ROMECH 100W Hot Knife Fabric Cutter, Electric Rope Ribbon Cutting Tool Kit | Clean Cuts with Sealed Edges, Air Cooling System, 15-Level Heat Control, Blades & Case Included, Cuts Fabric, Webbing & Cord

This hot knife is GREAT! It cuts very fast. The temperature control dial is certainly hard to read, but the light flickers when temperature is on low setting, and is solid when on high setting. So, once this is understood, it's somewhat intuitive to adjust temperature up and down based on the flickering frequency. And this works fine, since every material is different and having numbers on the dial probably wouldn't help much either. The fan comes on only when trigger is pulled, and is very quiet. Some of the other videos I saw of this in use made me think it would be a loud tool. It's definitely not. And the tool hasn't overheated at all, and has been cutting through everything like butta. It is certainly annoying though that this tool does not fit in its own case when the cutting blade is attached. So, I used the tool to modify the case, and it now fits just fine. This review is for: ROMECH 100W Air Cooled Fabric Cutter Rope Cutter, Pro Electric Hot Knife Heat Sealer with Adjustable Power, Cutting Tool Kit with Blades & Accessories (100W Air Cooled, RM-015)

We recently installed a 16' x 20' thin (<1/8") outdoor polypropylene carpet on our deck. Carpet dealers recommended the carpet be surged to avoid splaying. The cost of a custom surged carpet installed was really expensive over $1500 more than what we could order as a roll of carpet delivered to our home. After careful research on-line I learned how difficult it is to glue or finish seams on a polypropylene carpet and learned that the best way is to basically melt the cut end of the material. Since we needed to cut long sections off two sides to fit our deck a continuous operation hot knife seemed like it might work, but I couldn't find any specific information on youtube or Google let alone whether a 100W knife would have enough power. Turned out this produce was perfect. We were able to make long straight cuts with the cut edge of the carpet hot melted so it couldn't fray. We could easily manipulate the blade to trim complicated corners for posts. Two sides and many cutouts were needed around posts and pipes. As expected we had to periodically clean the melted plastic off the blade, but when done the knife worked perfectly. I do recommend, however, to wear masks to avoid inhalation of odors I highly recommend.

Some reviews knock the adjustment wheel on this but I found it to be fine. I paid NO attention to the numbers on the wheel and simply adjusted the knob upward until the cutting blade started to glow red. I set the adjustment to a dull red glow on the blade and sliced thru a bunch of outdoor fabric (like Sunbrella) with a perfectly melted edge on the fabric and it was very easy to "cut" in a straight line. The tool heats up in just a few seconds so there is really no wait time at all. Now the downside: As others have pointed out, the foam padding in the case is cut for the disassembled tool. After you use the cutter once it would be great to put it back in the case easily but no, you have to take the cutter off and if used, take the cutter base off as well. Not the end of the world but a simple design to allow storage in either configuration would have been a HUGE win for the manufacture at little to no cost. The hard plastic case is cheap and doesn't hold it's shape well. And like others, the plastic locks the lock the case shut sometimes fall off and do not fit well. In either situation, the case isn't designed to accommodate the power cord (which nicely, is quite long, a good thing) so you have to simply STUFF it into the case. A quality case and better designed internal padding would be a night and day improvement for this product. A 3-inch velcro strap to replace the cheap tie-wrap on the power cord would be nice as well. You are close RoMech. Your cutter blade could use some upgrading as well. Granted it works just fine - let's say that again, it works just fine - but it looks like it was fabricated by junior high school shop class welder wannabe!

I own a busy boat canvas shop in Sarasota, Florida. We have to cut canvas and webbing every day, all the time. This RoMech electric hot knife has proven to be EXCELLENT at the tasks given it in a canvas shop. The knife has never gotten hot to hold, unlike some other expensive brands, nor has it melted down like a DP cutter did in the hands of an inexperienced trainee who didn't know to intermittently use the heat switch. Not even sure this knife needs a fan-cooled body, but it works quietly and effectively. The cutting shoe it comes with works great to cut canvas without a backer of aluminum or glass, but it does make cutting elastic rope a challenge. I couldn't be happier with this RoMech hot knife! Salty Tailor approved!

It’s retarded that they made the case so that every single time you have to take everything apart for it to fit into the case otherwise you can’t put it away. That means that after using it you have to find a hex key which doesn’t even come with the kit then takeoff the guide and take of the knife so it fits! Absolutely terrible design when they could have just moved it a few inches and been able to fit the entire thing assembled! I rate this product 1 star

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If you do a lot of rope cutting or cutting nylon or even opening those sealed plastic packs you will wonder how you made it with out this. I actually bought it to open those insane sealed in aerospace grade plastic containers they put on everything these days. I understand it is to stop theft. I am a senior and they are difficult to open with out getting cuts or pains. But now they melt away. This is also great for cutting that nylon rope as it does not fray and unravel. The gun gets hot if you use it for awhile but this has a fan in it.

I love this product!! I like the concept of my project not fraying. At first it came with the missing screw but good thing the team was very helpful in solving the problem and sent me the missing items as soon as possible without any hesitation. It has a good packaging and storage box. Sturdy and in good condition. The only disadvantage that I can say abt this product is whenever storing in the box it is necessary to unscrew the parts before putting in back (lil hassle but I think it is mainly for safety purpose i guess). However there is a hanging clip to be able to park it on hooks or nail on the walls. Other than this, im happy with my purchase. Im so excited to use it on my projects. Thank you Hank and Tony for assisting throughout solving the transaction issues. I will surely buy this again and will recommend it to my friends.

Dejo de funcionar después de 3 usos