Originally Posted by HillRider
If there is one area where buying cheap is very poor economy, it's tools. Not only is the cheap tool a poor investment, it also damages the things you are working on. Good tools are a very long term, maybe lifetime, investment. Buy good, buy once.
Absolutely. Besides, it's not like we're talking about a bottom bracket cutting tool or some other $500 investment. The difference between the Park cable cutter and a "this one might work" model is like $25 (and the Park cutter is cheaper than a Park cutter + broken cheap tool). A year from now you won't even miss that money but you might still be cursing the cheap tool.