Stanley 55-099 FatMax Xtreme Fubar Functional Utility Bar
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Stanley 55-099 FatMax Xtreme Fubar Functional Utility Bar
Customer Review: Horrific design flaw
Summary: 1 Stars
As others have pointed out, the prybar portion of this tool is curved to the left, leaving any right-handed person injuring themselves whenever they pull the tool down toward their thigh. It will even take a chunk out of you if you're just not paying attention and lowering it to your side. This is unacceptable. DO NOT BUY THIS. Another problem is that the backside drywall blade is very dull, making it inefficient when seeking to split and rip wallboard. Although it's otherwise a well-made and balanced tool, those two design flaws prevent it from being useful for more than single-use jobs. A much better choice is to go with the Dead On 18-Inch Annihilator Bar. It comes with a brilliant spike that allows you to punch through a wall quickly and accurately to see where the wiring is. The Dead On bar looks weird, but after a day of use, you'll thank me for finding a better tool.Customer Review: I call him BENDER
Summary: 5 Stars
This weekend marked my first foray in eight years into home improvement. Needless to say, I'm a little rusty. The project: knock out, wire and rebuild a wall, tear up carpeting and install hardwood flooring.
Job 1: remove baseboards. DO NOT USE THE FUBAR FOR THIS! Stanley has another tool well suited to the job. Their SuperWonder pry bar is perfect for removing things that you do not want to kill.
Job 2: remove fireplace. The FUBAR (hereafter referred to as Bender because I cannot stop laughing my "evil Bender from Futurama" laugh when I use this thing) chewed through the 1990 particleboard blight in record time. My wife was convinced that the mantle piece was part of the structure of the house, it was on so solid. Bender ripped it off like a paper towel. It was into the studs with four 3" wood screws and the house wept when I tore it off. I felt like a Mohel. I also made short work of the hearth by using Bender like a crowbar.
Job 3: tear our wall. As other reviewers have mentioned, this thing is really good at tearing apart walls. The whole wall came down in about 10 minutes.
Job 4: Tear out carpet. Admittedly, Bender was not very good at ripping up carpet but he did a marvelous job at ripping up nail strips and yanking staples out of the plywood that had become too gummed up with underlay to nail down.
Conclusion:
This tool will be framed after the job is done. It is a work of art.
Customer Review: I suppose I should be happy
Summary: 4 Stars
The zoning officer in Franklin Lakes was inspecting a new house across our lake, and noticed a tarp I had drying in the woods. He came over to inspect the tarp, and noticed that the shed over my biofilters for our koi pond was 18 inches over the side lot setback line.
18 inches?! Give me a break, darn it.
The officer gave me a cease and desist order instead.
I work with a fellow named Teodoro, and we had overbuilt that shed two years earlier; Ted likes to make everything perfect. He can do almost anything, and he knows his tools.
We needed to take off the 32 inches of material, and rebuild with the stuff we took off, so great care was necessary. Ted had absolute contempt with I showed up with the FatMax Xtreme.
"That's a toy, Bob."
"Use it Ted", I explained.
Three hours later, our shed was in official compliance, and the door, and all lumber, insulation and molding was piled neatly and ready to be re-used.
Ted and I used nothing but this tool and a circular saw for the plywood roof.
Now Ted wants one of his own. :)
Robert C. Ross 2008
PS: We've now used this tool on a number of small renovations; it is especially useful where you are trying to salvage molding and other materials. In a bigger job, go with a heavier hammer and separate crow bars. It's really too light for heavy duty work, but in the right circumstances very handy. B.
Customer Review: Making demolishing fun
Summary: 5 Stars
First man discovered fire and the wheel. Then he discovered the Stanley Fubar. I've used this to tear down a shed and some outdoor structures and it has performed flawlessly. It's very durable and built in such a way it's usage is almost intuitive. Everything is angled ideally for maximum torque and ease of use. Read the other reviews for all it's features.
If you're looking to tear something up this is the tool.
Customer Review: OUTstanding Piece of technology
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen this on the Stanley new tools site since january of this year.. waiting to get my hands on one. OUTstanding tool that fits in your hand. I use mine for pallet ripping ! AND no matter the method of assembly, this crusher does the job well. No vibrations, goes where it needs to go, the pick end loosens and the pry bar .. well, you get the idea. I do agree with the writer about the hammer head. On recieving mine, I first sanded off all the shellac, then filed a better point on the chisel, then took the disk sander with coarse grain to the hammer head to fit my needs. Some cross files to the head with a file and its a sweet little item. It's got the same weight as my framing hammer for roofing. During the day, the tool hangs smartly in my cube over a sign at the helpdesk, "All repairs handled Swiftly".