Warning: that $30 seal puller I laughed at at the supply house in Dayton actually paid for itself twice over
I used to pop door gaskets with a flathead and a putty knife until I put a screwdriver through a $90 fridge gasket last spring. The tool cost $30 and now I swap seals in 10 minutes instead of 40 with zero tears. What cheap tool did you finally break down and buy after wrecking something first?
Bought a $12 hose clamp tool after slicing my knuckles open three times on those stupid spring clamps. Used to fight with pliers and a screwdriver, blood everywhere, clamp flying across the garage. Now it takes two seconds and my hands stay intact. Same deal with a $15 trim removal kit after cracking a door panel on my truck trying to pry it with a butter knife. Sometimes the cheap tool saves you from being cheap twice.