Customer Reviews

Neiko Tools Ultimate Self-Adjusting Wire & Cable Stripper

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Well, they have striped all the wires I have tried, oh, 1mm to 4mm, and I have done up to three wires at once, but its tough to get them to all strip. Two at a time is definatly not a problem if you get them even. The crimpers on them are worthless as you already have to pull against springs to close the crimping section, they are about 2-3 inches below the hinge; being between the handles it is very difficult to get the wire to stay inside the connector while positioning it on the crimper.

The construction appears solid, and the wire cutter works alright. The real beauty is not having to position the wire in a certain slot and with one quick pull, the wire is striped.

I have been involved in electronics all my life, and I'm an electronics engineer. Wire stripping has always been somewhat problematic, the non-automatic strippers tends to nick the wire or break a strand, while the automatic ones usually have a blade that has half a dozen or so holes you have to select from depending on the wire size which is annoying, and sometimes the hole you want isn't there. This tool has a universal blade that will cut all common sizes 10 to 24 AWG and even smaller, it doesn't nick the wire or break strands, its easy to use and will even strip two wires at a time. I was embarrassed when an amateur brought this tool over one day; where has it been all my life? It is the best stripper you will ever acquire.

This is probably the easiest wire stripper you will ever use. I'm dead serious. For the price, you cannot buy a better wire stripper/cutter. It takes very little energy to strip a large number of wires. It can even strip even extremely thin wires. Just go buy it right now.

The photo shows the wire(s) being stripped passing straight through the clamp and cutter. That works perfectly most of the time. However, sometimes you're faced with wires that have particularly slippery insulation which can sometimes be pulled through the clamp as the jaws are opening. The "solution" is to bend the left side of the wire (the side being clamped) down 90 degrees. I've gotten into the habit if swinging it down and holding it against the handle of the stripper as I squeeze. Do that and you'll get perfect results every time.

I went to work making some speaker wires for my sound system. I had purchased some top grade speaker wire and was excited to test this stripper. it took many tries for it to take the insulation off of the speaker wire. the insulation was soft, so it was stretchy and perhaps that was the downfall. i tightened the adjustment screw down but it still did not cut the insulation but rather stretched it off, taking 5-10 tries per end. However, i needed to strip some insulation off the phono ground, a very small wire, and i tried this tool and it worked perfectly, but that insulation was harder than the speaker wire insul. So I rate it a 3 b/c it doesn't perform well for my main task. It may be that this high rated (read expensive) speaker wire is just not what it is cut out for.

This is the best wire stripper I have used and I have used a lot of different manual and automatic models. One of the best features that most other wire strippers are missing is the length guide. This lets you strip multiple wires to the same length from 1/4 inch up to what appears to be 3/4 inch. This is a very handy feature for large projects. The stripper itself preforms very well, and has not nicked or strained one wire that I have used in it. It has even been able to strip the shielding of of Cat5e.

this wire stripper works as advertised - it's slightly larger than i thought for a three-use tool (it also cuts wire & crimps some connectors) but making precise strips will prove useful with electronic projects.

These strippers are fantastic. I would have rated it at 5 stars but there are no instructions with them. I am very happy with my purchase and bought my son a pair. He shares my enthusiasim.

I wasn't expect this product to work on CAT5 cable, but it did. It works extremely well. It can do what I want plus more. What a bargain!

This wire stripper is a Taiwanese design that won an invention award a few years ago. The main draw is its ability to adjust to different gauges automatically. This feature does work well in practice as long as the wire is not too thin, and the construction, though not as precise as the best German or Japanese tools, is of decent quality.

My only complaint is the lack of an instruction sheet in the package. The mechanism here is novel, so even though the tool itself is extremely simple to use, one picture of it in operation would have been helpful in clearing all uncertainties in the mind of a new user. Fortunately, such a photo is available at the Amazon site.