Swapped from wire nuts to Wagos on a big job and I'm never going back

I was rewiring a 40-unit apartment building in Denver last month and decided to try Wago lever nuts on half the circuits while using wire nuts on the other half... the Wagos took me maybe 30 seconds per connection versus 2 minutes with twisting and taping. By the end of the project I saved about 6 hours of labor total. Has anyone else made the switch and noticed a big difference in speed?

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uma_martinez7d ago

Buddy of mine tried them on a house reno. He said the first few felt weird but after that he was flying through connections. Won't touch wire nuts now, claims it's like going from a hand drill to an impact driver.

oscar7436d ago

Makes sense. Most things get better once you get past the learning curve.

ivan_mason7d ago

Funny @uma_martinez mentions the drill comparison because that's exactly how I'd put it. I did a 12-unit rehab in Chicago last fall and split the job too just to see. My back and hands hurt way less at the end of the day with the Wagos. It's like when I switched from a sledgehammer to a framing nailer on a deck job years ago. Each connection doesn't feel like a big deal but after a hundred of them the time adds up. I still keep wire nuts in my truck for old timers who don't trust the new stuff. But for me the Wagos are just more natural feeling once you do a few.