Yep, everyone needs a good pair of pliers.  Actually there are a number of pretty good quality brands that come in at that price point.  The P-line Adaros look pretty good   (You need to Login or Register
I have a pair of Evolution Gorilla Pliers and I like them.  They're a touch pricier but if you look around you can usually get these items on sale - in fact the Gorillas are on sale even as we speak.
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I also use a Boga type tool, the Original Lipper, which is, or should I say was, an absolutely fantastic tool.  I like it better than the Boga because you can thingy it and also tighten it down if you don't want it to swivel.  Mine, however, is lying somewhere on the bottom of Booth Lake in Algonquin and I've just discovered that the Lipper is no longer in production.  By the way if anyone knows where I could get a replacement for the Original Lipper 26 or has one they want to unload(not the cheap EconoScale version) please, please PM me.