Tools / questions / quality issues

[shanky887614]

I like wiha personally, ive got to swap out my small pair soon for spare as they are strugling to strip tri-rated now. im down to using a knife then using snips to pull then off.

thinking of trying a different brand next.

I would go knipex except the quality of the recent snips I have used are not made as well as the older ones.

a guy on the firm has an old old pair that he has worn through a lot of the insulation on the handles from use and are still sharp but the new ones are not as sharp

 

[Razzmond]

I bought decent insulated side cutters, cable cutters screwdrivers and cheap forge steel everything else from screwfix (and it came with a free tool bag, BARGAIN!).

I was taught that sometimes being cheap can be the difference between getting a shock or not so anything that will come into contact with live parts should be a good brand and insulated.