RIDGID 31642 Quick-Acting Tubing Cutter - Cuts 1/4" to 2-5/8" Tubes

Nhiz: I like it, it’s durable

Canada on Jun 27, 2023

Richard Harper: This cutter cuts fast, and I have no complaints. I use it almost daily during top-outs and it works great. Highly recommend.

United States on Jun 24, 2023

RAH: Like everything else, costs have skyrocketed but my recommendation not to buy cheep pipe cutters as they will at some point frustrate the crud out of you.

United States on May 13, 2023

Yosuan: I bought this tool to cut some steel pipes, but at the end it just cut copper and aluminum, i had to find that on internet because it didn’t come with instructions, just the tool in a box, so I returned and I ordered one more expensive to cut stainless steel pipes, and this one came with instructions , i guess the one i got was a return from someone ☹️

Canada on May 02, 2023

Carson Stump: Cuts through thin titanium tube fairly well.

United States on Dec 10, 2022

jamie: Plumbing to 1/2 " copper pipe.

Canada on Aug 16, 2021

Josh lance: Cuts smoothly, would buy again.. nice thing about rigid tools is that they have warranties for life... so it’s a no brainer even if it’s expensive

Canada on May 15, 2021

Rod: Well made product

Canada on Nov 03, 2020

Daniel: 5 stars means "I Love It", 4 stars means "I Like It", and 3 stars means "It's OK"

Well as high of quality as I think this tool is, It's definitely not a 3 or lower. I really wanted to give it 5 stars but I can't. For the past 1.5 years I've been using a ~$20 tube cutter from Menards and it finally snapped in half. I always believed that "You buy cheap, you buy twice" so this time I dropped the dime on this clearly and obviously superior tool. But I can't give it/them 5 stars because after literally 32 days of ownership (who has a 32 day return window??) the cutting wheel got a nice chip in it. I'm a reasonable guy so I figure it was a fluke and I will continue using it once I get it fixed.

I called RIDGID and got someone from customer service who did help me set it up to be serviced. So I printed off the form and shipped it to RIDGID at my expense. After 10 days I was getting impatient because I have tubes to cut! I called the number for the service center and got a "experiencing high call volume try back again in a few minutes". I think I called back about 5 times over the next hour and nobody would pick up the phone. Well after about the 2 week mark I finally got...

United States on Sep 13, 2014

Dragon: I wanted a pipe cutter for 16 gauge steel pipe I used to reinforce the roof of a car canopy, According to the specs on this cutter, it's meant only for plastic with one wheel, or copper/aluminum with the other wheel it comes with. However, I saw a reviewer mention they used it to cut thick steel fence posts, and other cutters intended for steel are twice the price, so I thought I'd give it a try.

The copper cutting wheel had no problem cutting my steel pipe. I'm guessing that if you tried to use this cutter for steel a lot the blade would wear quickly, but for occasional use I think it's fine. I searched for awhile to see if there were cutting blades you could buy that were intended for steel, but I think Rigid doesn't market them for this cutter as they want you to buy a more expensive one. On an external web site I did find a blade called E-4546 aka 33190 which the site claims is meant for steel/stainless steel and it also claims it will fit this cutter, but I couldn't verify that on Rigid's web site. However, the back of the packaging that comes with the cutter does mention it works with E-4546 (Cat. No. 33190) for cutting stainless steel (it doesn't say steel, but I...

United States on Jan 14, 2013