Harbor Freight ICON | Made in USA | 7 in. Wire Strippers and Cutters | Snap On or Southwire? 

Thanks for the info! No one has ever educated me on that before, glad you shared that knowledge.

I think the screw cutter works better when the keeper part of the thread is threaded into the threaded jaw of the tool, and the cutoff end is in the not threaded jaw.

It better if you thread it the other way too

Yep. I hear this a lot and it is not real important but it drives me crazy. I used to work for the federal government in an electronic installation crew and when we heard somebody say that we knew he didn't know much. I am forgiving with the general public because it depends on their level of experience. But get this, One day I was watching Ask This Old House and one of their experts, I think it was the plumber, said 10 32nds. I thought he should have known better.

It's definitely not their first and hopefully not the last either!

Harbor Freight doesn't produce tools. These Icon strippers are the same as Snap On. They are rebranded by both. Southwire makes these and are rebranded by SO and HF.

@@therealmillerman All three brands have a similar set. The Snap On strip smaller gauge, the Southwire strip Romex and the ICON strip larger gauge. So who is the actual manufacturer?

I know snap on makes 2 different versions of this same tool for different gauge wires.

You're right, thanks for letting me know!

​@@thegaragehubnot only designed to keep the bolt in place, when you back it out it acts like a dye to remove burrs and get the threads right when you back it out

That makes a whole lot of sense, clearly I don't use that feature 😂

Honestly I like the look of the Southwire set because they do the Wounded Warrior project. Thanks for the tip!

They have. brands such as 3M, CRC, Sta-Bil, some of their epoxy and glues are USA made as well.

Could be!

I took an automotive class and the icon and snap on torque wrenches fell the exact same

@@ashleighcrawford27 I have the 1/2 ICON digital, use it daily to keep the Subarus on point

Lol. Harbor Freight will never replace the tool trucks for the majority of techs.

@@ls_812 probably, there's an idiot born every minute they say

Yeah I hear they offer two versions of them. Southwire also has the same ones.

I just searched by name and item number and they are not on the website. 🤔

I wonder what happened? There’s no empty slot at The Stores either.

Yeah, I definitely learned from the comments such as this one. Thank you!

Yeah someone commented earlier and I made a post about it. Wonder why?

@The Garage Hub did you have to ask for the item when you purchased? Was it in the stock room?

@@MajorWeakness I had to ask for it

@@thegaragehub yes I bet HF wasn't supposed to start selling yet. Did u see the new Doyle USA wire strippers?

@@MajorWeakness I did not! I'll have to hunt those down.

They did say last year at SEMA Show that there will be some more new items at the show this year so I'm excited to go see them.

​@@thegaragehub it has been removed from their website

You can tell I'm not an electrician 😂

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