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Review on πŸ”§ IRWIN VISE-GRIP Wire Stripper, Self-Adjusting, 8-Inch – Ideal for Efficient Wire Stripping (2078300) by Dave Phobia

Revainrating 3 out of 5

NO NO NO NO! PLEASE read why. Don't just get these

OK, at first they look cool, you crimp and take the case off and you're left with a bare wire. sweet they do their job. ONCE! Then try another wire and they don't hook well or unhook because the previous case is in a place where it falls naturally and again prevents it from working properly until you unhook the previous case shake out that you removed. ABOMINABLE. Draft. I had to strip about 10 wires, and I had to shake those stupid things EVERY time to get the piece or the stripped housing out, otherwise the next attempt will fail because it doesn't just fall off or go through the crimping tool is something like a fountain that falls into EVERYTHING and gets pinched resulting in a horrible time shaking the crap out of a crimping tool which knocks out a bunch of wires in a jiffy just like they seemingly intended. Huge design flaw. I ended up using the cheap ones you can buy anywhere and they were MUCH faster. DO NOT buy them. You will regret it. Terrible design. ALSO, the crimp in the grips only has 3 options, none of which worked for me. Either too small or too large to fully crimp butt connectors. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING.

Pros
  • Easy to use
Cons
  • Definitely a bad product