Looking to buy a decent wire stripper .. for DIY only

[wbmkk]

I am thinking about buying a set of wire strippers.

I am no electrician, just an average DIY'er but daughter keeps asking me to wire this and wire that.

Usually I strip wire with a Stanley knife blade, then do the same with the internal wires .. nearly always cutting one too short, then I have to start all over again.

Surely there's a better way

 

[Tricky-Dicky]

Something like this ? It's what I use.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-wire-strippers-6-160mm-/4786v

 

[ETAF]

i have used many strippers over the years
these sort of strippers i like, not sure what i purchased a few years ago - but they where on a dela and i got a set for my son-in-law as well for car work

https://www.toolstation.com/minotaur-automatic-wire-stripper/

just went and found the ones i have, used a lot , wired up a garage and many circuits , son-in-law had the sparky on site doing a lot of other work and also signed off , and completed the work at Consumer unit - as she was onsite and saw the work from start to finish

C.K Automatic Wire Stripper

Save time while working on electrical tasks using the C.K Automatic Wire Stripper. This versatile product is suitable for stripping both flat and round cables and wires. All it takes is two clicks to remove the outer sheath, as well as extracting the inner conductors in a cable.The tool is...

www.toolstation.com

 

[pete01]

I've got one of these for flex.

https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/4979426-universal-cable-stripper

And one of these for twin and earth.

https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/5317568-twin-and-earth-cable-strippers

 

[SUNRAY]

I've got one of these for flex.

https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/4979426-universal-cable-stripper

...

You are the first I've known who gets on with those, one company I worked for were presented with one - highly recommending it in fact - by a wholesaler, it got passed around and eventually left laying on a shelf of random tools,

most I know prefer tools along the lines of these

C.K Automatic Wire Stripper

Save time while working on electrical tasks using the C.K Automatic Wire Stripper. This versatile product is suitable for stripping both flat and round cables and wires. All it takes is two clicks to remove the outer sheath, as well as extracting the inner conductors in a cable.The tool is...

www.toolstation.com

Personally I used to love this style https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/amtech-auto-wire-stripper-553991250?
when they used to be made to a good standard but sadly haven't been able to source a decent one for years

 

[SUNRAY]

Oh and don't be tempted to join the popular fashion of - let's say - less skilled persons by using cable cutters of this style

which invariably damages the copper

 

[aveatry]

I have a pair of the CK ones mentioned. I am also DIY.
So easy to use.

 

[pete01]

You are the first I've known who gets on with those

Theu are great once you get the hang of them.

 

[pete01]

I've got these ones they are a bit more manly than the CK ones

I love haupa.

 

[CountryFan]

I've got these ones they are a bit more manly than the CK ones

I love haupa.

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I had some Haupa vde water pump pliers, sold them on eBay as didn't see the need for them. Prefer Knipex for pump pliers.

 

[CountryFan]

Being a gas engineer and tight (I'm sure I was born in Yorkshire ) I use these along with this for flex.

 

[JohnW2]

Something like this ? It's what I use.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-wire-strippers-6-160mm-/4786v

For what it's worth, ones like those are what I have personally used for many years.

 

[JohnW2]

Being a gas engineer and tight (I'm sure I was born in Yorkshire ) I use these along with this for flex.

I'm not so sure about "tight" - one of those costs more than 4 times the cost of what I usually use (as in post #2) !

 

[pete01]

For what it's worth, ones like those are what I have personally used for many years.

Trouble with those is you have to accurately adjust them....I'm too impatient for that

 

[SUNRAY]

Never tried Haupa, I had some Hilka for years until some /£()!n£ 5&!7head tried cutting 8mm Galvanised steel cable, when that did nothing more than rip a hole in the cutting edges he used the matching 10" cutters and again damaged the cutting edges, leaving only the matching 12" pliers... except all 3 disappeared until I found them in his tools on a subsequent job. I purchased a Wiha shears as I like Wiha screwdrivers, it's OK but I preferred the Hilka. I always find good results from Knipex.
I've seen a few using Jushin and Bahco but know nothing about them other than an occasional borrow.

BUT If... If I could justify the cost... Lindstrom. Heck they are just like an extention to the hand and so smooth.