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Stanley 55-525 15-inch Super Wonder Bar Pry Bar | 
 enlarge | Brand: Stanley
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $20.64
Buy New: $7.74
You Save: $12.90 (62%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 4217
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 16.3 x 12.4 x 4.7
MPN: 55-525
Model: 55-525
UPC: 076174555257
EAN: 0076174555257
ASIN: B00002X22U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| | Prying bar designed for easier work | | | Longer bar provides extra reach and more leverage for prying and lifting | | | Tight bend angle for precise positioning | | | Arched center for greater prying leverage | | | 16 inches in length; 1-3/4 inches in width |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Stanley Super Wonder Bar Pry Bar is designed for easier prying, lifting, and nail removal. At 15-1/2 inches in length, it provides extra reach and more leverage, and its tight bend angle allows more precise positioning. The pry bar features an arch in its center, eliminating the need for a wood block to achieve necessary swinging motion for nail pulling. This pry bar also works as a panel lift: simply position the pry end under the panel and press down the end with a foot for convenient, hands-free operation. The bar's blade width is 1-3/4 inches.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Tear it up! November 30, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this tool because I was going to need both a pry bar and a wallboard lifter for the remodeling project I was starting. This product really is a wonder. I wonder how I could have completed the tear down part of my project without it. The unusual shape allowed me to pull wallboard down and nails out one handed with out ever needing an extra pry block. This was great when I was 8 feet up on a ladder. I also used it to remove both crown and base molding. I have not used it as a wallboard lifter yet. But if it as good at helping me build the walls as it was at helping me tear them down, it deserves it's name.
Fantastic nail puller and sheet lifter March 28, 2005
Jonathan Maier
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this recently to replace a regular flat bar that I had banged the end off of. The "wonder" of this bar comes in the unique bend mid-way through the handle, which enables the wonder bar to act like a lever and fulcrum together. This serves several purposes, and you will wonder how you ever got by without it. Got a stubborn nail that won't come out even with a big tug with a framing hammer? Simply hook the nail head on the wonder bar and step on the other end and either the nail will come out or you'll rip the head off. Need to lift a panel or sheet up a fraction of an inch or more? Just insert one end under the sheet and step on the other to raise it to the desired height...or flip the wonder bar over and the angle of the bar will make it work like a wedge to raise the panel as high as you insert the wedge. The only disadvantage to the "wonder" shape is that it tends to vibrate if you smack one end while trying to dig out a nail with the other...but pry bars were never meant to do this anyway (that's how I banged the end off my previous ply bar)-- use a claw hammer or regular nail puller for these tasks and your wonder bar for everthing else. I don't trust Stanley with anything with moving parts (I'm no fan of their tape measures) but the wonder bar is a great tool.
Nice Pry Bar May 22, 2007
B. Walsh (Raleigh, NC)
I'm a weekend warrior more or less. I renovate houses in my down time. I picked up this bar to help with the demo process. I must say it it a very handy tool. The angle of the bar works perfect for me and gave me a lot of leverage when removing some old glued down flooring. It's a keeper in my bag of tools for sure. I'm very satisfied with it.
shouldn't be your first, but should be in your bag November 8, 2007
Elijah Rubin (california)
This bar only rates pretty good for doing general demolition work. The fulcrum, as others have said, makes it less than optimal for prying things apart because you if you hammer the end of it the bend absorbs much of the blow and vibrates. However, if you need to install a panel or sheet or drywall by yourself the lever action will help you raise your work with your foot and adjust it just where you need it leaving your hands to do their thing.
For installing doors it is awesome! Toe kick under a cabinet? Perfect. In fact, anything you want to raise from the floor while standing, crouching, laying down or in need of both hands will make you love this tool.
I also use it for prying up tile counter tops with great success.
Bottom line, it is not usually the first demo bar I grab, but for certain applications I wouldn't be without it. If I ever lose it I will replace it immediately.
Good variation on a basic tool. March 10, 2006
md55 (Nevada City,CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The addition of the fulcrum on the pry bar is a useful innovation. Like all the other pry bars on the market nowadays and unlike my now misplaced Sears pry bar acquired in the 70's, the prying ends of this tool are rather blunt and therefore difficult to prize in between joined pieces without damaging them. This was remedied with a grinder and belt sander but it would be nice if someone would produce a well ground tool like those of yore.
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