Have not seen those speed lock Channel locks before
Being a Channellock fan I want to try out the mechanism, but I just can't bring myself to spend my hard earned money on a tool that looks like this.
Call me a stubborn jackass ( I am one ) but they went out of their way to make these look overly futuristic and I just cannot get behind that choice.
Look at Knipex, they simply made a classic pair of " water pump pliers " with a new mechanism.
Channellock could have easily done that, the flag design on the button is a nice touch they could have kept but other than that they shouldn't have gone out of their way to make these look modern.
If they ever decide to do such a thing to their other pliers I will no longer be a customer.