Works great as a cutter and easily cuts 8 gauge wire. The wire stripping function is not that good as it is much harder to strip wires compared to traditional wire cutters or cheap wire strippers. My problem is that after cutting a wire the paint on the cutting heads comes off exposing bare metal. I'm not sure how this will affect its ability to fight rust later on, but I don't want a tool that comes off the paint after the first cut.