[Keith_B]

I use this Harbor Freight Wrench nearly every time I change an oil filter. I think I paid less than $3 for them. I've got a nice band type filter wrench, and one of those end cap jobs that fit on a ratchet; but this one gets me in tighter places than anything else.

Back about 20 years ago I had filters that would be so snug that the band wrench would crush them. I'd run a screwdriver through the filter and either spin it off or end up ripping the outer shell off then using a pair of needle nose pliers and a screwdriver. I'd stick the two ends of the nose in opposite oil holes and take the screwdriver and use it to get leverage on the handles of the pliers.