Professional Wire Stripper Review & Comparison

We are reviewing and talking about various wire strippers from GreenLee, Klein, AMP, GB, GC, Ideal, and others. . .

[@Know-Way]

Excellent Review! Been stripping wires for more than 30 years and I still learn something. The nicest wire stripper I ever used was a thermal one. Hot knife bars melt the insulation and it slides off the almost no effort and zero chance of nicking/cutting strands... but they run ~$500. Wasn't my unit.

[@suhaybsanusi9811]

Good job there. I am a DIYer/ home improvement enthusiast. I appreciate your taking quite some time to review this array of tools. I have definitely learnt something

[@CatusMaximus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@xyzebruh1083]

I bought the Irwin's, omg how impressed i was and asked myself "where have these been all my life, i have been doing it wrong all these years."

[@beri232]

I’ve used the cheapo orange handled 10 crimper/stripper combo for 30 years. I actually decided to try the Klein blue handled 11061 and I can’t believe what I’ve been missing. They were so good I also bought separate Klein crimper pliers. These are definitely something I wish I’d had for rewiring the apes on my bike. Good stuff!

[@truhartwood3170]

Best video I've seen so far on wire strippers! Really appreciate the more uncommon designs that make a lot of sense!

[@satamanschmidt3428]

Your missing the most important advantage of the Vise Grip type of strippers. They work great for removing the sheathing from Romex. You lift the stop out of the way and put the Romex into the jaws and activate the jaws. It separates the Romex and you just pull off the sheathing. Worth the price for that feature alone.

[@dustmaker1000]

Thank you . I’ve used various wire strippers some are terrible but even the good ones have issues. I’m glad to see it’s not just me

[@kargandarr]

With the non-automatic strippers I have found that in order to get a wire to strip correctly that I have to close the strippers, spin them around the wire once and then pull the insulation off of the wire.

[@yv5grb]

Great video, I learned some interesting things that I always wandered about! Nice collection. Thanks

[@ivanbuckingham2302]

What an amazing video. Who knew I could learn so much about wire strippers?

[@robertt.7673]

I have most of those cutters. My favorite is the Klein 90 degree or the Southwire Boxjaw cutter/stripper. They make residential wiring so fast and easy.

[@MadMetalShop]

Great video but a point I didn't see mentioned here with those nm cable stippers (romex) at 12:45 is that those are used to strip the outer jacket housing the actual insulated conductors. It may be so that the actual conductors onside the shield are solid but you still run the risk of going too deep on the outer jacket and nicking those inside conductor insulation which you can't fix. Or at least you can't fix and have it code compliant. Electrical tape is ONLY permitted to repair the very outside shield. Not the inside wire insulation.

[@Jack_The_Biker]

I’m currently rocking Klein Katapult strippers and Klein hybrid lineman pliers. Best combo by far

[@nsatoday]

Great video! I personally use the Klein hybrid wire strippers (it’s a cross between lineman pliers and strippers) and the Romex strippers. I use the heck out of romex strippers during rough ins and then the hybrids during trim out/service.

[@CatusMaximus]

Thank you

[@mdr________]

Great job, appreciate the thorough overview and details!

[@ToolBoys]

Good to know!

[@amitghosh6966]

I have used this automatic stripper and found that this is only useful for stripping individual wires and not a cable having two, three or more wires means a two core, three core or multi core cables like computer networking cables having many wires inside an insulating cover. When such a cable is stripped using this stripper, it strips everything that is outer as well as the inner insulations of the wires so we can't only strip the outer insulation and then strip the wires inside one by one according to desired length. If a cable is to be stripped then we'll have to use a sharp knife to first cut the outer insulation and then use this stripper to strip the wires inside

[@notoriouskumquat7712]

Strippers at 15:40, AFAIK, are only used for wire wrapping connections. Still have a set that came with separate stripper inserts for diff size wire. Have used these type for many, many (sooo many!) telecom terminal blocks in the past.

[@wayneo7307]

Catus , I like The Tool Reviews . And Useful Tips ! I Bought HF Version 7" Wire Stripper w/cutters . Sharp, Comfortable , Work Great ! Only $4 with 20% off Coupon . Some wire Strippers are Junk out there ! Don't Ask me How I Know !

[@CatusMaximus]

Thanks

[@bradwjensen]

Excellent info and video.

[@CatusMaximus]

Thanks

[@slashsplat]

Great tips. Thanks.

[@n9oqu]

there is a tension adjustment on the Irwin

[@blackmagic8115]

Which doesn’t work well.

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

Very nice, may i suggest a OTC and also VIM makes a 4 in 1 wire stripper that are amazing.

[@CatusMaximus]

Yes both of those are nice Brands as well

[@Nikkimaya1]

Not sure how I ended up here but if you told me I would watch a 20 minute video on wire strippers and find it interesting, I would have told you your high. I never knew that there was a worlds foremost expert on wire strippers

[@MintStiles]

The Blue/yellow handles of Klein all day for electricians. You can get really good with them. The automatic ones are a bit too tedious to really carry around and deal with - perhaps for production work it may make more sense. They are really annoying.

[@CatusMaximus]

I agree for installs Etc a traditional set of wire strippers is the go to much less weight and bulk

[@debeeriz]

i found pruning shears work well and they are cheaper than wire cutters

[@CatusMaximus]

Yes indeed they can work well but they have a thinner finer Edge in the will not last as long

[@jjjerbear777]

i cant find the jensen's in stock anywhere ?? help :)

[@projet2907]

Have you found it?

[@jjjerbear777]

@@projet2907 never did :(

[@projet2907]

@@jjjerbear777 I’ll share If I do !

[@jjjerbear777]

@@projet2907 cool thanks :)

[@JasvirGhotra]

Great video

[@juliosalgado9816]

Milwaukee is the best for me I recommend them

[@brunobruno9307]

You are missing some of the best - Weicon, Knipex and similar

[@yellow_panther]

garber bender?

[@ron4274]

Great overview!! Is the Thomas & Betts right-angle stripper still available? Thanks!

[@fidazaman3155]

thanks for sharing sir.

[@bricofast]

Great vídeo thanks, thanks for informachoin 👌👌👌

[@CatusMaximus]

You're welcome

[@sc0368]

She said I need to pay more

[@johnjingleheimersmith9259]

Stripmasters look great but with the new Knipex precistrips I'm hesitant to bite the bullet, are you gonna do a review on the Knipex ones anytime soon? Eager to know if they overtake the stripmasters as the king of all strippers.

[@Beeeezyyy]

That automatic wire stripper would be nice.. what brand is he using at 1:01

[@Diggnuts]

I really do not agree with the assessment of the automatically adjusting style of stripper. A good unit will strip small gauge, both solid core and stands very nicely as well as thicker eve multi-wire stands. There will always be the outlier where only a sharp knife will do the job, but for 99% these are just fine. In fact, using them with small electronics, they are even better as you do no have to manual tug on tiny wires. These are the tool if you need to make custom jumper wires on a PCB. Also, you are using the bump wrong.

[@TheTruthSeeker756]

Nice man thx

[@CatusMaximus]

Thanks

[@FergusVoice]

Really useful review - thanks!

[@CatusMaximus]

You're welcome

[@b-2466]

Milwaukee 6in1 only way to go.

[@Vixinaful]

Well, that answers the question of why I felt those where the patent just went out and everybody makes them, totally SUCKS! I'm getting a regular plier in metal you showed. Cant believe how they sucked, could only do up to 0,6 chords. Worthless.

[@nsatoday]

Klein*

[@blackmagic8115]

My Irwin’s are junk. You can’t get enough pressure on the “holding” jaw, so the other jaw just pulls the wire without stripping it.

[@ssureshot]

The one type (3 examples top left) I was interested in, you completely skipped over...

[@CatusMaximus]

That's because I already did a dedicated reveal them as I mentioned in this video the search for cat is Maximus wire and you'll find my other videos about wire strippers

[@Jack_The_Biker]

Real tool reviews goes over the Irwin visegrip model.

[@kenfoland]

Check out the Unior 478/4G @ www.uniortools.com/cgi-bin/cms.cgi?doc=10780&prod=8835 or the Knipex StriX strippers @ www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&L=1&page=group_detail&parentID=1363&groupID=2483 .

[@johnbower]

blaa blaa blaa

[@mark86sprk5]

😆😆😆 obviously cant use the t-stripper correctly. Ridiculous

[@RobBastien]

Looking for the ultimate wire strippers, I now see there is no perfect pliers.

[@jeremythompson0306]

Great video

[@juliahouse7176]

Thanks for this video. I have an old pair of Gardner Bender GS-30 wire strippers that are marked with A - H, I was able to pause your video and convert them to the corresponding wire gauges 10 - 24. I also have a better idea of how to use them correctly, for those of us that only do electrical work every 20 years or so. 😄

[@michaelagnew7825]

with manual strippers, once cut, release pressure slightly while removing sheath

[@cujero]

Great information. Thank you

[@pvgangster1]

I learned so much in this video. holly crap. Good video

[@thegreatchickenoverlord5976]

I love my automatic Kleins. They've got the wire cutters in the middle.

[@jefferywilliams5422]

What's the best one

[@convoku]

Thanks for this video, I have been trying to find info on the "simple" wire stripper and its surprisingly sparse!

[@adenval7]

best ones for guitar wiring?

[@CatusMaximus]

Guitar wire is tough because of the solidcore and then the additional wire that's wrapped around I would use a manual plier set the automatic type strippers won't work well with that type of wire

[@adenval7]

@@CatusMaximus thanks friend!