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Good for cutting curtain wire.
Easy to use quality product. Usually available at a reasonable price for a Draper branded item.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: primetools
Disappointed in Drapers normally good standard
Not up yo Draper normal standard. You need very large and strong hands to use them comfortably and for any length of time, as the spring is very strong and the grips open up too wide for normal sized hands.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: tooltime-uk-ltd
A great inexpensive tool for the money.
I have a 100M roll of 3 mm steel cable which I have been using in the garden. I have been using a pair of end cutters but it takes two hands, all my strength and several attempts to cut it. Even then it can leave a frayed end. With these cutters I can cut the cable using one hand, without straining, and it leaves a clean neat end. I was a little sceptical as they were not expensive. They do the job perfectly and we’re very good value for the money. I would highly recommend them.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: g6tools
Draper wire cutter review
I took a punt on these over a set of knipex cutters and so far I'm not disappointed. Make no mistake they feel cheap compared to a knipex set but they're 1/3rd of the price. I've only cut one bikes with of cables with them but they've held up very well and work brilliantly. If you don't mind a cheap feeling to which gets the job done with no fuss then these are for you. Far better than the bike specific park tools cutters which are a load of rubbish! Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: buytoolsdirect
Does exactly what it says
This tool is very easy to use and quickly and neatly cuts multi-stranded bicycle brake and gear cables. Cable ends left neat with no unraveling, ready to solder or apply end ferrules (even some supplied with the tool - very thoughtful of the vendor).Read full review
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Clean cut cable for bargain price
I don't usually buy cheap tools, you always buy twice and spend more than the expensive item. However......even though all my specialist and big tools are Park Tools I don't cut a lot of cable so thought £12 V £40 worth a chance, and they both have blue handles lol.
It is solid and cuts very cleanly, so much so, that I was pushed to tell which was the factory cut end. I have seen reviews which state that it does not cut the cable cleanly. I think they are trying to cut the spiral wound outer cover. You need your normal side cutters for this, save these for the inner wire cable.
Feels well made and I think it will last very well. Other reviews say you need a big hand to close the handle, well if it didn't open so wide the small jaws would not have the cutting diameter they have.
Draper are like this, they have some very good items, you just have to know which ones they are, and these are very good. Ciao.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: lamppostelectrical
Good product and good quality.
Good and heavy with a very strong spring. Almost too strong for my little hands. I also could not hold the cutters open at the end of the handle, as it opened far to much for my hand to reach both bits to pull them together to cut, definitely made for a mans larger hand.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: tooltime-uk-ltd
Good product for my needs
Certainly sharp enough to cut the 3mm braided wire for which I purchased it and the tool feels robust enough for my needs which is DIY use...I did find it little awkward to use at times because the spring didnt fully push the jaws open and so I had to do so manually which is difficult one handed. otherwise seems a good productRead full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: lamppostelectrical
Close to perfect. Few complaints.
These are excellent cutters. I use them for bike cables and they work well. There's a little tidying to do after cutting outer cable housing but they do the inner wire cable as clean as you could wish. Much cheaper than the often recommended cable cutters. Nice ! Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: buytoolsdirect
Cuts cleanly
I have tried 3 other types before these and they all failed except these.
If you want to cut your bike cables cleanly with little effort then get these rather than trying to save a couple of quid.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: buytoolsdirect