Sanuke Ratchet Cable Wire Cutter, Heavy Duty Ratcheting Cable Cutters for Electricians - Cutting Aluminum Copper Soft Wire up to 240mm²/600MCM

I've been doing some land cleanup and ran across a bundle of 0AWG and a large section of wire I wanted to recycle. They were too big to use wire cutters but too small and flexible for a hacksaw. Saw these, and they turn out to be perfect for snipping those wire bundles down to manageable sections that I can recycle. For the price, they are well worth it. Easily cuts through cables.

Bought these in 2023 and use them weekly. They are still cutting perfectly. Great buy

For the $$ these are great, I have used them for 1/0 and 2/0 cable so far with success. They are a bit slow compared to say large sheers, but that's OK, these fit in a tool box and can be used in tight spaces, such as the bilge of of boat, with one hand. The issue with them is, however, the sheers are not sharp, and the way they crush down on the wire, the space between the sheers, if you cut right in the middle of a piece of cable that is so many feet long - you will be happy, they work well. But the design depends on the strands of the cable being well locked into the conduit: If you try to say trim 2 inches, what the sheers do is they pull the strands out of the tag end and get all jammed up with strands of cable between the sheers - the design falls on it's face basically. An improvement, which would likely solve the above issue would be sharper sheers. So, for cutting long pieces - GOOD. For trimming a little off - BAD. Mostly we are cutting, not trimming, so this remains a good tool IMO, however it does not alleviate the need to have a cutting disc around if you need to take a bit off a piece of cable. They might trim OK if you grab the tag end (which you are discarding anyway) with vice grips, to hold the strands tightly in place.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Awesome tool and definitely put it through the test, I cut 1" MC with full boats, 2/0 and 3/0 and a bunch of feeders and doubles of #10. Still holding up and continues use for a whole week.

Cutters feel well built, was kind of concerned what I was going to get for the price point but ended up happy with my purchase. They work well on 2/0 copper which is what I mainly use on residential homes. The cut is smooth and clean. They do take a few more pumps of the hand vs say Klein cutters , but for the price you can't go wrong. One thing I'm unsure of is when I purchased them there was a $2 upgrade option. I'm not sure what it is but I figured why not.

Good quality

Why buy name brand when these work just as good and if you cut a live wire or damage the cutting surface a lot cheaper to replace

Works perfectly but only lasted one year.

the tool is not sharp, it does not work porperly when we cut cable.