The trend of Robert gradually reviewing more and more mundane objects continues. I swear, this man could review types of potatoes and I’d still be interested
HAHA, love it. In all honesty, we're actually in the process of buying a mountain house, so I've been kinda busy with that and don't want to take on any larger projects.
The first stripper you showed, you can also get them with a different die that goes from 16 or 18 to 30 ga. I have one with the 10-20 ga die, and another one with the smaller die. I do like that other style for multi-conductor cable though - might have to get a set of those.
I have Klein, Milwaukee, and southwire for strippers and work great for what they are. The knipex are nice but they are very expensive for me. So I stick to the brands I mentioned. Great video sir good tools for the money spent and very handy as well.
I've seen that the tiny wire cutters or "flush cutters" have a tendency to shatter because of their brittleness, including a pair that I had. But I'm not sure if that's just because they were cheap. Do you think the knipex pair would outlast multiple Hakko brand pairs? As they are 3 times the price.
Good question. As for shattering, those are the cheap ones that come free with 3d printers and such. None of the brands I'm talking about will have that issue. The Knipex and Hakko are both worth what they charge, but you obviously have diminishing returns on the Knipex. If I only had the money for the Knipex, I would maybe rather have 3 of the Hakkos instead. They aren't as nice, and mine have seen some use and aren't as durable as the Knipex, but it's hard to say that the Knipex is 3 times better. Higher end tools tend to provide less 'value', but more satisfaction if that makes sense. Both are great choices, but for different reasons. Hope that helps.
The Hakko CHP-170 does shatter, but only when you're doing something far outside the rated capacity. The only set I've broken comes from trimming a steel RF shield, around a millimeter thick. They've consistently handled 12awg solid core copper wire fine for me, and that's outside the 1.3mm rated diameter.
@@MichielvanderMeulen UGH, I hate wiring. Are you able to just buy a wiring harness? I know for the Vorons and other builds many people sell complete harnesses ready to go.
@@RobertCowanDIY I'm trying understand wiring, maybe the hate will dampen. Great idea, but my new project is a 350mm cubed printer with a heated build chamber up to 80°C. Need to do everything right for safety.
@@MichielvanderMeulen Gotcha. I found with crimping (the molex or pin-style stuff I think you're talking about), it's kinda more about technique and practice. The first few times I did it, I blamed the tool, or I blamed the pins, etc. But the more I did it, I just realized what worked for me and I got a lot better at it. Now I have no problem making a custom JST harness or something.
