Dropped $140 on a fancy wire stripper and my $12 one does the same job
I got sold on one of those automatic wire strippers at a supply house in Tulsa about two months back, mostly because the counter guy swore it would save me time on panel work. Took it on three installs and it kept nicking the strands on 22 gauge sensor wire, and one nick cost me a whole pull on a garage door contact when the wire failed the continuity check. Went back to the cheap spring loaded one I've had for six years and finished the job in half the time. Now I've got a $140 paperweight in my toolbox and a lesson about letting a counter guy talk me into something. What tool did you regret buying after the return window closed?