Bought one of these at Pepboy's a few years ago and haven't never once regretted it.
It will dent and destroy the filter as you clamp down on it but you just throw them in the garbage anyway. I just tighten them by hand but I typically can't get a good angle on the sucker to loosen them by hand.
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'06 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Stock, for now
'98 Civic EX - CTR headlights and grill, Kosei K1's, for sale
'90 240SX - SR20DET that will never get installed, project car.