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ToolGuyd > Hand Tools > Plumbing > New Knipex Tubing and Small Hose Cutters

New Knipex Tubing and Small Hose Cutters

Oct 7, 2020 Stuart 7 Comments

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Knipex Tubing Cutters New for 2020

Knipex has come out with new tubing cutters, modelĀ 90 10 185.

These tubing or pipe cutters – as Knipex describes them – are designed for cutting liquid tubing, pneumatic tubing, and multilayer hoses. It can cut tubing and hoses from 4 mm to 20 mm in diameter.

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Knipex Tubing Cutters used on Soft Hose

As with other tubing cutters, the new Knipex 90 10 185 has a built-in universal support that aligns the tubing material for perfect right angle cuts.

Knipex Tubing Cutters used on Soft Hose Closeup

Knipex says the new cutters are easy on the hands, even in continuous use, due to low squeezing force and a spring-action opening mechanism.

Features

  • 4 – 20 mm cutting capacity
  • User-replaceable blade (90 29 01)
  • Spring-action handles
  • Handle lock for compact and safer carrying or storage
  • Ergonomic handle shape
  • Handle made from fiberglass-reinforced plastic

Knipex says that the blade is made of a special grade of high-strength steel that’s oil-hardened and tempered.

As a reminder, this tool is NOT designed for cutting cables.

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Knipex Tubing Cutters used on Small Hose

It looks like these new cutters can be summarized as being optimized for cutting smaller diameter air and liquid tubing. I say that because the shape of the lower jaw looks to provide a little extra stability compared to round or perfectly right angle lower jaw shapes.

It’s good to know this is out there, or at least will be out there.

There’s no word as to if or when these will be headed to the USA, or how much they will cost. They look to be launching soon in Europe.

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Discussion

Knipex Tubing Cutters Square Blade Closeup

What I find interesting about these cutters is that they have a flat-edged blade. I have typically seen and used pointed-edged tubing cutters. In my experience, pointed blades tend to work best for softer tubing, but I’ve had mixed experiences with harder tubing. Perhaps the blade in the new Knipex tubing cutter would work better for such applications.

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Knipex Larger Tubing Cutters New for 2020
Knipex Larger Tubing Cutters (Different Model, 90 25 185)

Knipex also has a similarly styled pipe cutter coming out, 90 25 185, designed for cutting aluminum composite and plastic pipes from 1/2″ to 1″ in diameter. Interestingly, but perhaps not surprising, that cutter uses the same replacement blade as this one, with the main difference looking to be in the lower jaw design.

Knipex Pointed Blade Tubing Cutters
Knipex Tubing Cutters with Pointed Blade (90 20 185)

There is also the Knipex 90 20 185, which has a pointed blade. This model is said to be designed for cutting thin-walled plastic pipes, flexible hoses, and fabric-reinforced hoses, up to 25 mm (1″) in diameter.

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Which to Buy?

If I had to sort through all these different pipe cutters, I would think the 90 10 185 (discussed above) might be best for thicker-walled tubing and air lines, the 90 20 185 has a pointed blade and might be better for softer and thin-walled tubing, and 90 25 185 might be best for larger diameter and multilayer tubing.

I think I might have to try the new model once it comes out. I have straight-blade Ridgid tubing cutters that sometimes don’t cut tubing as cleanly as I’d like and they require too much effort for cutting more rigid or thicker walled tubing. My pointed-blade tubing cutters sometimes have a hard time with harder or thicker-walled tubing, which I end up using other cutters for. But, the pointed blade tubing works a lot better on softer tubing. The Knipex tubing cutters looks like it’s in the Goldilocks zone for semi-rigid tubing that none of my current tools work all that great on. Although, it’s rare that I work with tubing too hard for my hose cutters and too soft for more rigid pipe cutters. Maybe I’ll catch these at a good price some day.

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7 Comments

  1. fred

    Oct 7, 2020

    I see that Knipex has also introduced a new cable/wire cutter style that they call “step cut” – with 3 different handle styles:
    95 11 160 (plastic coated handles) , 95 12 160 (multi-component grips) and 95 16 160 (1000V insulated grips)

    https://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&L=1&page=group_detail&parentID=1371&groupID=2730&artID=35713

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    • Stuart

      Oct 7, 2020

      Thanks! I saw those, but they don’t have any clear imagery of how they actually work or what both jaw blades look like.

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      • fred

        Oct 7, 2020

        They have a Youtube:

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        • Stuart

          Oct 7, 2020

          hmm, I now found this one – it’s a little different (smaller jaws?), and with English captions:

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  2. Greg

    Oct 7, 2020

    damn it, knipex, quit trying to separate me from my money!

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    • TheTool

      Oct 14, 2020

      They need to try harder because they’re obviously failing. Channellock or Klein are better for the price.

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  3. me07

    Oct 8, 2020

    They look similar to the Festo ZRS cutters, which I use daily for pneumatic tube 3mm-12mm. They have a pointed blade, which is nice for starting cuts in really soft tubing. They’re a few dollars more (we got ours cheaper through our pneumatics distributor, but you can find them other places online), but I’ve never had a bad cut with them even in rigid urethane tubing, and I’ve never replaced the blade.

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