5 Knipex Tools I REGRET Buying

These are 5 tools from Knipex I wouldn't buy. While I love Knipex, I would avoid purchasing these. Most of these have stayed in a tool box for a long time now or have better options available from Knipex. I will also cover the tools I would get in place of these.

THE TOOLS

#electrician #knipex #electricianstools

[patpending]

01:08. UK here. I can assure you that no UK electrician would strip a live cable, with that Knipex knife, or with any other strippers!! The insulation is for safety reasons, just in case. Electrician apprentices in the UK are taught in college to use the knife for cable-stripping, in order to practice hand skills and to get the feel of stripping wires carefully. The apprentices hate having to do this, but it is required whilst training.

[DubG]

Bro said “Expensive isn’t bad. We like expensive. You get what you pay for” facts. Gotta treat yourself. Being an electrician takes some skill worthy of having nice tools.

[drengskap]

I believe Alligator pliers are preferred to Cobras by some people for outdoors work - they have fewer moving parts and are less prone to getting jammed up with dirt.

[Failsafeman]

Sure, there's a high cost of entry with Knipex, but you get your money's worth over the long run compared to buying SnapOn or Milwaukee or Temu hand tools.

[Jacob-gpru]

I bought the blackout veto pro pac, knipex wire strippers, and so much more because of you this month. That being said, my bank account now hates you haha thanks for the content brotha!

[sns]

The alligators are for rough working environments with lots of dirt because it’s way easier to clean. Cobra is for cleaner, indoor environments

[WhereDaToofpaste]

Yeah so about the 22” Knipex Cobra. You might be looking at this wrong with all due respect. I’m a pipefitter and I don’t care how funny these people in facilities and maintenance departments at hospitals and chemical plants look at me for coming in with one of these and one 18” aluminum Rigid pipe wrench, they ain’t looking at me with that same skepticism when I leave in less time than it would have taken with two pipe wrenches. Nobody ever looks at a 2” pipe install and says oh we can’t run this here because we’ll need to leave 2’ clearance for service in the future and I don’t expect them to either. We all improvise. This Knipex gets every single angle the pipe wrench can’t get when up against obstacles. It’s the best purchase I’ve ever made. And for what it cost it was actually cheap as far as specialty tools go. This thing has bailed me out of more jams than I can count. And the messed up thing about this is you are the one getting paid to shit on this tool while I’m here defending it. So hey Knipex if you’re out there. Maybe your boyfriend here ain’t paying you attention like he used to. Come on over here sugar and I see about giving you some 8501250SBA love. Or some 8603250SBA love. Or something simple like some 9511165SBA love. All bought today. And I’m sure he’s got some big problem with all of em. 😆

[akletke]

The dismantling knife you've got to get the 98 55 one with the nub on the end that allows you to slice down a cable and take the jacket off of it. Better than a box cutter any day.

[Lsutiger]

Think about the insulated knife being used in a panel that is live… adding a circuit and having to strip out the new cable. Not stripping out a live cable ..

[owaisakhter]

Knipex combination nose plier is one of my favorite and useful plier. I always grab first this from my tool bag even I have exact long nose plier in my bag. This combination nose plier has best gripping capacity than most usual pliers. It’s fit into my hands nicely and I have more confidence on this for any nose plier application

[Paine]

The Strix is not used frequently, but when you find extremely short wires in a box and there’s only one chance to re-strip, it’s a nice tool to have. I don’t use a plunger that often but it’s kinda important.

[TitchgamerRG]

Firstly love your tool vids.
But as a UK electrician just a FYI we dont HAVE to have VDE tools (unless specified by a employer etc) but I think most of us prefer VDE tools for the added safety factor (and personally for comfort).

Regarding the alligator pliers though I have both types in my bag.
The small dipped and the larger VDE.

I find the larger set better for things like Conduit and SWA glands.
But I prefer the smaller ones for tightening bushes etc.

[Steven]

I have that Fiskars knife and its the bomb. Super comfortable and opens and closes real smoothly.

Thanks for the heads up about those cobalt cutters because I was leaning toward getting that pair, but you saved me some heartache and frustration on that one. 😂

[ethangalea]

Wish I saw this before grabbing the cobalt cutters, agreeded with everything you said about them.

[kentd]

Like the feel of insulated handles but prefer dipped un the field bc they're so much less bulky in a belt pouch. Easier in & out, too.

[ggrimm]

I use the offset Cobolt cutters in place of my diagonal cutters. I don't have much need for cutting heavy duty screws, though. So far so good for me.

[Razvan_Udrea]

The second item - that item is cutting busbar like butter!

The only thing I use it for

[OnusBones]

The needlenose you don't like might be more suitable for a technician; someone working with circuit boards with assorted connectors on them.

[adrianarreguin]

I use the knipex 89-250(5 settings)as an electrician. Still self locks but easier to use one handed. Especially when I’m tightening couplings/connectors

[adjutant]

There's plenty of super niche offerings from Knipex, stuff that works, but just doesn't work for me. I with you on that. I've got some Knipex pliers in my toolbag that I've used once and never again...

Those Knipex combination needle nose pliers, personally, carry and use every single day. You are correct in your assessment that they are more of an EDC-type pliers. These are closer in functionality to the kind of pliers you might find on a Leatherman multi-tool, but better because the Knipex doesn't have to compromise on being a multi-tool.