Knipex 16 85 125 SB Universal Cable Dismantling Tool 

I own the very old version from Jokari. Thats abt 30 years. Best dismantler, i've ever had. And it works on.

Thanks for the review, I picked up the 16 95 01 a few months ago which is similar, but does smaller Belden, coax and data as well. They're especially excellent for stripping outer sheaths for cables in conduit & outlet back boxes. I got a 86 07 250 pipe pliers as well with the dipped handles, also a great tool but a word of warning for anyone looking at same-they are quite bulky. If I was getting them again I would go for one with standard insulated handles.

The ErgoStrip is the one you want indeed. It's my go to tool when doing any low voltage or cat6/7 install.

Not wire diameter, cross section area of the conductor in mm². That's the way wire sizes are defined in Europe. And this system don't make differences between stranded, fine stranded and solid in the case of the conductor size. And these are standard sizes which don't have a direct AWG equivalent. The AWG system has one big disadvantage. It indicates the manufacturing process, how the cable is made. That's something which is not of interest for the electrician, and it also struggles with new technologies for manufacturing wires, the AWG system is from the 1850s. 14 AWG is 2.08mm² 12 AWG is 3.31mm² I have one of these made by Jokari, but without the knife and the stripping holes. This thing is perfect for a german electrical installation. Most homes here are masoned, the boxes for the outlets are round (67mm diameter, 41mm deep). Drill a fitting hole with a hollow drill into the wall, install the cable and install the box into the wall with gyp or rapid-hardening cement. After that dried you restore the plaster. But you still have your sheathed wire, and this shape is perfect to remove the sheathing inside of the box. In american boxes you can simply remove the box out of the drywall to remove the sheathing, but if the box is installed in a masoned wall that's impossible. Our cables in the electrical installations are round shaped. This is the standard type of cabels used here, it's called NYM (this is a code, N for normalised, Y for PVC insulation and M for mantle/sheathing). You can lay it inside or below plaster, in dry or in wet rooms, and even outside if you protect it against direct influence of sunlight. First is a sheathing made of a some tough PVC, then some rubbery PVC underneath. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/AbmantelnNYM.jpg/220px-AbmantelnNYM.jpg

I wasnt really pleased with the secura 4 so i bought a weicon multi S4-28. Also made in germany and dirt cheap (10€). Slightly different design but I really like it so far as some kind of multitool for electrical stuff. Greetings from Germany.

the dull blade works pretty fine for PVC insulated cables. You just slightly cut the jacket without going through it so you don't cut into the insulation of the strands. Then you simply bend the jacket slightly and the PVC will break at this line.

This has now been re branded by wago, identical product but just had the wago logo on it now

I'm using the Ergostrip for a couple of years now and it's really good.

Germany tools the best quality and strong tools 👌👌👌

I've been waiting to see a review on this

Very few US made tools make allowances for metric measurments, so it's only natural that a German made tool will only have metric markings.

Super price with quality

Though they can be useful for,low voltage technicians it's It is probably more useful in Europe where NYM cables are used in indoor installations. I have the Ergostrip and use them for 3-core cables. Brilliant design that just works. It'll also do coax but that's getting very rare in my country.

I wish they had a unit for flat romex cables in America

Think it would work well for LVT? Depending on the manufacturer it can have a very tough jacket that's a pita to remove.

Tools says ‘universal’ flat and round cable.. I haven’t seen a demo on flat grey Uk spec cable.. the Ergostrip has a left handed model.. code 16 95 02

Which would be good to strip coaxial cables? Especially RG58

Every electrician I know who installs ethernet cables swears by a version of this tool.

It seems more awkward than functional!

Good tool - more suited for tech. work rather than say an on-site electrician :]