Burned a whole Saturday on a bad coax crimper from Harbor Freight

I was redoing some antenna runs on a Cessna 172 and grabbed a cheap coax crimper from Harbor Freight to save a few bucks. The thing couldn't hold a consistent crimp to save its life, and I wasted about 4 hours redoing connections before I gave up. Ended up costing me a $300 Saturday side job. What's your go-to crimper brand that actually works right the first time?

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the_betty2d ago

My uncle's old Klein crimper is still kicking!

emery3562d ago

Wow, @the_betty, that's awesome. Those old Klein tools are just built different, aren't they? The metal they used back then has a certain heft to it. It's cool when a simple tool just lasts forever.