maxp68•28d ago

My cheap cable cutters vs. a $80 Park Tool pair - what a joke the cheap ones were

Honestly, I tried snagging a $15 set of cable cutters off Amazon for my shop last month. They mangled the housing on a Shimano brake cable so bad the ferrule wouldn't even seat. Swapped to the Park Tool CN-10 and it cut through like butter on the first try. Anyone else find that the cheap stuff just isn't worth the hassle on housing?

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xena_williams28d ago

Oh come on, you really think Park Tool is worth that much more? I've been using the same $12 pair from Harbor Freight for like four years now. They're a little blunt at this point but I just file them down and they work fine. I've done dozens of brake and shift housing cuts with them and never had a ferrule not seat. Maybe you just got a bad pair or were cutting at the wrong angle.

webb.christopher28d ago

Filing them down every few months probably adds up to more effort than just buying the Park ones once.