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I finally learned my lesson about cheap wire strippers after burning through $80 on a rewire job in a Denver attic last summer.
The bargain-bin strippers kept nicking the conductors, forcing me to re-run entire 4-conductor runs twice, and I'd warn anyone to just buy the good Klein tools from the start.
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scott.alex5mo ago
My Harbor Freight strippers work fine...
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skyler_kelly695mo ago
Wait, you've never had a pair just totally fall apart mid-job? My buddy was stripping some 10-gauge wire with a Harbor Freight set last year and the whole handle cracked in half, like the plastic just gave up. He had to finish the job with a knife and a lot of swearing. They're fine until they're not, lol.
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shanes665mo ago
That "fine until they're not" part hasn't been my experience.
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shane_morgan2mo ago
Got a pair of the cheap ones from the local hardware store a while back. Worked fine for a few months, then one day I'm twisting a wire and the whole cutting edge just sheared off. Not a crack, not a chip, just gone. Had to file the remaining piece down just to get through the rest of the job. I've learned the hard way that the plastic handles and the metal bits on the cheap ones don't actually bond together well. Once that little gap forms between the metal and the plastic, they're done. Better to spend the extra few bucks on something with a solid one-piece construction or at least a metal frame over the pivot.
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