Best RJ45 RJ11 Crimper: Seeking Recommendations for Durable and Affordable Crimping Tools

Hello. I know that there have already been similar topics but since then maybe something has changed in this matter. I am looking for a crimping tool for RJ45 RJ11 terminals. I had one for PLN 10 from the Allegro but after a few uses it no longer tightens as it should. So I decided to buy something more expensive for occasional home use, but such that it would not fall apart after a few uses. I think that the PLN 50 limit should be enough. I found such suggestions in the apricot store
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Maybe someone had contact with these brands, and preferably crimping tools, is it worth buying them, or maybe you suggest something else. It's nice if it has a blockade that does not allow inaccurate tightening.
Greetings.

I have the third one and I am happy with it.
And I notice that it has three clamping points, and the predecessors have two.
Sometimes versatility does not go hand in hand with practical performance.
And for this the third. The third one will be clamped to the desk phone's headphone cable and the cable between the camera and the wall, it can come in handy. Although less and less. Because these are two different plug sizes.

My private and subjective opinion based on my experience with ad hoc application (non-professional fitter) is as follows. I apologize to professionals for any unprofessional terminology, but I don't know the industry terms.

1.

The "side" crimping tools have a simple structure, but they can exert unequal forces on the punch and therefore crimp the connector's contacts in the cable unequally. This can be especially damaging to the blood with "stranded" cables.

So it is better to choose a tool with parallel punch guide to the longitudinal axis. This is a more complex structure and more expensive than the first one, but dealing with underpressed cables ... everyone should agree on the rest.

The mechanism of "bouncing" the crimper after applying the necessary pressure is most welcome.

I do not recommend the RJ-45 tool with a plastic cover for a modular connector - I have a "collector's" copy with a broken cover after many months of intensive work. Plastic appears almost as hard as metal, but has not withstood the fatigue loads.

2.

For several years, I have been using separate tools for 8-pin (RJ-45) and telephone 6-4-2-pin connectors. Not every universal crimping tool has a socket for connectors for headphone cables (narrow, 2-pin). In my case, repairs of such cables happen in "panic" mode - you can see how these spiral tapes can be twisted and torn.

I have a telephone crimper made of flexible plastic, only the stamp is metal - it comes from the 90s, it has interchangeable housings for 6-4-2 modular connectors and it works until today. "Side" type, but I had no problems with "underload". Even so, today I would rather buy a "parallel" metal telephone crimper.

Krzysztof Podstawa

There could possibly be a crimping tool for RJ45 only as it still works in the old RJ11. Any suggestions?

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1 - do not buy, such crimping tools are pressing the pins unevenly.
2 - good and accurate crimping tools. Sometimes the connectors on Cat 6 cables are pressed too tight and too tight - it is difficult to regulate the pressure force
3 - less accurate than 2 but easier to adjust. Lighter, especially when you carry a lot of different tools.

Of those you gave me, I would go to three. The owner of the Digitus brand imports goods from China under multiple brands (including premium brands) and the quality of individual goods depends on the batch.

And does the third one have a lock against too weak tightening?

orlicki12 wrote:

And does the third one have a lock against too weak tightening?

No, but when I clamped poorly, I could correct the clamp, I never had a bad clamp, unless I was clamping something unusual and had to enlarge the clamped wire by tinning and only in this case [my fault] did I lose one plug. Never RJ 45. RJ 45, unless I put the wires incorrectly [not in their place] and clamped the wires incorrectly [wrong].

@ orlicki12
If the colleague's price does not deter me, I suggest this (I have a few years of this myself):
https://neku.pl/zaciskarka-wtykow-68-oraz-wtykow-amp-kat-6

I think that buying such a crimper is pointless when it comes to my occasional use

I have a crimping tool from the first link (Lanberg RJ45, RJ12, RJ11 (NT-0201) plug crimper).

Three times today I crimped the RJ45 tip on and each time the effect is
that when I put the cable plug into the computer socket, there is no characteristic click. The plug may come off.

Is it the fault of the crimper or the plugs?

The RJ45 plug should have a tab that makes a click, I suppose it is unlikely that the socket is damaged. Check on the plug not earned by you.

From the cheap ones, I can recommend one because I use it in one of the tool boxes all the time:
https://www.morele.net/digitalbox-tool-box-za...rj-45-rj-11-rj-12-8p-6p-4p-dbtb-ct200-698262/

krzysiozak wrote:

The RJ45 plug should have a tab that makes a click, I suppose it is unlikely that the socket is damaged. Check on the plug not earned by you.

There is a tongue, while the problematic plug differs slightly from this one. with which there is no problem.
It is about finishing the front (forehead) - the problematic one has the front - the smooth surface - smooth at the front, the non-problematic one has light cutouts on the sides.
Maybe it makes a difference.
When I remove the plug cover from the problematic one, it sometimes catches
I have to buy a different type of plug and see.

Attach photos of this issue.

Sometimes there are problems with the cover, it should be properly installed, but the plug should not come out of the socket by itself, without pressing the tab, sometimes on the cover that covers the tab.

@ kuhnro2
As the plug connects, but does not lock into the socket, all you need to do is fold up the locking tab.

Gentlemen, maybe someone of you used a through crimping tool, such as: Spacetronik PT-CT02 or Lanberg NT-0204?
I need to buy a good crimper around PLN 100 for RJ45 plugs and initially I wanted to buy a Hanlong HT-L2182R crimper, but all in all, these pass-through plugs are a good solution because it is easy to spring. whether the order of the wires is correct.

@ KajtekF1
I also use the following:
https://neku.pl/pl/p/Zaciskarka-wtykow-przelotowych-RJ45%2C-RJ12%2C-RJ11-NEKU/1002
Allegro Offer number: 10095712137

Are you happy with it, can you write something about it?

@ KajtekF1
It clamps well, although sometimes a plug will be corrected (but here I suspect that it is the "fault" of the plugs themselves, because the same happens occasionally with the plug in the crimping machine from my post No. 8, and I do not buy crap plugs, but it will also happen here plug-in babol) - but I found a solution: when I earn a plug with this crimper and it does not come out, I take the other one and improve the pressure itself (and vice versa) and, surprisingly, it always works.
The second thing is these knives that cut the cable when crimping - here it should not be a surprise, but over time the knives cut these wires worse and worse (every knife gets blunt) and sometimes you have to correct the defect with a knife, e.g. for wallpaper.
I also noticed that these knives hit the burner faster when we earn the wire with the wire - there should also be no surprise here, because the wire will not flatten like when cutting wires in a cord, so you need to use a little more force.
A solid crimper, it has its weight that you can feel in your hand, there is no impression that when pressing everything, it will fall apart, because you have the impression that the crimper is made of butter - you press it like a die in a factory.
The teeth pressing the given pin are precisely made and are slightly wider than the pin in the tip - so there is no possibility that the pin in the tip "escaped" from the clamping tooth in the jaw of the crimper.
Another case, this crimper can also be used for standard terminals without a transition.
Returning to my comments about the operation, I would not put the "blame" on the quality of workmanship or the quality of materials and this results from the normal wear of the consumables in the crimping tool (knives).
Another thing, I follow the rule that I only stick to the plugs of one manufacturer (product repeatability) - so in my case, the crimper somehow "sets" for a given product and I have the impression that this way there is less loss on plugs due to that something did not work and you need to tighten another plug (and this is not only a waste of money for another plug, but what is more disturbing is the lost time to earn another plug). Plugs with this crimper, I have already tightened one hundred and I do not see any signs of wear. You can see something on the knife, but you have to look carefully at the right angle to notice.
Personally, I am very happy with this press tool.