Spring Clips & Spring Band Clamps

Spring clips — also called spring band clamps or pinch clamps — use the natural tension of spring steel to apply consistent clamping pressure without any tightening mechanism. Rather than being screwed or bolted, they're squeezed open with pliers, positioned over the hose, and released to clamp. The spring does the work.

This self-tensioning design makes spring clips a common factory-fit choice in automotive manufacturing, where fast, consistent installation matters. They're found on coolant hoses, heater circuits, fuel lines and other low-to-medium pressure connections throughout passenger vehicles and light commercial applications.

Unlike worm drive clamps, spring clips automatically compensate for minor hose movement and temperature-related expansion — maintaining a seal without any manual re-torquing. The trade-off is that they're not easily adjustable once fitted and require a specific set of spring clip pliers or hose clamp removal pliers to remove without damage.

Best suited to: Automotive OEM-style hose replacements, coolant and heater circuits, low-to-medium pressure fluid lines where a factory-style clamp is preferred.

Browse our full range below, or see our Types of Hose Clamps guide if you're deciding between clamp types.