The Longacre is one of the nicer ones, and it has recently come to light that Cat makes a nice one (though it is even more expensive than the Longacre).
People have varying success with the Summit and Jegs versions as well as using an exhaust cutter.
Depends to some extent the size of the filters you want to cut.
I purchased a Longacre and it works, but if I was doing it again, I would purchase a CAT. The one posted here a week or so ago looked to be a superior filter cutter. Expensive but very nice. All you will ever need. You'll hand it down.
My wifes can opener (that we received as a wedding gift
) is destroyed. Turns out it can cut through thousands of cands but only tens of oil filters. Now I have to buy a new filter cutter AND a new can opener.
As for the Cat, saw one price over $100, yikes wayy too much for me to cut a filter.
My ~$15 made in Taiwan HF Exhaust Cutter has worked well for me. Then for larger than 3.25" diam., the Summit/(now cheaper at Jegs with shipping included) has worked ok. The guide wheels should be closer together.
Cheapest shipping on Summit is $10 to me. So Jegs ~$8 less for same cutter. Jegs recently increased the price $2, was the same as Summit's before s&h added price.
Again though, guide wheels don't hit very common ~3" or less diameter filters.
Cheapest shipping on Summit is $10 to me. So Jegs ~$8 less for same cutter. Jegs recently increased the price $2, was the same at Summit's before s&h price.
with FS it is worth.
Some people may have summit racing stores close by
If you have the money buy the CAT filter cutter. I have one at home and several at work that get used multiple times a day. (On CAT filters that are twice the construction of any other filter) Blades are replaceable also.
I am leaning towards the CAT. I'm not against spending the extra coin on one. Especially on something like a filter cutter that will last me the next 100 years.