Great comparison and finally someone who bothered to take close up pictures. Thank you. At the end of the day, all nippers require you to go in and clean up using a blade or sanding. A sharp nipper can save a tiny bit of time but it won't be much of a difference. Spending anything more is hard to justify.
I just wanted to say I really appreciate your approach and discussion in these types of tool videos. Getting into the hobby had been intimidating sometimes to figure out where to spend money to make my models look nice.
I literally bought the Dspiae and Valtcan this week for the two cut method, didn't think the Valtcans would be on par with the Dspiae... it was on sale for $20.
The Godhand 5.0 is still the best in my books, but I'm always open to improvement or a better option and glad to see there's good competition because they just seem to be pretty much sitting on their butts and not bothering to produce enough for distribution. I still can't wrap my head around how people manage to break their pairs unless they use it for harder plastic like that of wargames/miniatures or clear parts. I have several for years now and all of them are still razor sharp. Dispiae seems to be the best contender and the designs of their tools as so sleek! On a side note I did find it strange why Tamiya doesn't make their own competitor to single-edge nippers, I'd imagine they have the tech and funds for that. I'd love to see that.
If you can maintain your GodHands, for sure they are a great nipper! I use mine mostly for special/expensive kits, with my DSPIAE as my workhorse nippers.
I've been using the Micro Marks for years. And I've only compared them to the Valtcans and the blue handle God Hands. My goto nippers are Micro Mark and their customer service is top notch. I had the first pair of nippers that had a slight misalignment of the anvil (flat) side and the cutting blade side. They said that all of their items are inspected in-house prior to getting shipped out. But sometimes a few may slip through the inspection line. So they refunded me my money and said that i could just keep the nippers. I ended up ordering another one because the quality of the cuts werent bad at all. I ordered another set because i felt confident that these were on par with God Hands for half the price. I still use the misaligned pair for removing all of the parts initially from the sprue. Too bad the Micro Mark cutters didn't come with any case or cover, though.
I bought the dspiae sta 3.0 nippers and i feel like they tend to leave some level of stress marks even when i cut gently and precisely, it looks like i May have to get the godhands, the price is worth it if it saves me time. Time>money. I can always make more money, can't make more time lol
The Micro-Mark nippers are only $25 at the Micro Mark webstore. They are actually my go-to since I'm heavier handed. Again YMMV and in my case the Micro-Marks are great.
Before I say anything I just wanna say that I come from a very diffrent model building backround. I have been building games workshop plastic kits for almost 8 years now and I have just recently fallen in love with gunpla. With that out of the way I myself own the dspiae nippers and I havent used any other single blade nippers before. I have to say that I love the dspiae nippers for gunpla and scale model kits but for gw kits with their massive gates and tough plastic they are an absolute nigthmare to use and I actually broke my first pair because I managed to bend the blade while cutting the plastic and when I tried to bend it back the blade snapped. So be very carefull with the blade! But otherwise I can recomend these nippers a lot! Especially if you mainly build gunpla. For armour modellers they migth not be that usefull as the parts are prettymuch allways painted and textured often so the nubmarks arent a problem but these nipper do cut really fast and reduce the cleanup time a lot. If you do only resin or GW models I would not recomend these as they dont really cut larger gates that well. My only real complaint is that they are very front heavy and thus feel kind of unwieldy but I feel like this would be a general problem with all nippers that have these skinny hands. I have been thinking of modifying the handel so I wont constantly be so deathly afraid of dropping them. But yeah hold the as close to the actual nipper to have bit more controll of them.
my micro mark nippers i got not too long ago actually have dspiae st-a 3.0 lightly engraved into it. i assume they're either made at the same place or the micro mark nippers are just rebranded dspiae nippers lol
godhand nippers are great (ive owned 2 pairs) but i will never buy them again they broke 2 weeks after i bought them and godhand customer service would not replace them i am never buying anything from them ever again they lost my bussiness , i do love the dspiae tools and sanding equipment they are Ooutstanding but i think USA gundham are my next buy as far as nippers
This might just be me, but the sample size is a bit too small to really compare the nippers. As in, perhaps having them cutting maybe 5 or more nubs each and comparing them all. However, I know little to nothing as I have yet to try my first Gunpla kit.
That's a fair opinion. I think the biggest takeaway I got from using each of these (longer term) is that all of the cuts perform pretty similarly, the main difference will be in the fit and finish of the nippers themselves
The GodHands and DSPIAE nippers I know for sure are heat-treated steel, so they'll last as long as you continue to care for them. That is to say that you shouldn't use them on thick nubs/sprues, hard plastic (like clear parts), and also don't over-exert pressure. When using nippers, I cut pretty slowly, I find that this controls how much pressure I'm using as well as gives the best finish result on the nub.
Having most of them i find myself using USA gundam ones the most Dspia 3.0 arent cutting it for me G odhands are amazing but im always afraid to break them
Sorry to hear that! If I were to compare DSPIAE vs USAGS, I'd say they're pretty similar in my opinion. I feel the same way about the GodHands too, I only really use them on expensive kits these days haha
I bought the Godhands on black friday lmao😅. I got suprised how good they are compared to the fine detail cutters from Tamiya that is a wery good cutter. So if the God hands even beat Tamiya im pleased!
So.. Might not unrelated to this branded nipper discussion at all, but I have a question. If I want to avoid discoloration as much as possible, do these nipper help at all? Or they will result the same when I use regular nipper and do clean up afterwards? I really don't want to invest on them if the end result is the same. Hopefully someone can share their experience. For the clean up, let's say I use Dspiae siren which to be honest, the discoloration is still pretty bad.
If you're talking about the light/white marks that show up, a good pair of single-bladed nippers will definitely help! If you aren't already, make sure you're cutting them off the runner, leaving some material on the end, then cut off the rest of the nub once the part is off of the runner.
Hey! So I just got the DSPIAEs and all seemed great until I read the instructions. What does it mean when it says the blade and blunt end aren't on the "same level"? Because on mine, the blade meets the blunt end so when you turn them around (the side without the DSPIAE logo) the two sides sit flush with each other? In other words, they seem to be on the same level when they shouldn't be according to the instructions. Is that bad? Do I have a faulty pair? Or am I just interpreting it wrong? Sorry, just got back into the hobby and I'm really confused!
It’ll be a little hard to explain without pictures, but yes they aren’t on the same level. If you look at the flat side, they may appear level, but they should be off by a tenth, or even a few hundredths, of a millimeter. Here’s something you can try: close the nippers, then run your nail lightly back and forth on the flat side. When going from the bladed side to blunt side, you should feel a little resistance. If you go the other way, you should feel a little “bump” but there shouldn’t be resistance.
@@aMillaGunpla you're a genius!! Thanks for suggesting that little test because as it turns out, my nippers are good to go. Although I get a tiny bit of resistance going from blunt to bladed, the bladed side going to blunt has waaaay more resistance, which I can live with. Thanks again:) looking forward to more of your videos
It really depends on the nub placement. If the nub is on the edge of the part, then you can get a flush cut. Otherwise, yes it will leave just a bit left, which you’ll either need to sand down, file down, or slice off with a knife
There are different types of metal. For good tools and knives that last without going dull, it requires high quality steel that is more expensive to create.
No offence... I was using godhand nipper for 3 year and it perform very awsome until now and no stressmark.. So ur opinion I need to buy dspiea cutter? For comparison purpose.. My answer No!so better no need dethrone any brand okey...
The Godhands are still great nippers, no need to get rid of them! The main point I’m trying to get across is that people tend to say that the Godhands are the absolute best nippers you can buy. I’m trying to point out that there are other options that can perform just as well as the Godhands 🙂
@@aMillaGunpla oh okey bro I salute the dspiae team because bringing out a lot of tool right now..but bro it depend on their wallet in the pocket.. If got money ego people will take godhand or buy dspiea a save ton of money.. Example bandai and pbandai.. 😝😝
Great comparison and finally someone who bothered to take close up pictures. Thank you.
At the end of the day, all nippers require you to go in and clean up using a blade or sanding. A sharp nipper can save a tiny bit of time but it won't be much of a difference. Spending anything more is hard to justify.
I just wanted to say I really appreciate your approach and discussion in these types of tool videos. Getting into the hobby had been intimidating sometimes to figure out where to spend money to make my models look nice.
Awesome, that's what I'd been hoping for! Money saved on tools is money that could be used on more kits (or other important expenses 😛)!
I literally bought the Dspiae and Valtcan this week for the two cut method, didn't think the Valtcans would be on par with the Dspiae... it was on sale for $20.
They surprised me, but you'll for sure feel the difference in comfort and smoothness when using them!
Loving your channel, holy hell, so much good info. You got a fan.
Paul from MB Canada. Juat found a few of your videos and i am impressed. Looking forward to more content
The Godhand 5.0 is still the best in my books, but I'm always open to improvement or a better option and glad to see there's good competition because they just seem to be pretty much sitting on their butts and not bothering to produce enough for distribution. I still can't wrap my head around how people manage to break their pairs unless they use it for harder plastic like that of wargames/miniatures or clear parts. I have several for years now and all of them are still razor sharp.
Dispiae seems to be the best contender and the designs of their tools as so sleek! On a side note I did find it strange why Tamiya doesn't make their own competitor to single-edge nippers, I'd imagine they have the tech and funds for that. I'd love to see that.
If you can maintain your GodHands, for sure they are a great nipper! I use mine mostly for special/expensive kits, with my DSPIAE as my workhorse nippers.
I've been using the Micro Marks for years. And I've only compared them to the Valtcans and the blue handle God Hands. My goto nippers are Micro Mark and their customer service is top notch. I had the first pair of nippers that had a slight misalignment of the anvil (flat) side and the cutting blade side. They said that all of their items are inspected in-house prior to getting shipped out. But sometimes a few may slip through the inspection line. So they refunded me my money and said that i could just keep the nippers. I ended up ordering another one because the quality of the cuts werent bad at all. I ordered another set because i felt confident that these were on par with God Hands for half the price. I still use the misaligned pair for removing all of the parts initially from the sprue. Too bad the Micro Mark cutters didn't come with any case or cover, though.
I have a Valtcan nipper and I can confirm it did come with that pouch
I went for the Dspiae; since I was got able to get a discount with free shipping.
Thank you for making this video! I really appreciate it!
I bought the dspiae sta 3.0 nippers and i feel like they tend to leave some level of stress marks even when i cut gently and precisely, it looks like i May have to get the godhands, the price is worth it if it saves me time. Time>money. I can always make more money, can't make more time lol
Amazing comparison
I find it really appalling that the godhand costing more however they don't have the casing like the DSPIAE has... so I chose DSPIAE over godhand..
I like how you got the close up pics but wish you made more cuts. I recently reviewed the godhand and think they were defective.
The Micro-Mark nippers are only $25 at the Micro Mark webstore. They are actually my go-to since I'm heavier handed. Again YMMV and in my case the Micro-Marks are great.
$5 cheaper, but $10 for shipping, if you have Prime, Amazon's still cheaper!
Micro mark leaves alot it extra plastic the $9 from hobby lonbby are better. Im reterning them and just going godhand
Have you tried the nippers Andy’s HHQ sells for $20. Just curious.
Just bought a dspie, is not here yet, but i'm very excited to use them
As you should be! Very nice pair of nippers, currently my favorite to use 🙂
Before I say anything I just wanna say that I come from a very diffrent model building backround. I have been building games workshop plastic kits for almost 8 years now and I have just recently fallen in love with gunpla.
With that out of the way I myself own the dspiae nippers and I havent used any other single blade nippers before. I have to say that I love the dspiae nippers for gunpla and scale model kits but for gw kits with their massive gates and tough plastic they are an absolute nigthmare to use and I actually broke my first pair because I managed to bend the blade while cutting the plastic and when I tried to bend it back the blade snapped. So be very carefull with the blade!
But otherwise I can recomend these nippers a lot! Especially if you mainly build gunpla. For armour modellers they migth not be that usefull as the parts are prettymuch allways painted and textured often so the nubmarks arent a problem but these nipper do cut really fast and reduce the cleanup time a lot. If you do only resin or GW models I would not recomend these as they dont really cut larger gates that well.
My only real complaint is that they are very front heavy and thus feel kind of unwieldy but I feel like this would be a general problem with all nippers that have these skinny hands. I have been thinking of modifying the handel so I wont constantly be so deathly afraid of dropping them. But yeah hold the as close to the actual nipper to have bit more controll of them.
For GW kits, I use $4 wire cutters, and clean the leftover bit with a pocket knife.
Soooo which one?????
My personal favorite is still the DSPIAE, but they're all definitely worth their price tags
my micro mark nippers i got not too long ago actually have dspiae st-a 3.0 lightly engraved into it. i assume they're either made at the same place or the micro mark nippers are just rebranded dspiae nippers lol
godhand nippers are great (ive owned 2 pairs) but i will never buy them again they broke 2 weeks after i bought them and godhand customer service would not replace them i am never buying anything from them ever again they lost my bussiness , i do love the dspiae tools and sanding equipment they are Ooutstanding but i think USA gundham are my next buy as far as nippers
This might just be me, but the sample size is a bit too small to really compare the nippers. As in, perhaps having them cutting maybe 5 or more nubs each and comparing them all. However, I know little to nothing as I have yet to try my first Gunpla kit.
That's a fair opinion. I think the biggest takeaway I got from using each of these (longer term) is that all of the cuts perform pretty similarly, the main difference will be in the fit and finish of the nippers themselves
I was wondering about the quality of the steel they are made of and how long they will stay sharp before dulling out.
The GodHands and DSPIAE nippers I know for sure are heat-treated steel, so they'll last as long as you continue to care for them. That is to say that you shouldn't use them on thick nubs/sprues, hard plastic (like clear parts), and also don't over-exert pressure. When using nippers, I cut pretty slowly, I find that this controls how much pressure I'm using as well as gives the best finish result on the nub.
Having most of them i find myself using USA gundam ones the most Dspia 3.0 arent cutting it for me G odhands are amazing but im always afraid to break them
Sorry to hear that! If I were to compare DSPIAE vs USAGS, I'd say they're pretty similar in my opinion. I feel the same way about the GodHands too, I only really use them on expensive kits these days haha
I just got my meng mts 026 which are pretty much same product as dspiae and damn they are sooo good
Oh wow, those are expensive in the US! I would hope they’re good nippers!
To me at the end it is a matter of cost. All of them do the same. It depends on how much you can/want to spend the ones you might want to get.
I got Tamiya nippers for like 20-25 and they work just as good if not better
I bought the Godhands on black friday lmao😅. I got suprised how good they are compared to the fine detail cutters from Tamiya that is a wery good cutter. So if the God hands even beat Tamiya im pleased!
GodHands are still good nippers! Make sure you protect the blade edge 🙂
@@aMillaGunpla Yes I do! Thanks for reminding me!
hi which one is the best nipper for clearparts? i worry about my godhand every time i use it for clearparts... thanks.
Try one of the cheaper Micromark or Valtcan nippers. The blade is thicker than the GodHands so they won’t break as easily
So.. Might not unrelated to this branded nipper discussion at all, but I have a question. If I want to avoid discoloration as much as possible, do these nipper help at all? Or they will result the same when I use regular nipper and do clean up afterwards? I really don't want to invest on them if the end result is the same. Hopefully someone can share their experience. For the clean up, let's say I use Dspiae siren which to be honest, the discoloration is still pretty bad.
If you're talking about the light/white marks that show up, a good pair of single-bladed nippers will definitely help! If you aren't already, make sure you're cutting them off the runner, leaving some material on the end, then cut off the rest of the nub once the part is off of the runner.
what about the wisepro nipper
I have not tried the Wisepro nipper, so I'm not sure how it performs compared to these nippers
It also first time doing gunpla 2017 rx-0 unicorn gundam full psycho-frame prototype mobile suit in a red box
I also don't know if the dspiae en-a diffents to the dspiae ST-A3.0 ?
Hey! So I just got the DSPIAEs and all seemed great until I read the instructions. What does it mean when it says the blade and blunt end aren't on the "same level"? Because on mine, the blade meets the blunt end so when you turn them around (the side without the DSPIAE logo) the two sides sit flush with each other? In other words, they seem to be on the same level when they shouldn't be according to the instructions.
Is that bad? Do I have a faulty pair? Or am I just interpreting it wrong? Sorry, just got back into the hobby and I'm really confused!
It’ll be a little hard to explain without pictures, but yes they aren’t on the same level. If you look at the flat side, they may appear level, but they should be off by a tenth, or even a few hundredths, of a millimeter.
Here’s something you can try: close the nippers, then run your nail lightly back and forth on the flat side. When going from the bladed side to blunt side, you should feel a little resistance. If you go the other way, you should feel a little “bump” but there shouldn’t be resistance.
@@aMillaGunpla you're a genius!! Thanks for suggesting that little test because as it turns out, my nippers are good to go. Although I get a tiny bit of resistance going from blunt to bladed, the bladed side going to blunt has waaaay more resistance, which I can live with. Thanks again:) looking forward to more of your videos
Good to hear, hope you enjoy them!
It really depends on the nub placement. If the nub is on the edge of the part, then you can get a flush cut. Otherwise, yes it will leave just a bit left, which you’ll either need to sand down, file down, or slice off with a knife
If it were completely level, I’d imagine it would eventually mess up the alignment of the blade side, as it could slip under the blunt side
how is this something that doesnt cost $2?
There are different types of metal. For good tools and knives that last without going dull, it requires high quality steel that is more expensive to create.
Metal quality/treatment and manufacturing tolerances. $2 isn't going to pay to machine blades that are as flat and align within
Abe sado. My choice.
me wathcing this while buying a cheap 9$ manhwah sidecutter XD
Do a joker theme coutomization
No offence... I was using godhand nipper for 3 year and it perform very awsome until now and no stressmark.. So ur opinion I need to buy dspiea cutter? For comparison purpose.. My answer No!so better no need dethrone any brand okey...
The Godhands are still great nippers, no need to get rid of them! The main point I’m trying to get across is that people tend to say that the Godhands are the absolute best nippers you can buy. I’m trying to point out that there are other options that can perform just as well as the Godhands 🙂
@@aMillaGunpla oh okey bro I salute the dspiae team because bringing out a lot of tool right now..but bro it depend on their wallet in the pocket.. If got money ego people will take godhand or buy dspiea a save ton of money.. Example bandai and pbandai.. 😝😝
Dispae
Thanks for trying but uh, I'm not putting any credence to this after seeing those "flush" cuts.
try Nanye Nippers they are $4-$6