knipex installation pliers

[barneybhoy]

I just bought myself a pair of these bad boys

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007C1O7VI/ref=mw_dp_img?is=l&qid=1365267923&sr=8-1

I've fancied getting a pair for ages but hadn't got round to it has anyone else used these or got a pair and if so how are they?

 

[dan86]

I just bought myself a pair of these bad boys

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007C1O7VI/ref=mw_dp_img?is=l&qid=1365267923&sr=8-1

I've fancied getting a pair for ages but hadn't got round to it has anyone else used these or got a pair and if so how are they?

look pretty decent. you got them yet, or waiting on them arriving?
where bouts in Scotland are you btw?

 

[barneybhoy]

Nope I've not got them yet, I just ordered them today, ill hopefully get them mon or tue.
I'm in Glasgow

 

[Guest154]

£47 whats the point of them?

 

[Spark92]

They do look awkward to use lol. When you try them, tell us whatcha think i do like knipex aswell good brand

 

[Guest154]

there stuff was good when it was the orange handled gear years ago , but know its just over priced crap

 

[Spark92]

I cant remember that colour lol. But then again iv only been a spark for four years still a young gun

 

[barneybhoy]

I've never had any problem with knipex stuff and always found it to be good quality, anytime I've bought different snips etc I've usually ended up regretting it and going back to knipex stuff, just down to personal preference I suppose
As for the price of them if they're decent and I'm using them everyday then I don't have a problem paying that for them! as I said I liked the look of them for a while now so decided to treat myself

 

[Marvo]

I like Knipex but I haven't bought any for many years. Is it just me or is £47.44 expensive for a pair of pliers???

 

[Guest154]

as u say personal preference a tryed the snips and pliers over a year ago and the chrome plating started falling off after 2 months after 6 months i thru them in the bin , and went back to using the big 210mm stanley maxsteel ones they have lasted me 3 years and still going strong

 

[londonfire]

Got a pair for £36 recently at a tool fair held by ffx in bluewater.

They are very useful for second fix but still find myself reaching for my nws 6-1 tool as the cutting edge is right at the front.

However very good if you only want one tool if your in a loft etc and can cut larger cable as the cutters are set back.

 

[shanky887614]

I've never had any problem with knipex stuff and always found it to be good quality, anytime I've bought different snips etc I've usually ended up regretting it and going back to knipex stuff, just down to personal preference I suppose
As for the price of them if they're decent and I'm using them everyday then I don't have a problem paying that for them! as I said I liked the look of them for a while now so decided to treat myself

i use wiha professional snips, they cost about the same as knippex but require big hands to use them or rather to slide hands along them



you open them up fully and there like a pair off bloody shears, but they cut through cable like nobodies business

(got a small pair as well)




knipex isnt too expensive depending on where you get it from



i don't think £22 for a pair of knipex snips are not

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-83888-High-Leverage-Diagonal-Cutters/dp/B0002GV4DE/ref=sr_1_10?s=diy&ie=UTF8&
qid=1365285722&sr=1-10&keywords=Knipex+side+cutters

 

[grantr37]

£47 whats the point of them?

I Like Bills tools for odds and ends, great for hand tools and power tools, for materials I use Aitkens sparky supermarket and for fittings screwfix......stuff for the garden I go to crockets, Tiles from Topps etc....

 

[Silly Sausage]

I find B&Q fulfills all my needs.

 

[Essexboy7]

I find B&Q fulfills all my needs.

Me as well.I bought a set of inslated snips for a tenner.Used them almost every day for a year before they started to go blunt and also no scumbag on site wants to nick a pair of B+Q cutters.All the Magpies go for the shiny stuff like Knipex and CK

 

[h34thy]

I've used ck for about 6years now I've still got the side cutters I bought 6years ago, there a little blunt but still very usable, they cost £30 but if their gona last u 6years who gives a .....
Got the ck croppers too had them for about 4year, ck quality stuff 100% recommended.
I used knipex for a year when I first started out but they kept seizing up on me, yeah Calvin Klein's tools are the best for me lol!

 

[shanky887614]

I've used ck for about 6years now I've still got the side cutters I bought 6years ago, there a little blunt but still very usable, they cost £30 but if their gona last u 6years who gives a .....
Got the ck croppers too had them for about 4year, ck quality stuff 100% recommended.
I used knipex for a year when I first started out but they kept seizing up on me, yeah Calvin Klein's tools are the best for me lol!

any tool will do that if you get them wet, put a drop off 3-1 oil on fulcrum and they will be as good as new

 

[Richard Burns]

My snips got rusty working in the rain but were OK, then after a while I thought must free them up, oiled the hinge and for the next several cables was cutting the cable instead of stripping it, got trained to the greater force!

 

[barneybhoy]

The pliers came yesterday and so far I'm really happy with them, they're much narrower than standard pliers but a bit wider than long nosers, the cable croppers excellent as is the wire stripper part. They feel comfortable to use and they're handy for feeding cables through packed distribution boards
It's early days but so far I'm really happy with them and would definetly recommend :0)

 

[Ash700]

My best tools were bought over 30yrs ago. Good tools last for ages, unless you blow chunks out of your side cutters (damn, I hate it when that happens). As it happens, I've just bought a large assortment of cutters, pliers, etc - all Knipex, and they feel that they'll last as long as anything I've had, unless you decide to cut through live cables! :-o

 

[shanky887614]

My best tools were bought over 30yrs ago. Good tools last for ages, unless you blow chunks out of your side cutters (damn, I hate it when that happens). As it happens, I've just bought a large assortment of cutters, pliers, etc - all Knipex, and they feel that they'll last as long as anything I've had, unless you decide to cut through live cables! :-o

its true in most things, take my razors for example. they are over 100 years old and still perform better than cart razors

 

[edexlab]

Sorry to upset the OP but I bought some of these from Rapid online for £36 inc vat although these are non insulated handles they are otherwise identical, I do have some insulated cutters etc and couldn't see the point in buying the VDE version.

Also I can never understand how so may people own snips or cutters which have been blown by cutting through live cables, the only time it's happened to me was when someone borrowed them and returned them with a new stripping notch, doesn't anybody check whether things are live anymore !

 

[barneybhoy]

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I didn't mind paying full price for them as they're never out my hand, I saw that they were available non vde but just personal preference I always buy insulated drivers, pliers snips etc
I wouldn't feel comfortable in some situations using non insulated tools

 

[dan86]

do you work live?

 

[Ash700]

I was just trying to inject a little humour... and, as it happens, I haven't blown a chunk out of my side cutters in over 20yrs! Yeah, so which idiots are doing that then? ;-)

 

[stuartcourt]

I prefer to work live, breaks up my normally mundane life

 

[barneybhoy]

No i never work on any circuits that are live but sometimes its unavoidable working around live parts, that's why I feel a bit safer using vde tools

 

[shanky887614]

I was just trying to inject a little humour... and, as it happens, I haven't blown a chunk out of my side cutters in over 20yrs! Yeah, so which idiots are doing that then? ;-)

my boss. he had blown a hole in at least 3 pairs in the last 6 months.

the lads were laughing at him as it makes a change from him putting holes in everyone elses.


he has a full toolkit in his car but never uses it

 

[edexlab]

Hope I didn't offend you Ash700 ,I was just referring to the point you made but nearly every Electrician (with less than 10yrs experience) I've met always talk about their blown snips/cutters and the shocks they've had over the years, while stupid things do happen occasionally I'm beginning to believe that too many people don't actually haven't a clue what they're doing or am I being naive ,I wonder if there is a 5 day course that'll help me?

 

[Ash700]

Not at all, edexlab. I mentioned chopping through live cables only to make a point about tool durability, in that, I've cut through the odd live cable in my time (believing they weren't live) and, as you'll know, it's a sure way of causing damage to cutters. On the other hand, I've never 'deliberately' tried to cut anything I knew was a harder material than the cutters. Hence, as long as I'm not chopping through live stuff my cutters last for eons.

Whenever someone else cuts through a live wire, the resulting flash - generally followed by lots of swearing, makes me laugh... :-D

 

[shanky887614]

Not at all, edexlab. I mentioned chopping through live cables only to make a point about tool durability, in that, I've cut through the odd live cable in my time (believing they weren't live) and, as you'll know, it's a sure way of causing damage to cutters. On the other hand, I've never 'deliberately' tried to cut anything I knew was a harder material than the cutters. Hence, as long as I'm not chopping through live stuff my cutters last for eons.

Whenever someone else cuts through a live wire, the resulting flash - generally followed by lots of swearing, makes me laugh... :-D

especially when there a borrowed pair

 

[STONEZZZ]

I want one....

 

[remer1957]

Advice I got from an older electrician when I was an apprentice-never cut one core at a time:smile5: I'm getting a pair of those Knipex pliers, I always use Knipex tools and like them a lot. I'm trying to limit the number of tools I carry around, so they'll ream conduit, shear through larger cores and double as long nosed pliers too. I won't use them for crimping lugs though, I prefer some kind of compression.