Klein Tools VDV110-261 Twisted Pair Radial Stripper

Great tool, supper simple! Used it on CAT6A STP 23AWG and worked perfectly!!! Saved my teams time, effort and frustration.

This is easily one of the best tools I've ever purchased. I've used it countless times and it has worked flawlessly each and every time. It cuts the jacket of this thick CAT6a riser cable perfectly and it has never nicked the internal pairs.

These strippers are awesome!! I got the VDV110-261 and I use them for unison, dmx, and cat5 cables stripping. They work BEAUTIFULLY, very easy to use and small sturdy. I would compare the quality (this is random and weird comparison) to older plastic toys and playground plastic, like it feels sturdy and very well made. I just want to see how long they last. People have said around a couple hundred to a couple thousand of terminations before seeing dullness. Would buy again and probably will when these get dull over the next couple of years.

I'm an older guy, and for decades I've installed coaxial connectors the "old school" way, using a box cutter and crimping tool. A few years back I moved up to compression connector fittings, investing in the Klein compression fitting tool, but was still preparing the cable the old-fashioned way. I bought this stripper because I was tired of wasting time trying to remember how much of the outer and inner insulator to strip away, and doing it badly most of the time because I could cut too deep. I'm pleased to say that this is perhaps the most perfect way I have ever seen of performing this task. It is literally foolproof. Let me explain... To cut a cable, simply slide the black sleeve on the tool up to block the exit side of the cable cutter opening, push down the black button on top of the tool, insert your cable into the open end (there's an icon above the opening that resembles a stripped cable--see photo attached to this review), release the black button, spin 3-4 times around the cable, and then push the button again and release the cable. Slide off the first part of the insulation, which exposes the inner conductor, and then slide off the second section, which exposes the outer conductor/electrical shield. Push into your compression fitting until the inner "white" insulator is flush with the inside of the connector, insert the connector into your compression tool and compress the two parts of the connector together. Done! The tool is all plastic except for the blades, of course, and I don't see any way to replace the blades so at some point you'll have to toss it when the blades lose their sharpness, but for its size, simplicity, and consistent quality connections, I think it's a worthy investment. You should easily get hundreds of trouble-free cable connections out of this before that time comes, and as I said in my title for this review, I just don't know how you can make this task any easier than what Klein has done here.

i have used a number of of cable strippers. My favorite was a simple dual blade adjustable that i could use for most low voltage applications. I purchased this for rg6, because i couldn't find my old stripper. It worked great for rg6, it has an adjustment for rg59. For coax cable it is great.

Puts just the right amount of pressure on the wire with a spring then you spin it. Lots of ways to cut the insulation on Ethernet cable but if you're over 60 this is a must. Clean cut and a slight pull is all it takes.

Strips coax like a god. Very good quality stripper.

The best for cat 6

Produto é top, ele tem um corte exato, evitando ter que refazer conector

Excelente complemento de las pinzas clipadotas de terminales de cables coaxiales

Great quality and fantastic performance.

This is a great coaxial stripper very easy to use and cuts perfectly makes termination very easy

A stripper like this seems so simple, so trivial, that you might wonder if you even need something like it at all. But if you terminate network cables any more often than "very rarely", you should get this tool. It turns what is otherwise an annoying and fiddly part of terminating cables into a quick, fun step. While you can probably use a crimp tool, pocket knife, or pliers to cut the jacket of a Cat5/Cat6 cable, there's a good chance that you'll either nick a wire, make a sloppy-looking cut, or end up cutting at a slight angle. With this tool, you'll never have to worry about that. To use, simply push the plunger in, insert the cable to the depth you need, spin it a couple times, then after removing the tool, the cable will be scored (but not completely cut through) allowing you to easily break off the jacket and remove it without cutting into the insulation on the wires. This tool is ergonomic, rugged, and good quality while being easy and efficient to use. It has survived many drops, and I can't see it breaking easily. I've never needed to use it, but you can also score the cable longitudinally if you need to open a big length of cable up for some reason, so it's a nice feature to have if you need it. $20 might seem like a lot of money to spend on something so trivial that you could technically get done with lots of other tools you already have—but terminate at least four cables, and you won't regret spending the cash one bit. About the review headline: I built a house with my wife, and we installed a *lot* of wiring in there. I terminated at least 45 runs of Cat6 myself without this tool, and in many instances, I nicked a wire or had to struggle to remove the jacket. This tool would have saved me so much time and frustration!