Teeth are cheaper. Until you break or chip one.In college we saved every dollar for beer so we used nail clippers to strip wires.
Although money can be important too...IN college we just used the ones in the lab, but that was decades ago. Nowadays time is more important to me than money, and wire stripping can be a giant time suck specially when you need consistency!
Although money can be important too...One of the drawbacks of the simple "slice the insulation with a knife/diagonal wire cutter" approach is that you can slice strand of wire, sometimes to the point that you have to cut the end and start over. Don't ask how I know this...
Exactly why such a tool is invaluable. Guess it was not clear that I was talking about a pocket knife; also a good way to slice skin along with insulation.I've striped a lot of wires with my Knipex, and the only time I've had that issue, is when I used the wrong notch.
Guess it was not clear that I was talking about a pocket knife;
I'm gonna' go with "language barrier", yeah, that's it...It wasn't to me, but that might be because the type of strippers I use are sometimes colloquially referred to as knife strippers.