Ingco Bench Vice 8 HBV088 with Swivel Base and Anvil

Our review

This is a heavy-duty bench vice from Ingco, sized at 8 inches and weighing 21kg, which tells you it is built for a permanently mounted workbench rather than occasional light use. The swivel base lets you rotate the jaws to angle a workpiece, and the integrated anvil gives you a flat surface for light hammering. With a maximum clamping force of 2500kg, it suits workshop tasks like holding metal for cutting, filing or drilling, and it will handle woodworking too. Before buying, check your bench top thickness and mounting bolt spacing, because a vice this heavy needs solid fixing. Compare it with smaller 4 to 6 inch vices if you mainly do hobby work, and with forged steel or cast iron options if you need to know the jaw material, since that detail is not listed here. It arrives packed in a carton box and is available on Sokonia.