

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The quality of materials is is very good. It doesn't feel cheap at all (I thought the round collar...

United States on Oct 23, 2021

Graywriter: What the heck is "sheerness" that it asked me to review? My other vice was stolen so I got this as a replacement. Compared to my old one there is a lot of slop in the gearing, and too much play in the slider rods, which means the head has a tendency to flop down and skew sideways. When I clamp something in one side, the play means that the other side closes more, sometimes releasing my item. I put another washer on the screw, which reduced the play somewhat, but correcting the other problem would require replacing the sleeve bearings.
I would not recommend this item and would return it but the return period has passed.

Canada on Oct 13, 2020

Shane Miller: This is a bargain. It's perfect, and if you plan to do any work that requires an extra hand this is what you need. The only thing holding me back from giving it a full 5 stars is the fact that the item was stated saying the suction cup works on any smooth surface and in my experience (on a smooth wooden table) it sticks (and sticks extremely well as if it was bolted to the table) but then releases the suction and comes off after a few minutes. It's not a major deal as the product has a hefty amount of weight to it, but if you plan to be doing something that would cause heavy shaking it will become an issue. My best guess is that it needs to be on a COMPLETELY smooth surface like glass or smooth steel (like a steel table or something). Overall though, I would buy again.

Canada on Jul 19, 2017