Thanks for checking in with my guide to tell you about wire strippers. What did you think this was going to be about? First, in case you do not know, wire stripping is taking off the insulation of the wires enabling many things to be done with the wires. You might be asking which kind of stripper I should get, so here I will tell you. There are two kinds of wire strippers. There are manual and automatic wire strippers. They each have pros and cons.

The first kind that I will one into detail about is the manual strippers. Here is a picture of what one looks like. They have a pair of blades with a notch in the middle. This notch lets the device remove the protective coating without cutting the wires under it. Then the device is twisted which cuts the insulation. When the insulation is cut, then it is easily removed from the main wire portion.

The other kind is an automatic wire stripper. Here is where you can see what one looks like. It grips and removes the insulation very quick and easy. The main problem that comes with the automatic is that it does not work on all wires.

So when deciding which type of stripper to pick out, you need to be thinking about the job and use of the device. If you want a stripper that is easy to use and strips most wires, then the automatic is the best choice. However, if you are a diehard user and need to work with a great many types of wires, then a manual one might be a better choice. In addition, the manual wire cutters are generally much cheaper then the automatic, so if you rarely use it then the manual one, would be a better deal.