Daniel,
One thing I noticed in buying clecos from different sources is that they differ slightly.
The cleco on the right, a WEDGELOCK brand, has a slightly smaller diameter to it than the one on the left, which is a KWIK-LOK.
IIRC Vans sells the WEDGELOCK brand and I got the KWIK-LOKs from Cleaveland. I keep the two types seperate which is easy to do because of the color of the release pin... the WEDGELOCK is darker.
The WEDGELOCK fits perfectly into a prepunched hole, where the KWIKS take some force to get in. As I match drill, I replace them with KWIKs, which fit much better in the larger drilled and dimpled holes... holding them tighter.
I'm not suggesting going out and buying a bunch of new clecos. I never would have but I decided early on to buy A LOT of clecos, cause I heard that one could never have enough.
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I just happened to buy from two different sources, and stumbled onto the differences. Maybe this has all been dumb luck and I just got a bad batch of one or the other, but it's worked great so far.