hydraulic crimper

[shanky887614]

what do you guys think of this?

worth having a go at £35? (10-300mm hex crimper)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hydraulic-C...8&qid=1428355353&sr=8-1&keywords=16mm+crimper

 

[stevey1983]

Buy cheap buy twice

 

[123]

Re: hydralic crimper

Probably ok for the smaller sizes, but would you really feel comfortable using that on the bigger cables? IIRC a good quality crimping tool will cost in excess of £300.

 

[snowhead]

Re: hydralic crimper

Way too cheap to be any good.

 

[davesparks]

Re: hydralic crimper

She'll be right, at least until you try to get it calibrated!

 

[Des 56]

Re: hydralic crimper

I would be wary of the price structure,there is good reason why a decent set costs considerably more,quality of manufacture and material is usually the most common

 

[JD6400]

Re: hydralic crimper

The oil in one of our crimper sets costs more than them alone !
I would not be able to get off to the land of nod each night , if they went out on one of our jobs .

 

[Andy78]

They've been on eBay for a couple of years at a similar price. I'm sure some forum users must have had a go with them, but I haven't.
The only sets of hydraulic crimpers I have used have been well over the £500 mark.

 

[shanky887614]

Re: hydralic crimper

i know a guy that has been using a similar set they got from ebay for years and they dont have any problems with it.

does it need calibrating though, they have seperate jaws for each size so you tighten till jaws are clossed.

they wouldnt be used on very large cables to be honest as the biggest cable ive ever had to crimp was 70mm

 

[JD6400]

Re: hydralic crimper

Each to their own , but some things cost what they cost when it comes to piece of mind .
300 mm lugs have the potential of taking some serious juice

 

[Marvo]

Re: hydralic crimper

I'm speechless. A single die set for my hydraulic crimper costs 5 times more than that entire kit.

The little angel on one shoulder is telling me there's no way that thing is going to work and it'sa complete waste of money but the little devil on the other is saying how can you not buy one at that price and at least try it.

Let me know how it goes if you decide to buy.

 

[shanky887614]

Re: hydralic crimper

I'm speechless. A single die set for my hydraulic crimper costs more than that entire kit.

ill be honest the set he used cost him £50 on ebay.

what crimpers would you guys recommend for under 35mm

 

[uksparks]

Re: hydralic crimper

I got a lot looks similar, set me be back about £100, used it a few times for some chunkier cable, to be honest I have no requirement for one but its handy when I need it.

 

[shanky887614]

Re: hydralic crimper

I got a lot looks similar, set me be back about £100, used it a few times for some chunkier cable, to be honest I have no requirement for one but its handy when I need it.

thats the reason i was looking at hydraulic sets.

there quite convinient when you have to walk a couple miles with your tools to get to the job

 

[JD6400]

Re: hydralic crimper

For the small stuff we tend to use SWA manual crimp sets , having said that , they are far from top of the range .
We only buy through the wholesalers for things like these , for a audit trail if ever needed

Edit; For the big stuff we use cembre