Cooltop Hot Wire Foam Cutter kit, 18W Styrofoam Knife Cutter Electric Hot Wire Foam Cutting Tool, Heated Foam Carving Knife Kit with Cleaning Pen for Foam Board, Pearl Cotton, EPP, KT Board, EPS

One of the coolest gadgets I ever introduced into my art room. Slices through styrofoam like buttah! Gives off some noxious fumes but that’s the price you pay for melting styrofoam. None of my students know what to call it so they usually use hand motions to describe it or come up with weird names for it. Be super careful because it is hot hot hot! I always demo it first and say a prayer a kid doesn’t go rogue and brand themselves or me. So far so good!

Cutter works great. Heats up quickly and slices through foam like a hot knife through butter. I would recommend using in a well ventilated area or wear a respirator. The fumes from the plastic are quite strong.

I have a drone case I needed to modify a drone case but the foam in it is pre-molded. I thought about using a knife or something but came across this and thought it would be better. Turns out, it works just for what I needed. I was a bit naive thinking this was going to be like a lightsaber and just blow through the foam like nothing. Wasn't quite like that. I'm sure for pluck foam it may be like this but the foam in my case was a bit more sturdier. Basically I just had to ease the element through the foam. Worked much better that way. Fortunately I was smart enough to open a window while doing this since it kicked out a lot of smoke which I'm sure is not healthy to be breathing in. But, the case is looking fine now thanks to this.

My daughter had a project for anatomy class and had to create a model of lungs. She used this tool to help cut and carve the lungs. It was nice that she didn't make a mess from carving due to a knife. She used it in a well ventilated area as the smell of melting styrafoam is not pleasant. It cut through the styrafoam like butter!

This hot cutter is super cool. Great to have around for any foam cutting projects/ needs. Price is cheap enough we just bought it to keep on hand not realizing how awesome of a tool it could be for when you least expect it.Would definitely buy again. Fun to work and great results for cutting foam items. Cures quickly and cleanly. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Be prepared to use tape to keep the power cord seated. Works fine other than that.

This foam cutter is awesome! The thin wire works best, I do wish there was a bigger wand to use with the wire, but it definitely beats trying to cut foam with a knife!

I was skeptical because I had read enough reviews that said this thing is flimsy. I doubted some of the reviews that said it fell apart quickly. I thought to myself “you have to take your time, you can’t just drag the thing thru the foam like the obviously speeded up description video shows”. So I received mine and was up and running in 10 seconds. I started to use the product, letting the hotend cut the foam without forcing it thru the foam. Unfortunately the two main heads lasted less than an hour even at ten minute (or less) increments. And it becomes useless after that. I tried switching back and forth between the two heads and giving it a rest every so often. But the more I used the product the longer it took to heat up and the faster it started melting at the hotend base. Cannot recommend this.Pros:-Easy to switch out hotend heads-Heats up between 10-20 seconds….at first-The “U” attachment is made of thicker metal-Cuts thru foam easy…..at firstCons:-The hotend base plugs are made of cheap plastic and melt, making the hotend base become gooey and bend after a few minutes of use-After repeated usage, even with time rest between different hotends they become useless-The more you use the product the less time you are able to cut with it.-With repeated usage the hotends take longer and longer to heat and can only be used for a few minutes at a time-Product overall lasts less that an hour before it quit