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Izzy
Great tool
Reviewed in Canada on 16 February 2021Verified Purchase
Get_It_Got_It_Good
Difficult to set, even more difficult to keep set
Reviewed in the United States on 4 November 2018Verified Purchase
Difficult to set, even more difficult to keep set
Reviewed in the United States on 4 November 2018
First off, these strippers are WHIA, so no more should have to be said, but...Reviewed in the United States on 4 November 2018
I am very accustom to variable gauge wire strippers, they have been my go-to for the last 20 years. These are difficult, at best, to use. They are very clunky and awkward, especially given that the stripping action takes place at the end of the tool, not the side; granted, this does lend itself to being handy in tight situations, but other than that, the action is just uncomfortable. The spring loaded action is nice but very strong, adding to the "clunky-ness"; it would have been nice to have added a way to lock them closed. The reason for the four stars though is because of the strip/insulation thickness set screw. It is impossible to see where the stripper is actually cutting the insulation let alone seeing how deep the cut is (because of design). This makes setting the cut-depth set screw wildly inaccurate and to make matters worse, the set screw and locking nut are made of brass which lends itself to loosening at the slightest bump.
I am a huge Whia fan, nearly all of my personal hand tools as well as my work set, are made up of Whia, Wera, or Knipex, so writing this isn't easy. This time Wiha just falls short.
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D. DeJager
Fit and finish leaves much to be desired.
Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2020Verified Purchase
Fit and finish leaves much to be desired.
Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2020
Just received these.Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2020
The fit and finish is not what I would have expected from a name like WIHA.
These are supposed to be good down to 28awg, but I wouldn't trust them to anything less than 18awg.
The cutters don't line up in any axis.
The bend seems incomplete, so the cutters miss by 1/16inch, and the grinds are also offset so that the cutters hole is trapezoidal.
It would probably be fine for industrial wiring and such, above 18ga but it won't work for what I need.
I'm hoping this is just a fluke, and I've ordered a replacement, but I'm not terribly hopeful
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Joshua Kast
Unique and quality stripper
Reviewed in the United States on 22 February 2015Verified Purchase
Gustavo Reyes
A lil different but it’s 2020
Reviewed in the United States on 27 January 2020Verified Purchase
