Got a few of the cheap ones, that you can get from 8 to 10 bucks delivered, and then added with some common dies but there are quite many different dies.. both my units uses the 4mm wide dies. They are fine, not least for the price... biggest issue that I faced is when Im doing very tiny crimping with very low tolerances..like 0.x mm sizes for fx RC etc and get them to fit inside the plastic holster/sleeve again after the crimbing, as some of the crumbled metal housing will often get scr3wed a tad and make it cumbersome to fit it back. but for bigger things, they work as intended.
Yes there are plenty of crimpers out there. With the smaller ones you sometimes have to use the manufacturer's crimper to get the best results. I have a similar problem with SMA and BNC connectors. Thanks for watching and commenting.
inferior construction when crimping non-insulated spade terminals the crimp dies twist because of the excessive free play in the tool joints causing the dies to twist out of true making a poor crimp, I would not recommend these overpriced crimpers bite the bullet and get yourself the proper KNIPEX or similar quality brand
I have not found excessive play in the tool joints on my set. That may appear over time of course as they get used more. Certainly the dies don't seemed to be sized very well for some of the crimps that I have. I don't doubt that the Knipex versions will be much better. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Got a few of the cheap ones, that you can get from 8 to 10 bucks delivered, and then added with some common dies but there are quite many different dies.. both my units uses the 4mm wide dies.
They are fine, not least for the price... biggest issue that I faced is when Im doing very tiny crimping with very low tolerances..like 0.x mm sizes for fx RC etc and get them to fit inside the plastic holster/sleeve again after the crimbing, as some of the crumbled metal housing will often get scr3wed a tad and make it cumbersome to fit it back.
but for bigger things, they work as intended.
Yes there are plenty of crimpers out there. With the smaller ones you sometimes have to use the manufacturer's crimper to get the best results. I have a similar problem with SMA and BNC connectors.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
inferior construction when crimping non-insulated spade terminals the crimp dies twist because of the excessive free play in the tool joints causing the dies to twist out of true making a poor crimp, I would not recommend these overpriced crimpers bite the bullet and get yourself the proper KNIPEX or similar quality brand
I have not found excessive play in the tool joints on my set. That may appear over time of course as they get used more. Certainly the dies don't seemed to be sized very well for some of the crimps that I have.
I don't doubt that the Knipex versions will be much better. Thanks for watching and commenting.