Southwire 58277740 Tools & Equipment CCPR400 Heavy Duty Compact Ratcheting Cable Cutters with Comfort Grip Handles, Easy to Use Quick- Release Lever, Steel Blades, 750 kcmil CU/1000 kcmil AL

Broke on my second cut

The real deal. Cuts 4/0 battery cable no problem fits easily in a tool box drawer. a++

Muy bueno

Personally, I think these cutters are absolutely capable and likely everything the average, professional, electrician needs; I've no complaints so far. I'm an industrial electrician, for me having ratchet cutters is essential, I don't want to be lugging a sawzall up and down stairs while cutting cable off of reels and spudding in MCC/PLC cabinets. I've owned four hundred dollar Knipex cutters, to me, I feel that the Southwire cutters are every bit as good...for half the price; the same goes for the Greenlee options. It's like this, let's be real, even IF the top-tier brands (if we can call them such) last a lot longer, will you actually get to extract the life out of them? Or will you be like me - have your tools there's three times in a year? Straight up, I refuse to pay more than $200 for cutters anymore, there's no need for them to be so expensive...and thefting is out of control; luckily, Southwire is offering the right tool for a much better price (honestly, $100 would be enough to pay for any cutters). Aaaaanyway, yes, buy these cutters, they're absolutely capable and as advertised; quality appearance and feel, smooth action, easy release mechanism, clean cut.

It slices! It dices... Well, no, it doesn't dice. But it does make quick and easy work of the 000 gauge wire I'm using for an inverter & battery.

I bought these Jul 23, 2018, and they've been in regular use for a hair past 3 years. I do a lot of service changes, typically 150 and 200 amp most of the time. As such I deal with a lot of 2/0 SE and 4/0 SE cable. This thing never gives me any trouble cutting. I know it isn't meant to cut the whole cable, rated for individual conductors but the bit pair just shy of $140 has no trouble. It does start to be a bit more of a chore doing 4/0 SER for a 200A subpanel, but that is a thick 4 conductor cable. I've used the release function just fine, I feel those reviewers who said it didn't work didn't quite understand how to do it right. It is a bit counter intuitive, but admittedly its a feature I don't use often. My one gripe about this product is the locking lever. I feel like it would have been so much better if it had a screw and nylon locknut so I can tighten the tension on it. The problem I run into is as I'm cutting I always end up in a position where gravity swings the lever down and "locks" them in the closed position. It's an annoyance, but for the price point very tolerable. I've always planned to drill out the rivet at install it the way I envision it should be, but I just haven't gotten around to it. That's really my only complaint about the tool, overall it has been solid. I had a cheap Chinese red pair ordered on Amazon for $30 or $40, it'd eventually became a Frankenstein case of 3 versions of itself from me and coworkers making a good pair and it barely scrimped by. This Southwire tool stands up to abuse where other cheaper ones do not. I intentionally do not want the Klein version as their quality seems to continue to go downhill while their price stays the same or increases. You can only live on a once great reputation for so long. I came here to buy the smaller version to replace my old cheap red pair I mentioned that got tossed and noticed I hadn't reviewed this fantastic cutter.