pepper plants

I do not normally cut the top out of my peppers plants but after seeing lots of videos where gardeners show improved productivity I am going to try it with half of my peppers to see if it does make a difference. What do people on here do?

As to put the other view, I used to pinch out but the delay in the start of production negated any increase in volume.  I think this is one of those questions where the answer is going to be dependent of what varieties you're growing, how far along they are and the local conditions that year.

None of the previous answers are wrong, but I'm with Lardy, it probably depends  on variety, conditions, but I would add depends on what you want. 

A plant can support a certain amount of fruit over a season, pinching out could very well increase branching and the number of leaves and buds, which might increase the number of fruits that can be supported.  I usually do not pinch/prune, but my growing season is much longer, it is not a problem for me to spread out fruiting from May or June to late October or November.

You can also 'FIM' them - search on the popular video website for 'fiming peppers' (just the word 'fiming' will return examples using more exotic vegetation....    )