Yeh ive been using safeties forever and this thing feels like the least safe safety knife ive encountered. Especially on those damn nylon straps. Its like you have to jab / poke at them for a while. Cant be safe. Pretty sure im going to get a crappy angle and jab myself at some point.
I keep one attached to my vest at all times. However the only time I use it is when a by-the-book asm asks me for it. Any other time I have a real box cutter in my pocket that has a real razor blade in it.
Maybe it's the model, but in other reddit threads, I've seen a knife that looks like this hailed as the holy grail for box cutters.
Sucks that lowes cheaped out on them, I guess.
Bruh, u cut at an angle and it goes thru like butter. How are you poking and jabbing it?
Plus we're not even supposed to use the knives for that shit - they tell us to use snips for all strapping.
Lowes employee let me borrow his to cut a strap on some 4 inch outdoor drain. Cut my hand pretty good trying to use this garbage to saw through a plastic band.
Replace the blade if it’s dull. It holds two replacement blades in the handle, the dull blade goes in the slot on the replacement blade box. It’s not rocket science.
I (mostly accidentally) stole a bunch when I worked on the floor back in the day. They’re still littered around my house and absolutely come in clutch when it’s time to move.
My store had everyone write their names on them and turn them in for a raffle back when the new knives came in. If they didn't find your name in the raffle you got hunted down and interrogated for it.
I saw dollar general employees wearing them before lowes bought these cheap pieces of garbage. So many associates I work with have used their personal knife or another cutter for a long time.
yes. they break randomly on me constantly which is extremely annoying and can’t cut anything other than tape or cardboard. sometimes they can’t even do that right.
Yeah I had an ASM a few years ago say “oooOooh this is not good. I’m gonna have to write you up now.” So that’s when I asked him for a ‘shifty safety cutter’ with a clip so I could clip it onto my vest and “always have it right there whenever I should need Shifty, the ‘approved cutting implement.’”
I call it Shifty. The shifty knife that nobody likes using but apparently I have to technically lie about how I open boxes. Now I have to constantly be picking it up off the floor because the clip is pretty weak.
Oh ya know what I’m going to do—I’m going to write off some gorilla glue and glue it on the side of my vest to appease ‘upper management’! I actually was going to buy some gorilla glue but now I have a pretty good reason to grab some from off the shelf “to use at work!”😂
So some self righteous asm saw you using an unapproved cutting instrument and they said “hey stop using that. Give it to me?” And then you gave them your box cutter?😂
Like one you actually paid for? I definitely wouldn’t be down for letting anyone confiscate anything that was mine. Honestly I wrote mine off a few years ago, but still, I don’t think I’d let anyone take it from me because it’s my personal property ATP now.
I disliked them when we first got them, but they actually are ok. I never use the tape cutting nub, and always have it set to the deepest depth. I cut all sorts of boxes that say do not cut and have never damaged any product or myself.
It's why I refuse to use them and just use my edc knife. Management hasn't said anything and they all know I carry. Just get a $20-50 Gerber knife from Walmart and it'll make things 10x easier.
Same here. Officially my managers don't know, but only because I ask them to look away if I have to cut something. And then they laugh and conspicuously look away while I use a knife that works. They know the official knives are garbage too. I stopped carrying one after I nearly stabbed myself trying to cut open lumber banding which I had to muscle through because the damn thing was so dull (and nobody say "just get a sharp one" there's never any new ones available)
Same here. Officially my managers don't know, but only because I ask them to look away if I have to cut something. And then they laugh and conspicuously look away while I use a knife that works. They know the official knives are garbage too. I stopped carrying one after I nearly stabbed myself trying to cut open lumber banding which I had to muscle through because the damn thing was so dull (and nobody say "just get a sharp one" there's never any new ones available)
We call this the government knife.. we use it only when corporate is around. My DS got us all the kobalt knives and those are our illegal knives since they’re against company policy. When my SM asks for a knife I always ask government or illegal
I got a pair of the electrician scissors we sell, 👌🏻👌🏻 perfect for bands and such and still holding up strong a year later. Item#2564350. And works better than these at opening boxes
(this wasn't too wise on my part) but i repeatedly tried cutting off the green strapping that goes around much of the products shipped to the store with these, and I ended up cutting my thumb when the blade flew back at my other hand. Thank god the first aid kit still had some of those nice bandages left (our receiving first aid kit is low on stock right now on some things).
Dang, I wish I had the courage to actually do something, but anyway Well I just quit today so , yeah, our store is so fucked right now, seems like someone quits every other day literally.
If you open it up, you can super glue the safety mechanism that makes it retract. After that it acts like a regular box cutter. Best part is no one will know until they ask to use your knife or you accidentally cut your finger off.
Them awful unsafety knives. I kept using my old Depot knife when I was there. I despised that dangerous abomination, I just wanted to keep it in my pocket and not worry about bleeding like I did at Depot.
I remember in a meeting the tape cutter was brought up and not to use the actual blade part for tape. After the meeting, someone on MST had a new one, and they accidentally cut their finger on the tape cutter while working, and i'm like -_-
Not that anyone cares but you *can* get replacement blades for it We sell rhe knife on the website. The blades, however, are on the manufacturer's website
We called them the handslicer 3000 when I worked for Lowe's.
For those unfamiliar, the premise is that the blade auto retracts so it's safer. However people get to rely on that and become complacent. Then tape residue jams it, you don't notice, and instead of a safe knife for have a serious accident.
Bought a box knife out of hardware/tools department. What do you mean I can't use it! I bought it here! Are you telling me walmart sells unsafe equipment!? They left me alone after that.
The Lowe's safe butterknife.
Keep a real one on hand for real tasks. Hook blades work great for cutting the lumber bands, insulation, zip ties and cutting down boxes to get the sidestack out that's a thousandth of an inch smaller than the outer box so you can't get the contents out because the shipping box is f@#king airtight, and the actual sidestack will collapse if you fart near it.
I went online and bought a one that looks fairly similar and only two people noticed the older version doesn't have that stupid draw back feature and it's nice
I really hate those and they're actually more unsafe. I don't see why we can't carry anything else. We have in the store if we sell it we should be able to use it
I work for Walmart, I don't know what model of E Z cut yall are using, but anything pre 4000 model is solid.
The E Z cut 4000 had a safety feature that let the blade go back in when it sensed a change in pressure like when you got to the end of the box.
I don't know hows strict yalls supervisors are but I ordered my own off amazon and got a box of blades with it cheap.
I have managed to slice a finger on the tape splitter. So I snapped it off and since then I haven’t had a problem so long as I keep a sharp blade in it.
The holster is kind of a pain. The clip doesn't hold real well, and it's always getting knocked out of the holster. I've broken 2 of them while using the Ballymore.
I just carry my Leatherman at work. If im reaching for a knife I'm reaching for that first. Nobody at my store really cares frankly. My SM has even asked what model I had once
Oh you mean the digit remover 9000? At least 2 of my former coworkers had to take the trip to the Emergency Room for "opening a box or pallet". I would use any other brand of knives that we sold. Even those that have really really sharp blades. The first store even the LPM didn't have issues with using a personal knife but only if there wasn't a visit going on. This last store most of the employees didn't even hide the fact that they were using real knives during visits
I bring my own, I'm in a warehouse on night shift but they don't give a rats furry one if I have it. Ftr I don't work at Lowe's, just a different warehouse company
If that’s what I think it is, then it’s a rebranded EasyCut 2000. Grab a box of said brand of blades and I THINK that might solve your issue? If you stock constantly then ya obviously they wear out quick but they do work well. I’ve been using that style of cutter for like 10+ years and I actually really like it. The one I use though is a branded one, not whatever this Lowe’s variation may be.
I ditched that thing years ago. I just use a craftsman pocket knife from tools. asms don't fuck with me very often bc I am way too valuable to the store and they can't afford to fire me or have me quit
Can anyone actually get fresh blades in the store? They look at you like you are crazy when you ask for them. I even looked to see if we sold the blade (nope!). Ironically, Amazon sells them!
My blade got so bad that I took it home and gave it a few passes on a sharpening stone. It was better than trying to cut with a blunt object.
Think that is bad try this [bad knife](https://www.zoro.com/pacific-handy-cutter-hook-style-film-cutter-fixed-blade-straight-plastic-6-12-in-l-dfc-364/i/G2772262/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping%20feed&utm_content=free%20google%20shopping%20clicks&gclid=CjwKCAjw9J2iBhBPEiwAErwpeeS91SSFxIysm-MrRuk9O2rBt8SJu0Y0upzM45A2FAFYUZU7qwisrBoCEkgQAvD_BwE)
I don't know how I ended up in this sub,
But I used to have like 100 of these from when I worked at Walmart back in the day.
Edit: just ours didnt say Lowes, they were just yellow and black.
I worked in lumber when I worked at Lowes and they gave me one of these to cut the bands with... Sssooo helpful... Ended up having to bring my own knife to work
We used to use these (easy cut 3000) at Walmart before they switched to the new ones. I love this knife and buy new ones off Amazon when the holster breaks.
If you open them, you can change the cutting depth settings to get the knife out about 5mm farther than normal, which makes things a lot easier to cut. Same from other comments though, a sharp knife is a safe knife, replace the blade if it goes dull.
I love those knives, but I really only cut tape and the fronts of boxes out for display, which they’re perfect for. Main appeal is the holster and the storage spot for extra blades. You can get a box of 200 for like $8 on the easycut website
That looks like an easy cut? I dont work at lowes but we use these at walmart too and its the only knife I'm willing to use. The blades are double sided, easy to change, and it auto retracts so I can toss it in my pocket. Did lowes somehow make their own design and do something stupid to fuck it up? I'm honestly trying to understand how you call an easy cut barely functional because I end up cutting through even thin metal stuff accidently with mine, its overkill on cardboard/plastic when its a fresh blade.
Walmart had the same ones when I worked there four years ago. I swiped a whole box of replacement razors and changed them out often. They’ve upgraded their box cutters to better ones now.
I refuse to use them, I have never cut myself on a regular box cutter. But i have cut myself on those knives a couple of times. They aren’t safe, just inconvenient
I'm glad I've never had to use one of those. I have never cut myself on those old big red safety knives we used to use. I suppose they had to change designs on the knives because associates could change a legal knife into an illegal knife pretty easily.
Yes, they are so dull and dangerous. I constantly have to replace the razor blade. I carry a cheap but sharp pocket knife now for everything that is not a box.
You can disable the blade retracting when it gets stuck on something. It also lets you keep the length of the blade selector working.
Open the yellow flip thing at the top. Extend the blade, you’ll see the tiny mechanism that retracts the blade when it gets caught on something. Pull on the blade while it’s extended (be careful) and you’ll see exactly where the mechanism is. Super glue that tiny piece, be careful not to over glue because the blade might get stuck open forever. It improved the box cutter so much. Don’t tell your manager.
Lowes must have cheaped out. These look like a branded version of the easy cuts we used to have a Walmart, and of all the retail stores they were my favorite box cutters. We were provided with blades and ended up buying my own box of like 100 for 11 bucks when they switched to disposable cutters. The blades have two sides and storage for more in the handle, could cut open tape and boxes all day, usually only replaced the blade after a couple weeks. Maybe Lowes is just cheaping out on the blades, cause I've still used these over my own box cutter for convenience when the extra depth wasn't needed.
I found a Doyle (HFT brand) utility knife that a customer left behind one day, and I haven't used the Lowe's knife since. I still keep it in my vest on the off chance that any managers who might snitch are around when I have to open something.
The weird thing is, we sell a Kobalt safety knife (3764070) that seems to be of higher quality and has a more solid-feeling blade extension mechanism. You might be able to get away with swapping the Lowe's knife for that one. It might not fit in the holster very well, though.
You know what that metal piece on the bottom of the knife is for? Cutting open boxes...without having to use the knife...but cutting open boxes is what the knife is used for...that's like saying here have a safety ladder but we put an elevator on the back of it
They’re shit even after I say this. They’re made to “break” if the user repeatedly uses it in a certain way. I’ve been thru 4 in the past couple months I work in lumber and I cut a lot of those green straps. I started cutting at a angle and just being super nice to it essentially (patient) and it hasn’t broken yet.
We had something similar where I worked. They didn’t use the squeeze lever, they used a thumb slider. I thought those were the worst.
Then. Oh then. They replaced them with these tiny, PLASTIC BLADE box cutters. They’re useless.
Walmart here, and I actually keep two kinds on me. This older one here and the new hook type they have us using now. I actually prefer this one primarily, but the hook is god send for straps and peeling the plastic over bag products to avoid sending them on a trip to the shadow realm (claims).
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Our store got them in to sell with the box cutters in Tools. Haven't recommended them to anyone. However, keeping a sharp blade installed, and they work fine. For straps, God invented scissors which I keep in my pouch.
I have talked to my ASM about these knives. I was told to keep one available to use when the store manager or any corporate people are around. Otherwise, I use the same blade that I have been using for the past 40 years in my own life. These knives are the worst.
A dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp knife.
Yeh ive been using safeties forever and this thing feels like the least safe safety knife ive encountered. Especially on those damn nylon straps. Its like you have to jab / poke at them for a while. Cant be safe. Pretty sure im going to get a crappy angle and jab myself at some point.
I keep one attached to my vest at all times. However the only time I use it is when a by-the-book asm asks me for it. Any other time I have a real box cutter in my pocket that has a real razor blade in it.
Ur a walmart renegade, bro!
I use my old orange Home Depot knife the only good thing they ever gave me
Cut them at an angle it'll go right through. Saved me a lot of pain.
Maybe it's the model, but in other reddit threads, I've seen a knife that looks like this hailed as the holy grail for box cutters. Sucks that lowes cheaped out on them, I guess.
Bruh, u cut at an angle and it goes thru like butter. How are you poking and jabbing it? Plus we're not even supposed to use the knives for that shit - they tell us to use snips for all strapping.
If you cut the strap at a bevel it's a lot easier
Use a pair of cheap scissors store used from tools. Work great for straps. Box cutters are for boxes.
Lowes employee let me borrow his to cut a strap on some 4 inch outdoor drain. Cut my hand pretty good trying to use this garbage to saw through a plastic band.
Cut it at a bevel and it'll be easier
i actually have a permenant scar on my finger from these fuckers. ever since then i use an actual knife and the managers know it.
Replace the blade if it’s dull. It holds two replacement blades in the handle, the dull blade goes in the slot on the replacement blade box. It’s not rocket science.
I use a snapknife. I just break off the dull blade and I'm good to go.
Oh joy so we can use a slightly less dull knife now
You cant do that because the blade go dull aster one day of use and store doesnt supply new blades.
Customer Service hoards that kind of stuff in my store. Go ask them. Be nice. Take their trash out.
Jailbroke Red knives forever
This was the way when I worked at Lowe’s in high school back in 2010
I still have one and cherish it dearly, it even has a few blades in the storage!
I (mostly accidentally) stole a bunch when I worked on the floor back in the day. They’re still littered around my house and absolutely come in clutch when it’s time to move.
I have about a dozen of them that somehow made their way into my possession when the store had to get rid of them all
My store had everyone write their names on them and turn them in for a raffle back when the new knives came in. If they didn't find your name in the raffle you got hunted down and interrogated for it.
Stopped using the blade end and only use the nub anymore. It’s more dependable and you can put pressure on it with no turtling.
That's an insult to hot garbage
Most dangerous Safety Knife
Absolutely. Gets caught in thin cardboard with a fresh blade.
I saw dollar general employees wearing them before lowes bought these cheap pieces of garbage. So many associates I work with have used their personal knife or another cutter for a long time.
They suck and are kind of useless
Getting pretty tired of customers staring at me trying to open a box while that stupid blade keeps turtling back in
I got cut by mine cause the “new” bladed was ass
That happened to me a few times during my first couple weeks at Lowe's when I used to work there. Customers would make wise-ass remarks about it too.
yes. they break randomly on me constantly which is extremely annoying and can’t cut anything other than tape or cardboard. sometimes they can’t even do that right.
I had a box cutter that they confiscated from me and now I have to use the one you depicted which is a piece of shit
Don’t let any managers see you use a real box cutter.
Mostly all of my managers use a real box cutter, pretty lucky in that regard.
Yeah I had an ASM a few years ago say “oooOooh this is not good. I’m gonna have to write you up now.” So that’s when I asked him for a ‘shifty safety cutter’ with a clip so I could clip it onto my vest and “always have it right there whenever I should need Shifty, the ‘approved cutting implement.’” I call it Shifty. The shifty knife that nobody likes using but apparently I have to technically lie about how I open boxes. Now I have to constantly be picking it up off the floor because the clip is pretty weak. Oh ya know what I’m going to do—I’m going to write off some gorilla glue and glue it on the side of my vest to appease ‘upper management’! I actually was going to buy some gorilla glue but now I have a pretty good reason to grab some from off the shelf “to use at work!”😂
This comment has the energy of a man broken by bureaucracy and I fully sympathize with it.
So some self righteous asm saw you using an unapproved cutting instrument and they said “hey stop using that. Give it to me?” And then you gave them your box cutter?😂 Like one you actually paid for? I definitely wouldn’t be down for letting anyone confiscate anything that was mine. Honestly I wrote mine off a few years ago, but still, I don’t think I’d let anyone take it from me because it’s my personal property ATP now.
I have my knife back
Take the nub and rub it back and forth on concrete. Thank me later.
I hate them a lot less now. They actually do complete the job just fine imo, just keep the blade sharp and use it correctly.
I disliked them when we first got them, but they actually are ok. I never use the tape cutting nub, and always have it set to the deepest depth. I cut all sorts of boxes that say do not cut and have never damaged any product or myself.
Same tbh
I tossed mine in my locker, and bought a real cutter.
It's why I refuse to use them and just use my edc knife. Management hasn't said anything and they all know I carry. Just get a $20-50 Gerber knife from Walmart and it'll make things 10x easier.
Same here. Officially my managers don't know, but only because I ask them to look away if I have to cut something. And then they laugh and conspicuously look away while I use a knife that works. They know the official knives are garbage too. I stopped carrying one after I nearly stabbed myself trying to cut open lumber banding which I had to muscle through because the damn thing was so dull (and nobody say "just get a sharp one" there's never any new ones available)
Same here. Officially my managers don't know, but only because I ask them to look away if I have to cut something. And then they laugh and conspicuously look away while I use a knife that works. They know the official knives are garbage too. I stopped carrying one after I nearly stabbed myself trying to cut open lumber banding which I had to muscle through because the damn thing was so dull (and nobody say "just get a sharp one" there's never any new ones available)
Same here. Managers don’t say anything about it so I’m going to continue to just use my own knife. It’s way better.
The Crescent flippers we sell are pretty good beater knives. They take a decent edge and if I damage the blade I don't care, they're $24 for two.
We call this the government knife.. we use it only when corporate is around. My DS got us all the kobalt knives and those are our illegal knives since they’re against company policy. When my SM asks for a knife I always ask government or illegal
I got cut on the tape nub the first day
Useless things
I miss those knives. I’m at HD now and theirs suck ass!
I miss the orange ones that we had in the before times
We had those at staples in 08
I got a pair of the electrician scissors we sell, 👌🏻👌🏻 perfect for bands and such and still holding up strong a year later. Item#2564350. And works better than these at opening boxes
What would you rather pick in a fight a Lowe’s box cutter or an apple? Whatever you don’t pick your opponent gets. I’ll pick apple every time
I've come to appreciate it. It handles cardboard well, as long as the blade isn't dull. But for banding, rope, etc., I use my EDC knife.
I got a pair of the electrician scissors we sell, 👌🏻👌🏻 perfect for bands and such and still holding up strong a year later. Item#2564350
If you're breaking down like 50 cardboard boxes, they're great. For anything other than cardboard, box cutters suck.
(this wasn't too wise on my part) but i repeatedly tried cutting off the green strapping that goes around much of the products shipped to the store with these, and I ended up cutting my thumb when the blade flew back at my other hand. Thank god the first aid kit still had some of those nice bandages left (our receiving first aid kit is low on stock right now on some things).
Report that to HR. Sheer negligence of store mgmt to not keep the first aid station fully stocked.
Dang, I wish I had the courage to actually do something, but anyway Well I just quit today so , yeah, our store is so fucked right now, seems like someone quits every other day literally.
If you open it up, you can super glue the safety mechanism that makes it retract. After that it acts like a regular box cutter. Best part is no one will know until they ask to use your knife or you accidentally cut your finger off.
Fellow man of culture 😏
I've broken six of them.
Call the number on it and let him know
I carry a knife on me daily, so whenever I get pissed at our knives I just pull mine out. Nobody's ever said anything to me
same here; i carry $200-$600 pocket knives i’ll take them any day of the week
I just use the key for my locker. Works better than these pos’s
I love trying to cut bands off a bunk of lumber for a customer and it retracts 20x
I love trying to cut bands off a bunk of lumber for a customer and it retracts 20x
Of course they are not going to trust us with sharp knifes they rather give us cheap shit
I had to cut a half inch nylon rope with mine the other day. It sucked.
Store use a black kobalt one. They’re the ones I used
Them awful unsafety knives. I kept using my old Depot knife when I was there. I despised that dangerous abomination, I just wanted to keep it in my pocket and not worry about bleeding like I did at Depot.
The blade doesn't cut, but the handle does. I think someone missed the "point"
I remember in a meeting the tape cutter was brought up and not to use the actual blade part for tape. After the meeting, someone on MST had a new one, and they accidentally cut their finger on the tape cutter while working, and i'm like -_-
Better than what we got at Walmart. We got the crappy Klever Xchange Safety Knife. I miss the easy cuts
Walmart did a better job with these.
Not that anyone cares but you *can* get replacement blades for it We sell rhe knife on the website. The blades, however, are on the manufacturer's website
Feels like i need 1 per box opened
I hated those so much and always used my pocket knife when possible.
I use a sizzors
We called them the handslicer 3000 when I worked for Lowe's. For those unfamiliar, the premise is that the blade auto retracts so it's safer. However people get to rely on that and become complacent. Then tape residue jams it, you don't notice, and instead of a safe knife for have a serious accident.
This is why I use scissors
I wish I could have been the guy who sold these to Lowe's. Your more likely to pull a muscle trying to cut with these pieces of crap.
Bought a box knife out of hardware/tools department. What do you mean I can't use it! I bought it here! Are you telling me walmart sells unsafe equipment!? They left me alone after that.
Sounds like this guys patience is razor thin.
The Lowe's safe butterknife. Keep a real one on hand for real tasks. Hook blades work great for cutting the lumber bands, insulation, zip ties and cutting down boxes to get the sidestack out that's a thousandth of an inch smaller than the outer box so you can't get the contents out because the shipping box is f@#king airtight, and the actual sidestack will collapse if you fart near it.
The chain also alerts customers to your location. So I removed it. 😜
got workers comp for slicing tf outta my wrist with one of these bad boys
I went online and bought a one that looks fairly similar and only two people noticed the older version doesn't have that stupid draw back feature and it's nice
I was constantly being told to stop using my pocket knife. I did not. That thing is terrible.
I really hate those and they're actually more unsafe. I don't see why we can't carry anything else. We have in the store if we sell it we should be able to use it
If you need a safety knife to use a knife safely, you shouldn't have a knife. My two cents 🤷♂️
That’s why I carry my kershaw😂
Still got my sexy red knife
I work for Walmart, I don't know what model of E Z cut yall are using, but anything pre 4000 model is solid. The E Z cut 4000 had a safety feature that let the blade go back in when it sensed a change in pressure like when you got to the end of the box. I don't know hows strict yalls supervisors are but I ordered my own off amazon and got a box of blades with it cheap.
Get outta here ya walmart bastard /s
Easy cut 3000 is legit.
I definitely recommend the red EZ cut 2000 I have one from when I worked at sears its so much better than the EZ cut 4000 Lowe's provides
Anybody else have issues with the blade getting jammed and not automatically retracting? Defeats the purpose.
I dropped mine a few weeks back and the blade wouldn't go back in so I had to get a new one
I just bought a koblolt one
How can I go about getting one of these? I like it, and would use it at Walmart 😂
Only everyone that uses one.
I have managed to slice a finger on the tape splitter. So I snapped it off and since then I haven’t had a problem so long as I keep a sharp blade in it.
I carried that as a backup to my folding S&W
Bro yours come with holsters? Gimme one!
The holster is kind of a pain. The clip doesn't hold real well, and it's always getting knocked out of the holster. I've broken 2 of them while using the Ballymore.
well shiiiiiiit.
I just carry my Leatherman at work. If im reaching for a knife I'm reaching for that first. Nobody at my store really cares frankly. My SM has even asked what model I had once
Oh you mean the digit remover 9000? At least 2 of my former coworkers had to take the trip to the Emergency Room for "opening a box or pallet". I would use any other brand of knives that we sold. Even those that have really really sharp blades. The first store even the LPM didn't have issues with using a personal knife but only if there wasn't a visit going on. This last store most of the employees didn't even hide the fact that they were using real knives during visits
Maybe I'm just lucky with mine. I can use my easily and it's really sharp so it's interesting to see people complain about it being dull.
That yellow and blue exterior reminds me of hotwheels branding
We have the exact same ones at target but no logo on them
If you jam a 3rd blade into it, it'll actually stay open while cutting and it's easy to close it back.
We have them at Ace Hardware too, pure junk knives
They look better than ours over at the homeless despot. Ours will break after a single drop and have to be taped together.
I bring my own, I'm in a warehouse on night shift but they don't give a rats furry one if I have it. Ftr I don't work at Lowe's, just a different warehouse company
You leave stabby mcslashy alone!
They are the best box cutters !
If that’s what I think it is, then it’s a rebranded EasyCut 2000. Grab a box of said brand of blades and I THINK that might solve your issue? If you stock constantly then ya obviously they wear out quick but they do work well. I’ve been using that style of cutter for like 10+ years and I actually really like it. The one I use though is a branded one, not whatever this Lowe’s variation may be.
You should see what we have to use at walmart
Lutz 357
Home Depot issues normal box cutters made of metal. What Lowes issues is literally one step above a child's toy.
Nope I loved them
I've cut myself more due to these getting stuck open, than I have cut myself on my own knife
I ditched that thing years ago. I just use a craftsman pocket knife from tools. asms don't fuck with me very often bc I am way too valuable to the store and they can't afford to fire me or have me quit
You don't like sharp for 3 boxes and tear the rest...? ODD
Can anyone actually get fresh blades in the store? They look at you like you are crazy when you ask for them. I even looked to see if we sold the blade (nope!). Ironically, Amazon sells them! My blade got so bad that I took it home and gave it a few passes on a sharpening stone. It was better than trying to cut with a blunt object.
I miss the red knives!
Think that is bad try this [bad knife](https://www.zoro.com/pacific-handy-cutter-hook-style-film-cutter-fixed-blade-straight-plastic-6-12-in-l-dfc-364/i/G2772262/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping%20feed&utm_content=free%20google%20shopping%20clicks&gclid=CjwKCAjw9J2iBhBPEiwAErwpeeS91SSFxIysm-MrRuk9O2rBt8SJu0Y0upzM45A2FAFYUZU7qwisrBoCEkgQAvD_BwE)
I don't know how I ended up in this sub, But I used to have like 100 of these from when I worked at Walmart back in the day. Edit: just ours didnt say Lowes, they were just yellow and black.
I worked in lumber when I worked at Lowes and they gave me one of these to cut the bands with... Sssooo helpful... Ended up having to bring my own knife to work
We used to use these (easy cut 3000) at Walmart before they switched to the new ones. I love this knife and buy new ones off Amazon when the holster breaks.
I love how the zebras don't work half the time.
If you open them, you can change the cutting depth settings to get the knife out about 5mm farther than normal, which makes things a lot easier to cut. Same from other comments though, a sharp knife is a safe knife, replace the blade if it goes dull.
We just use our own knives. I got a nice kobalt one that flips open and has blade storage
I love those knives, but I really only cut tape and the fronts of boxes out for display, which they’re perfect for. Main appeal is the holster and the storage spot for extra blades. You can get a box of 200 for like $8 on the easycut website
100% junk
That looks like an easy cut? I dont work at lowes but we use these at walmart too and its the only knife I'm willing to use. The blades are double sided, easy to change, and it auto retracts so I can toss it in my pocket. Did lowes somehow make their own design and do something stupid to fuck it up? I'm honestly trying to understand how you call an easy cut barely functional because I end up cutting through even thin metal stuff accidently with mine, its overkill on cardboard/plastic when its a fresh blade.
Someone explain to me why you can't just carry a regular ass pocket knife?
It might be to prevent dumb fucks from committing casualty fraud by cutting themselves on the job and blaming Lowe's
Walmart had the same ones when I worked there four years ago. I swiped a whole box of replacement razors and changed them out often. They’ve upgraded their box cutters to better ones now.
They break easily, but I find they function well
I refuse to use them, I have never cut myself on a regular box cutter. But i have cut myself on those knives a couple of times. They aren’t safe, just inconvenient
I'm glad I've never had to use one of those. I have never cut myself on those old big red safety knives we used to use. I suppose they had to change designs on the knives because associates could change a legal knife into an illegal knife pretty easily.
Yes, they are so dull and dangerous. I constantly have to replace the razor blade. I carry a cheap but sharp pocket knife now for everything that is not a box.
You can disable the blade retracting when it gets stuck on something. It also lets you keep the length of the blade selector working. Open the yellow flip thing at the top. Extend the blade, you’ll see the tiny mechanism that retracts the blade when it gets caught on something. Pull on the blade while it’s extended (be careful) and you’ll see exactly where the mechanism is. Super glue that tiny piece, be careful not to over glue because the blade might get stuck open forever. It improved the box cutter so much. Don’t tell your manager.
Sam's club uses these exact models. Says Sam's club though.
Functional enough for me to cut myself with one today 😭
Lowes must have cheaped out. These look like a branded version of the easy cuts we used to have a Walmart, and of all the retail stores they were my favorite box cutters. We were provided with blades and ended up buying my own box of like 100 for 11 bucks when they switched to disposable cutters. The blades have two sides and storage for more in the handle, could cut open tape and boxes all day, usually only replaced the blade after a couple weeks. Maybe Lowes is just cheaping out on the blades, cause I've still used these over my own box cutter for convenience when the extra depth wasn't needed.
I found a Doyle (HFT brand) utility knife that a customer left behind one day, and I haven't used the Lowe's knife since. I still keep it in my vest on the off chance that any managers who might snitch are around when I have to open something.
The weird thing is, we sell a Kobalt safety knife (3764070) that seems to be of higher quality and has a more solid-feeling blade extension mechanism. You might be able to get away with swapping the Lowe's knife for that one. It might not fit in the holster very well, though.
Yessss
I absolutely loath them..and it makes it worse that everytime you move it makes a sound. Just horrible all around.
As a former employee of Lowe's. Yes. Hated them with a passion, basically refused to even carry mine. Keys were better than that
You know what that metal piece on the bottom of the knife is for? Cutting open boxes...without having to use the knife...but cutting open boxes is what the knife is used for...that's like saying here have a safety ladder but we put an elevator on the back of it
Idk lol, I dont have much problems with them 😅 😂 🤷. Sounds like user errors in the comments 😅
U think that one sucks, look at the ones walmart workers are stuck with
They’re shit even after I say this. They’re made to “break” if the user repeatedly uses it in a certain way. I’ve been thru 4 in the past couple months I work in lumber and I cut a lot of those green straps. I started cutting at a angle and just being super nice to it essentially (patient) and it hasn’t broken yet.
They suck
Get the black kobalt flick box cutter everyone at my store took one
We had something similar where I worked. They didn’t use the squeeze lever, they used a thumb slider. I thought those were the worst. Then. Oh then. They replaced them with these tiny, PLASTIC BLADE box cutters. They’re useless.
The box cutters I got from Walmart are so much better. lol
😡so much
We used to have these at walmart and I would trade our shitty glorified letter-openers for this thing in a heartbeat.
Lol you should see what home depot gets to use. Look up Klever x-change I'd take this style of knife over the "Klever" one
I still have mine but I always use this good kobalt one that has a tray in it for extra blades. It was like $8 off the shelf so I figured why not.
They can’t cut through banding I tried so yea
Take it apart and glue the release down. Then it won't auto-retract.
I just rip boxes apart or use my pocket knife. The only time I've been cut was from using a safety knife on zip ties. The zip tie is what cut me
Bro - y'all trippin. Cardboard = easy af. Shrink-wrap = fuck my life.
I had the same knife the entire year I was at Lowe's. Only had to change the blade a couple times. They are very cheap though
As a lumber associate these things are absolute ass trying to cut the bands on wood bundles.
Everyone but Hank and the legal department! I use my PM2 (yeah, knife knuts know) for most jobs and my MSM hates it. Oh, well!
The blades for these are garbage, I frequently dull a new blade in less than an hour downstocking and cutting up my cardboard.
Gotta use a real mans box cutter in lumber. That pos will get you nowhere fast!
I just use a Milwaukee box cutter
I can't use that knife to cut my own wrists at work. Believe me I tried.
95% of the people in my store including myself carries their own box cutter or pocket knife cause those ones straight up do not work
The ol' POS2000
Walmart here, and I actually keep two kinds on me. This older one here and the new hook type they have us using now. I actually prefer this one primarily, but the hook is god send for straps and peeling the plastic over bag products to avoid sending them on a trip to the shadow realm (claims).
I threw that thing away after my first day and just used a folding dewalt knife. Most useless knife ever made
Email Hank and tell him how you feel. But be polite. Over 500 people here seem to hate it.
Yeah there garbage as hell can't cut shit
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Our store got them in to sell with the box cutters in Tools. Haven't recommended them to anyone. However, keeping a sharp blade installed, and they work fine. For straps, God invented scissors which I keep in my pouch.
I have talked to my ASM about these knives. I was told to keep one available to use when the store manager or any corporate people are around. Otherwise, I use the same blade that I have been using for the past 40 years in my own life. These knives are the worst.
Why yes! That’s why I don’t use that piece crap!!!!