tyre pliers etc... damge to tyres...

ok so here we go.... I have been reading alot about tyre pliers and bead breakers etc...when I recently attended the 4+4 show in Melbourne I spoke to one of the development technicians from BFG. I waited sometime to see this bloke and had a very in depth and long talk about tyres etc. I mentioned tyres bead breakers etc and his comment was that they are only a final and desprate measure. They should only be used if you can afford to write off the tyre. He said they(being BFG) had done tests on these tools and no matter what you do they bend the bead wire around the tyre. This is because the contact point is not large enough and the pressure required too much. Yes it will fit back on but it is in effect no longer safe, and has sa suspect seal around the rim. He said they had even destroyed some tyres which had arrived , because the person doing the packaging had roped the tyres down too tight and bent the bead wire around the rim. He further said that it didn't matter how hard they tried they couldn,t get the bead wire back to perfect again. After talking with this bloke there id NO WAY I would use any of these products. Yes argue if you wish but this was a devlopment tech and he knew his stuff..... and to those on the attack... yes if I was stuck etc I would use anything of course.... but the point is it,s a throw away thing for the tyre afterwards. are there better alternatives. And it makes you ponder how many suspect tyres are out there going round.....Uther