Rant: Park Tool cable cutters vs the $9 hardware store pair, and it's not even close
I grabbed a cheap pair of cutters from the hardware store on 5th in Minneapolis for $9 last week because my good ones were at the shop, and I figured how bad could it be. First cable end came out mashed flat with frayed strands, took me 10 minutes to thread it through the housing, and the second one just bent instead of cutting. My Park Tool CN-10 does the same job in one squeeze, clean cut, no fray. I don't care if it costs $45, the cheap pair is just a paperweight that also makes you late. What's the one tool you'll never go cheap on again?