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Surprisingly good for the price, but unrefined. |
July 30, 2018 |
Reviewer:
Nate B from Royal Oak, MI United States
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The good:
It's incredibly adjustable, and can take a super shallow cut, with fine control over the depth, better than any other tool I've used.
The adjustment doesn't seem to drift, even without an explicit locking or friction mechanism.
It's also fairly compact, light, and cheap.
The bad:
The plastics' fit and finish is poor, sharp edges everywhere. Everything works, but it's uncomfortable to adjust because your fingers are scraping an unbroken edge. I spent a minute with a deburring tool and it's a lot more comfortable to use now.
The cutting blade isn't quite centered inside the body, and there's no edge-on view of the cable during insertion, so it's hard to place the strip precisely. Not a big deal for cat-5, but obnoxious for coax prep.
There's no graduation to record and recover depth settings. So if you want to prep several cable types, you have to eyeball it and then dial it in each time, or just have several copies of the tool.
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