You somehow managed to find the most expensive Stanley Fatmax wire strippers on amazon. I searched on Amazon and they were £21.26. Screwfix were £24.99. A Pattern is emerging with these tests that you are doing with cheap vs expensive.
I use a pair think mine were around £15-20 from Amazon and they do work well but tend to use them when doing down lights with push fit terminals. Everything else I use snips/side cutters, the T/E strippers are to big to strip in the back of a galv box, snips you can strip right back to the grommet.
I've always wanted to use these but I'm not buying a tool just for stripping downlights 😂 snips do everything so that's what I will use! If they make one that allow me to work in a socket or switch and strip the cable back enough then I'm sold 😂😂
In the US we have klein Irwin milwaukee and that Fatmax. They are the same Taiwan oem that makes the same product diffrent colored handles. They run $17 to $30 as long as they say made and Taiwan and aren't some crazy name on az they generally work the same. I keep a pair of klein ones in my bag for the express use of stripping outer jacket of romex 14/2 12/2 (with earth for you types).
I love this format and keep them coming with more buying guides. And it seems you got same impression about all in 1 tools, as they is good at 1-2 of the uses and you rather use a proper sidecutter or line cutter todo the actual cutting compared tp the strippers. Maybe add an macro overview camera angle also to zoom well into the tool parts.
Have the CK's they are great but the plastic depth stop snapped off easily. The only model that does a metal stop is Klein so worth a look if you cant judge length
The £50 Stanley's were purchased on Amazon for a price above RRP? Sounds likely. I have the Stanley's and they were exactly the same price as the CK Tools
In the US, they do work on Romex, but they are too cumbersome, I personally use Romex-specific strippers which are very small and light. Over the years I have tried different models, and currently have a high end Milwaukee, but I still reach for everything else but them. They are more jack-of-all-trades, but master-of-none. I can only see them working for someone who has a specific and repetitive task, or someone who doesn't want to buy a set of other specific-task tools. Question: Do they work on Euro-style round insulated three-wire cables? Request: Could you recommend a cheap stripper for such three-wire cable? I come to Greece for the summer and the only ones I see are the Knipex-style round strippers but they are so expensive.
Brilliant video. Exactly what I needed. Got cheap strippers for £8 Exactly like the red ones in this video(no branded). They were absolute rubbish. Sent them back today. I'm going to get stanley or ck next time.
Referring to the "red ones" isn't really helpful. I mistakenly bought "Matador" branc from Toolstation when I meant to buy the CK Tools version. Both Red. Matador a bit rubbish. CK seem a lot better abd cheaper than the Stanley. And now he has just mentioned that he uses CK.
I had the ck version though and the handles were dead writhing about 2 months. My fat max have lasted years. They’re missing a few bits now, but still going strong.
These are the Jordan videos I miss and like. Especially the Scout Hut series.
Bought the red one lasted 1 day. Genuinely stay clear.
You somehow managed to find the most expensive Stanley Fatmax wire strippers on amazon. I searched on Amazon and they were £21.26. Screwfix were £24.99. A Pattern is emerging with these tests that you are doing with cheap vs expensive.
I have a pair of CK ones. I was disappointed at first as the cable kept slipping, but I reversed the spring one side and now they work fine.
I use a pair think mine were around £15-20 from Amazon and they do work well but tend to use them when doing down lights with push fit terminals. Everything else I use snips/side cutters, the T/E strippers are to big to strip in the back of a galv box, snips you can strip right back to the grommet.
I've always wanted to use these but I'm not buying a tool just for stripping downlights 😂 snips do everything so that's what I will use! If they make one that allow me to work in a socket or switch and strip the cable back enough then I'm sold 😂😂
In the US we have klein Irwin milwaukee and that Fatmax. They are the same Taiwan oem that makes the same product diffrent colored handles. They run $17 to $30 as long as they say made and Taiwan and aren't some crazy name on az they generally work the same. I keep a pair of klein ones in my bag for the express use of stripping outer jacket of romex 14/2 12/2 (with earth for you types).
I love this format and keep them coming with more buying guides. And it seems you got same impression about all in 1 tools, as they is good at 1-2 of the uses and you rather use a proper sidecutter or line cutter todo the actual cutting compared tp the strippers. Maybe add an macro overview camera angle also to zoom well into the tool parts.
Would be cool if you could do a similar video for round cables 😊
Noted!
Have the CK's they are great but the plastic depth stop snapped off easily. The only model that does a metal stop is Klein so worth a look if you cant judge length
The £50 Stanley's were purchased on Amazon for a price above RRP? Sounds likely.
I have the Stanley's and they were exactly the same price as the CK Tools
In the US, they do work on Romex, but they are too cumbersome, I personally use Romex-specific strippers which are very small and light. Over the years I have tried different models, and currently have a high end Milwaukee, but I still reach for everything else but them. They are more jack-of-all-trades, but master-of-none. I can only see them working for someone who has a specific and repetitive task, or someone who doesn't want to buy a set of other specific-task tools.
Question: Do they work on Euro-style round insulated three-wire cables?
Request: Could you recommend a cheap stripper for such three-wire cable? I come to Greece for the summer and the only ones I see are the Knipex-style round strippers but they are so expensive.
They aren’t £50
around 22 on amazon uk
I was thinking I picked up an identical pair from screwfix for £15
Knipex only ❤
not in this case, Ya want either Jokari or K.Y.P.
they're OEM for many brands, Knipex too...
Brilliant video. Exactly what I needed.
Got cheap strippers for £8 Exactly like the red ones in this video(no branded). They were absolute rubbish. Sent them back today. I'm going to get stanley or ck next time.
I just bought the Stanley for £25. The red one is a Chinese knockoff.
Referring to the "red ones" isn't really helpful. I mistakenly bought "Matador" branc from Toolstation when I meant to buy the CK Tools version. Both Red. Matador a bit rubbish. CK seem a lot better abd cheaper than the Stanley. And now he has just mentioned that he uses CK.
I had the ck version though and the handles were dead writhing about 2 months. My fat max have lasted years. They’re missing a few bits now, but still going strong.
Stanley ones cost me £22
🎉🎉🎉
🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ £50 on a side cutters and doing T/E all the time 😂😂😂😂