My Favorite Wire Strippers and Cutters

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I realized I have preferences for wire cutters and strippers and have quite a few that I tend gravitate towards. These aren't ALL the cutters and strippers I have, they are just the ones I end up using the most. In some cases, I didn't link to the exact ones I have, but I have used all the ones in the links down below. In the case of the Irwin Vise-Grip strippers, I bought these for work and like them better than the ones I have shown in the video. In all seriousness though, you should check out the Super Knips or the Knipex electrician's shears, both are really cool.
Stripmaster Wire Stripper - amzn.to/3Nkf5d7
Budget Stripmaster - amzn.to/3T10THi
Automatic Wire Stripper - amzn.to/3zUdF3F
Irwin Vise-Grip Wire Stripper - amzn.to/3SMhhLy
Knipex Electrician's Wire Strippers - amzn.to/3TRtgsl
Knipex Electrician's Shears - amzn.to/3sMFzdO
Knipex Super Knips - amzn.to/3h2X6fi
Hakko Micro Cutter - amzn.to/3TUZQKb
My Favorite Tools - www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...
00:00 Intro
00:50 Wire Strippers
01:30 Stripmaster Wire Strippers
03:57 Automatic Wire Strippers
06:28 Vise-Grip Style Wire Strippers
08:47 Knipex Electrician's Wire Strippers
12:17 Wire Cutters
15:55 Conclusion

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@KevTyGaming Жыл бұрын

The trend of Robert gradually reviewing more and more mundane objects continues. I swear, this man could review types of potatoes and I’d still be interested

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

HAHA, love it. In all honesty, we're actually in the process of buying a mountain house, so I've been kinda busy with that and don't want to take on any larger projects.

@JonathanRansom Жыл бұрын

Robert the mountain man?

@VastCNC Жыл бұрын

You need to do a potato review now.

@nickkremer72 Жыл бұрын

Knipex makes some great hand tools!

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

Truth.

@gorak9000 Жыл бұрын

The first stripper you showed, you can also get them with a different die that goes from 16 or 18 to 30 ga. I have one with the 10-20 ga die, and another one with the smaller die. I do like that other style for multi-conductor cable though - might have to get a set of those.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

Correct! I have even seen them with specific dies for coax cables and such.

@JonathanRansom Жыл бұрын

Cheap cutters and strippers are so frustrating! Added those super knips to my wishlist.

@MrRubenrivera9649 Жыл бұрын

I have Klein, Milwaukee, and southwire for strippers and work great for what they are. The knipex are nice but they are very expensive for me. So I stick to the brands I mentioned. Great video sir good tools for the money spent and very handy as well.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

I have some Klein crimpers that I've had for well over a decade. They're nice!

@MichielvanderMeulen Жыл бұрын

Very helpful and definitely I'm gonna get one more stripper now. Hope you will do a video on crimping tools too, some time!

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

hum, I only have one set of crimpers. well, one set for traditional ring terminals and such, another set for molex crimping and such.

@MichielvanderMeulen Жыл бұрын

@@RobertCowanDIY maybe I'm having crimping issues because I'm doing thin wires and that 3D printers require 13 types of connectors

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

@@MichielvanderMeulen UGH, I hate wiring. Are you able to just buy a wiring harness? I know for the Vorons and other builds many people sell complete harnesses ready to go.

@MichielvanderMeulen Жыл бұрын

@@RobertCowanDIY I'm trying understand wiring, maybe the hate will dampen. Great idea, but my new project is a 350mm cubed printer with a heated build chamber up to 80°C. Need to do everything right for safety.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

@@MichielvanderMeulen Gotcha. I found with crimping (the molex or pin-style stuff I think you're talking about), it's kinda more about technique and practice. The first few times I did it, I blamed the tool, or I blamed the pins, etc. But the more I did it, I just realized what worked for me and I got a lot better at it. Now I have no problem making a custom JST harness or something.

@elitedogger7142 Жыл бұрын

I've seen that the tiny wire cutters or "flush cutters" have a tendency to shatter because of their brittleness, including a pair that I had. But I'm not sure if that's just because they were cheap. Do you think the knipex pair would outlast multiple Hakko brand pairs? As they are 3 times the price.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

Good question. As for shattering, those are the cheap ones that come free with 3d printers and such. None of the brands I'm talking about will have that issue. The Knipex and Hakko are both worth what they charge, but you obviously have diminishing returns on the Knipex. If I only had the money for the Knipex, I would maybe rather have 3 of the Hakkos instead. They aren't as nice, and mine have seen some use and aren't as durable as the Knipex, but it's hard to say that the Knipex is 3 times better. Higher end tools tend to provide less 'value', but more satisfaction if that makes sense. Both are great choices, but for different reasons. Hope that helps.

@troy4393 Жыл бұрын

The Hakko CHP-170 does shatter, but only when you're doing something far outside the rated capacity. The only set I've broken comes from trimming a steel RF shield, around a millimeter thick. They've consistently handled 12awg solid core copper wire fine for me, and that's outside the 1.3mm rated diameter.