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The rotary strippers work all right in my experience. The one I have has two annoying problems: The blade always seems to push in when it's inserted into the jacket, forcing me to set the depth slightly deeper than necessary, and I almost always have to adjust it for every cable; and the blade always wants to work toward the end of the cable as it's rotating. I can quite easily produce a nice, long, black pigs-tail from the cable, without fully removing the jacket, if I don't put a fair amount of care into using the tool. However, I've never once nicked a wire sheath with it. I always seem to get the sheath on the ground with about every tenth cut when I use a razor knife.