Best Wire Strippers for All Types of Cables

The Neiko 01924A is a professional tool that works with the most popular wire sizes - from 10 to 24 AWG. It has an innovative design that has quickly become popular among the specialists who work with a network wiring.

Instead of stripping a wire with the notches in the blade, you need to put wires between two sets of jaws in its head. One pair of jaws has sharp teeth that cut the insulation, while the second set of jaws holds the wire in place. After making the incision, you just pull the cable out to remove the insulating coating without damaging the strands.

Near the jaws, there is a flip-up red gauge stopper for selecting the length of the insulation that you want to remove - between 1/4" and 3/4". The left jaw has a small thumbscrew for adjusting the jaws tension when working with the wires smaller than 20 AWG.

Additionally, it also allows you to crimp terminal connections. It's a must-have tool for any cable guy for crimping RJ45 connectors.

Furthermore, the inner sides of the handles feature a cable-cutter and crimpers for 10-22 insulated and 0.5-22 non-insulated terminals.

As a result, this is a top product for just any electrician who works with insulated and non-insulated terminals as well as with a network wiring.

Klein Tools is a company with over 160 years of combined experience in manufacturing of various hand tools and protective equipment. This explains the unusual curved handle design which offers a more delicate and ergonomic grip for stripping a greater number of wires in a row without hand fatigue. 

Overall, it looks like a straight garden pruner with sharp notches along the straight blades. The head ends with the machined jaws, that can be used for terminal crimping and wire straightening. These jaws can also help you make spirals and bend wires so that you could set them further in screw terminal blocks with ease.

This stripper can accurately remove the coating from the solid wires of the size varying from 20 to 30 AWG as well as from the stranded wires of 22-32 AWG size. Near the pivot, you will find two additional screw cutters for 6-32 and 8-32 screws. Keep in mind, though, they can be used only with the copper or softer alloys.

To sum it up, this Klein Tool can easily help you strip down even the smallest gauges without tiring your hand during a long-term use.

After looking through numerous models, this particular one caught our attention for the very obvious reason. This Carpi Tool Stripper is designed for people who are reluctant to bother checking gauge numbers on the old cables. Owing to a self-adjusting blade, the cutter automatically detects the solid wire diameter when you press the trigger. This way, there's no need at all to check AWG numbers. The tool won't damage metal strands. This also means you can do your work quicker, working with cables of different sizes. Adjust the depth gauge manually and cut off the exact insulation length. As simple as that.  

Where the trigger meets with the head, there are two sharp blades that can slice up the cables for you. The maximum width allows you to use it for up to 12 AWG solid wires.

Speaking of usability features, the jaw-like design allows you to use the Carpi Tool Stripper in tight spots. Even if you had access only to a short tip of a cable in the terminal box, reaching it with a mouthpiece of the tool would still be much easier that it'd ever been - just place the cable's end directly in the tool, press the trigger, and pull it back to remove the insulation.

The bottom line: if you have to process a lot of cables of various diameters all the time, then take a look at this model as its self-adjusting blades will make your job a piece of cake.

Unlike other tools, the AODE Wire Stripper is the prime choice for landline repair technicians because of the built-in parallel blades in the handles for flat 4 and 5 UTP lines.

It also looks slightly different from the other models. It has a reversible cassette with sharp razors for the RG 59/6 coax cables on one side and RG 7/11 on the other one. Next, there is a hole for stripping the CAT5/CAT6 ethernet round cables with adjustable lengths for different cover thicknesses. Finally, there's a simple cutter for when you need to cut off the cables.

It's worth mentioning that it's made of plastic where only blades and several screws are made of metal. Therefore, it's incredibly lightweight - only 2.5 oz. Stripping the insulation with it is incredibly simple - just place a wire between the blades and rotate the stripper around with your finger inside a large yellow ring. Then, you can take the wire out and pull the coating off it with your bare hands.

In closing, if you require a compact, easy-to-use hand tool for removing sheathing and insulation from ethernet, coax and flat telephone cables this is probably the best money-for-value stripper out there.