AIRAJ Ratchet PVC Pipe Cutter,Cuts up to 2-1/2"PEX,PVC,PPR and Plastic Hoses,Pipe Cutters with Sharp SK5 Stainless Steel Blades,Suitable for Home Repairs and Plumbers

Needed for a PVC project.To make shark teeth/ small shell sifters. For ourselves and trove of grandkids.Made cutting everything easy as can be. Easy on the hands with the ratchet design.Highly recommend

I am a licensed plumber. I work frequently with 2" schedule 40 pvc. I am excited to recommend and review this large up to 2.5" cutter by Airaj.My previous cutter was the Ridgid 2375 cutter that cost me $95 at Home Depot before tax, so over $100. It never worked that well but I thought this is what it is, either you deal with this or you get the hack saw. The Ridgid cutter would squeeze the pipe with great pressure and you can see the pipe actually bend before the blade begins to cut. This is because the blade lays flat across the pipe. Unless that blade is brand new it is going to squeeze and sometimes snap the pipe. In colder weather it's even worse. If you are trying to cut less than 2" of pipe forget it, get the hack saw because the Ridgid cutter will simply snap it. To make matters worse, the Ridgid pipe cutter has a cheap plastic clip that holds the handle closed when not in use. That clip broke within 6 months so these cutters are always wide open in my tool box with the sharp blade exposed. Finally, the Ridgid pipe cutter is very difficult to change the blade. I know their video makes it look easy but that guy is probably a magician and besides that he's working with a brand new tool. You have to push on one side and then press on the other. I couldn't do it, both sides were stuck. Lets see him try it with my old worn out tool.O.k. now let's talk about the Airaj cutter. First of all, at around $25 after tax it costs less than a replacement blade for my Ridgid cutter; yet the quality is apparently the same - it's all metal construction. Now the best part- look at my picture, look at that blade. The blade is not straight, it's a triangle, it PIERCES the pvc, not presses on it flatly. It instantly punctures the pvc and cuts it like BUTTER! I can cut 1/2" at a time if I want to without snapping the pipe! Next, look at the closing holder, it's made of metal. Yes, it can still break, but it won't break as quickly as a cheap plastic one. And if it does brake, I can get a paper clip or whatever piece of wire to go through the hole. Can't do that with the Ridgid! Finally, look at how easy it is to change the blade. There's a screw. Imagine that! Remove the screw and the blade comes out, Old tool or new tool, I know how to remove a screw. No magician tricks required.

This is a good pvc cutting tool and works for that purpose very well.It is heavy and cuts the pipe without to much "squish" or elongating of the pipe because of the angle design of the blade.However, I purchased this cutter as an experiment for cutting twigs for my various stick stoves.I had this crazy idea to use a tool like this for cutting larger, dried wood limbs to feed into my Firebox and a couple of other brands of stick stoves when I go camping.This tool works really well for that purpose because of the angled blade and the ratcheting system but is a little heavier than I think is practical for backpacking.Overall---- For what this tool was made for it is an excellent choice at a reasonable price.

Unfortunately I only had to make 2 cuts on 2" pvc but this tool worked just fine. Nice even straight cuts that would normally be what you'd want. The bad part of this job ended up with a "swelled" piece that was cut out and help had to be called with a much larger length of pipe required to make the repair. Oh well. Never the less very sturdy and will cut easily thru 2" pvc. I'd say it was well worth the purchase price if you have an ongoing need for it.

I had to replace my pool pump filter. I have zero skills in piping, so I started with a saw. After one attempt at cutting, I found a tool (not this one) that has a tiny blade that will cut through piping. After 5 cuts with that, the blade broke and the replacement blade cut in spirals. So I got this pipe cutter instead. The cuts were very quick and pretty accurate. I have a few cuts that were at a diagonal, but I attribute that to user error. I highly recommend this ratchet cutter!

Works perfect on 2" PVC pipe . Cuts clean and simple!

Better unit than ones with straight blade way easier on hands. Cuts HDPE 2in IPS Dr11 like it’s butter!

I use these on septic systems to cut poly pipe approximately one and a quarter inchThey work excellent for tight areas that I need them for they work unreal on hard pipe PVC and ABSI have purchased three sets of these now and use them almost every time I have a job

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The tool cuts are perfectly straight and cut with ease

The handle and wratchet are good, but the blade is cheap too thin, and kept bending to the right as you wratchet into a 2"pvc pipe, you'll never get a straight cut, after 5 tries the blade chipped the steel housing and bent the blade. Not good quality blade.