Crimping Tool for Insulated Sleeves Under PLN 150: Comparing Electrotitanium, NEO & Knipex Options

Question

Hello. I need to purchase a crimping tool. I am thinking of the square-tightening one. Unfortunately, I cannot afford Knipex or something from this price range yet, so I would ask for advice with a choice of up to about PLN 150 :) It's about something like this: There are some models to...

markutek87 · Answer

I will not advise you, but I will advise against it based on the experience of a colleague.
He bought the one from the picture, some noname, I don't remember exactly. At least, the same as from ELektrotytan, only one of the cheaper models on the auction site. After ~ 3-4 months of use, it stopped tightening quite occasionally. Nothing can be adjusted with a screw, according to him, crap.
I was just playing with it, it looked okay, but it tightens badly. How can it be ok with a good company?

DJ MHz · Answer

question what sizes do you need? popular 0.25-6 or higher? I recently bought a NEWBRAND NB-CY-08 and it works fine

malina555 · Answer

markutek87: It was my friend who did not comfort me too much: / DJ MHz: So something up to a max of 10 mm

badyl666 · Answer

Hello. I recently bought a press like the one shown in the picture and the only problem is that after ironing thicker cables, it tightens thinner cables less tightly. You need to set the control to + or not tighten the thicker cables completely (I do).

Joker. · Answer

I would recommend the NEWBRAND NB-CRIMP01H press and replaceable NB-JCRIMP04 jaws When you buy other jaws, you have one press for everything.

markutek87 · Answer

I will ask in days, maybe there is a name of a company on it, it will be known what to avoid.

retrofood · Answer

Most presses have interchangeable jaws, or at least they should.

Ryszard49 · Answer

I recommend presses with a pressing range of 0.08-16.0 mm with hexagonal pressing. They are not that cheap, but they will withstand several years of intense clamping.
raspberry555 , you can go ahead and buy even the cheaper ones with a four-sided crimping, but it's not the same as with a hexagonal crimping. They are perfectly sufficient for amateurs.

Anonymous · Answer

See my friend, this press from ERGO, it will definitely be more expensive than Chinese no name, and cheaper than Knipex. Make sure that the upper limit is up to 10 mm2, because if you buy up to 6 mm2, the money is half wasted.

malina555 · Answer

I was looking a little and I have such types: ENERGOTYTAN E10A range 0.25 to 10 mm2 YYM YAC9 crimping tool for collets 0.08-6mm2 a friend plum1978 I guess it was about ERKO? The ERKO company has a 4-angle range of wires from 0.5 ÷ 10 mm?:

yarpen2 · Answer

see something from Haupa

malina555 · Answer

I read in another thread from years ago that these Haups are overrated ... besides, this type from what I see are at the Knipex level, i.e. over PLN 600 ...

retrofood · Answer

And quite rightly so. It should start with simple and cheap equipment, the better one can be afforded when the cheap one makes a living. Because spending PLN 500 just to show off and tighten ten tips in 5 years makes no sense.

sebek3 · Answer

From experience, I can recommend GPH. For sleeves from 0.25-6, the price is around PLN 150. I have been working with it every day for almost 4 years and without any reservations.

Anonymous · Answer

I have the same only straight from China, in a set of 5 or 6 different dies, including two for 0.5 - 6.0 mm? and 10 - 35 mm? collets. Price from 22USD. It works as intended and at the beginning it's hard to find something better at this price. I am curious to argue and explain what is worse in square pressing in professional applications?

retrofood · Answer

Larger diagonal (it is the dimension between opposite corners).

Ryszard49 · Answer

protasiewicz When you go to the warranty service for several hundred kilometers, you will understand what the difference is in the crimping machines. Anyway, tools are thrown into production costs, so there is no need to save on tools.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you for your answer, not surprising at all. What do you mean by that? I asked about the technical / logical arguments of this significant difference in professional applications and are you telling me that you need to fix poor connection quality? That's right. A plus that in a quadrilateral terminal, the square sleeve has a larger contact area than the 6-point. Where the hexagonal has a smaller contact area and vice versa. In a round terminal, the 6-point has better contact than the square and will go into the smaller hole = diagonal. That's it in theory, because in practice it deforms anyway and somehow adapts to the shape to a greater or lesser extent. Let me quote the manufacturer of presses for 215 USD, regardless of whether the press is a square or a hexagon, that the choice depends on the type of terminals to which they will be inserted. And literally translating into Polish square to square clamps, hexagonal to round if we want to discuss professionalism in the literal sense of the word.

piterek-23 · Answer

About half a year ago I bought a crimper as in the photo in the first post on Aliexpress, it cost a few pennies. As a total amateur, I am satisfied, I tighten a few sleeves for a while.
In my opinion, it is OK, but it will probably not work where you have to tighten the cables a lot.

elektryku5 · Answer

I recently purchased a blue Geko inscription similar to the one in the first photo, the first thing I did was switch from + to - the knobs, because on small diameters it tightened a bit poorly, Knipex tightened better - wider recesses (50/50 surface), you don't need anything it was adjustable, but for something that is sufficient for domestic needs (eventually, the sleeves deform in the clamp anyway).

Only that Knipex was of this type http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&L=5&page=art_detail&parentID=&groupID=1308&artID=3959, and you will not find this in no name ...

Ryszard49 · Answer

electrician 5 great solution with front loading of the sleeves, can be clamped in hard-to-reach places.

Shadowix · Answer

Hello.

Some time ago I bought a press identical to the first YATO post for a hundred and a pair of gold. After working with it for a long time, I noticed that it tightens the 6 and 10mm sleeves a bit too weakly, despite the applied force. On the other hand, the 1.5, 2.5 and 4mm sleeves have already crimped hundreds and it is fine. Nice, handy small press for small wires. I recommend something stronger for bigger ones.

Ryszard49 · Answer

Shadowix each crimper is suitable for amateur work. For professional work in the top shelf and specifically matched to the scope of work.

yarpen2 · Answer

Haups are expensive, but not overrated. They are solid tools.

Ryszard49 · Answer

yarpen2 , I see that you are one of the few that appreciate working with professional equipment. Amateurs obviously use cheap equipment, but this does not prevent the creation of amateur constructions.

Anonymous · Answer

Haupa is not bad, but he is not. Ergo is a little better, Knipex is even better.

yarpen2 · Answer

In my company, electricians got Wiha suitcases (with accessories - of course) - they also praise themselves.

Mikado · Answer

Unfortunately, I have to dissuade you from turning Praga into a square. It just so happens that I have to use this type of tools quite often in the company, such as, cabinets, slats, PLC, etc.
The problem appears when you need to crimp the sleeve on the "contact", and even worse when you need to insert two under one clamp, and you do not always have to use two wires. Thus, when crimped into a rectangle, it is more compliant and compliant with clamps, etc.

malina555 · Answer

Some time has passed In the end I bought ENERGOTYTAN E10A and it works quite well.

[Solved] Crimping Tool for Insulated Sleeves Under PLN 150: Comparing Electrotitanium, NEO & Knipex Options

What affordable crimping tool should I buy for insulated sleeves if I only need it for occasional use and want to stay under about PLN 150?

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