Devo, I was about to make a statement about your very question. So do I like, yes. Am I making a lot of money using it, no but wire stripping is not my main scrapping activity.
What I really like about it is its very easy to adjust so I don't have to a lot of sorting which would take up time. I can see the value of one of the strippers with multible blades which should not require adjustment every time you change the type wire you are stripping.
The one thing I have learned is you can strip small gauge wire with it, 18-20gauge. But the problem is some wire has insulation that does not want to split, so the stripped mashes the wire instead.
On some small gauge wire I have tried and succeeded with runing it thru twice. I lightly score on one side then put it thru again scoring on the other side. The copper almost falls out sometimes. It might seem like a lot of extra work to put it thru a second time but the ease of removing the copper stranded wire is well worth it.
I have had less that a great time stripping the wire harness from the power supplies of computers, the multi colored wires. I will continue to try but some is just going into the #2 insulated wire bucket. I hope this helps, Mike.
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