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.alex1mo ago

My Harbor Freight strippers work fine...

skyler_kelly691mo 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.

shanes661mo ago

That "fine until they're not" part hasn't been my experience.