Thanks for the video. I have a pair of Klein that are set up the same as your channelock. You saved me from needlessly buying a set of ratcheting crimpers.

Thanks for this! As a non-pro who only has to crimp once in a while, this saved me from buying another cumbersome crimper. The Channellock is awesome.

After reading high praise, bought the Doyle which is Harbor Freight's clone of the Klein. Made a bunch of ground wires with lugs on both ends. Worked beautifully. I'm just a DIYer so this is all I need.

Thanks for sharing. I have the Klein in this video and have found that it does a better job than my racheting type. I'll go get a pair of Channellocks today and try them out.

I used to be an electronics equipment installer fo a federal agency. When I first started we were using the cheap crimpers and amazingly got lots of splices that worked. Then we graduated to the Klein that you showed, then the agency decided those were not good enough and bought the ratcheting crimpers from Daniels Manufactuing Company $$$. I was never convinced that the DMC was any better than the Klein.

Very helpful. Thanks. Now I’ll go buy the channel lock tool.

Thanks, great explanations

Have them both and they work great it is a matter of preference for the user 👤 and good thing is that both are made in the USA 🇺🇸 great steel on both tools. Great video sir love good tools collect and use them as well. (Channellocks and Klein tools)

Awesome video. I'm gonna get the mid range ones.

For the Klein style, if you use the tooth die to crimp everything, then you don't have to worry about getting the jaws open wide.

I just recently purchased the Klein tool, and so far, I really like it.

I use Chanellock No 909, an excellent tool!

The problem with the ratchet crimpers is they are so big and bulky. Not good for tight areas

I did not see a color code on the channel locks for different gauges of wires. Does it do them all in the same spot?

Ive been turned off to ratcheting crimpers… i got a cheap one from amazon, seemed to work fine for a dozen or so crimps, then it just didnt tighten enough and my wire pulled right out. Ive been weary of them ever since… i picked up a pair of the Kleins… i needed insulated.

On the T & B. What is the Exact Model Number Sir I'd like to get a Set I've seen a few that are available for Insulated Terminals the One's you where using looked to be for the Standard Insulated Terminal but I've also seen that T & B sells a set that Crimps Insulated Heat Shrink Terminals which I do have some of them, what I'm wondering would the set you where using would they Crimp the Heat shrink Terminals without Damaging the Terminal.. Thomas & Betts builds & sells some Great products but having to buy 2 crimpers for just a certain style Terminal that gets a little expensive... But I surely liked the Video and was wondering what model those Crimpers Where Thanks Allen D RDA N Scale

Has channellock changed crimp profiles on newer crimpers? That crimp at 7:40 was beautiful.

Can I use an open barrel crimper on closed barrel pins? Thanks man

Do you have a favorite non insulated terminal brand? All the ones on Amazon seem cheap and thin metal

Klein has a new glow in the dark stripper. Handles are white so they can grease up a little. High visibility I guess.

T&B Good stuff, kinda pricey for the average guy. Channellock over Klein. Wire stripper combo tool is what most people will use. All of these are scissor style. Better are parallel jaw style but price thru the roof. Good tool helps make good crimp but skill level is the most important I think. And quality material helps but again skill trumps. Tug test and I like non-insulated, you can see what happens in the crimp.

About the only thing I use those cheap stripper/crimper tools for is if I need to cut down a machine screw.

i got a klien but it won't crimp the red insulated ones tight enough

I've been using my klien wrong this entire time. I've been using the knub part to crimp everything

i love it. but this your VDO is 480P. please​ make VDO Again.

School of the American Rifle?

Good video, but you missed out the most popular crimping tool, probably because it's the cheapest, where the strippers are ok but the crimping style is garbage. It's the squash style crimp and no matter how much you squash the connector they always come loose after a while.

Michael Lawrence soldering is OK I used to be the same solder guy because I could never get crimps to work... There's a proper procedure to crimps I don't use butt connectors only spade female/male and prefer a certain brand 100% success rate will ripe a wire in half everything before my crimps fail and with any brand female/male spade I can get 95% to rip wire in half The trick is correct crimpers... and correct orientation of connector.. you need the crimpers that have a triangular pyramid shaped poker and trick is to always put the poker on the solid bottom of the connector never crimp with poker on the top split part of connector... I went years and years not trusting crimp connections now I never even think twice about my connectors I KNOW they are good every time from 8gauge to 18 gouge smaller than 18gauge I prefer solder but for more harness and automotive wiring we only use 10-18 gauge. I bet there's a crimper tool and connectors that may work for smaller gauges... it would just need to be same design as the one I use but with smaller diameters... The problem with solder connections is if they move around too much and don't have perfect strain relief they tend to break over time... Plus no matter how good and fast u are at soldering u can't solder faster than I can crimp. But alas until you see and feel how I crimp stuff I totally understand the bias against crimping I used to be the same way until one day I stumbled across the perfect pair of crimpers wich are actually pretty rare... lol there are similiar style crimpers but the poker isn't pyramid style they are the same but don't come to a point they are wider pokers same length and width at the bottom of the poker but mine come to a point at the top were the not good ones stay the same length width from bottom to top the top bottom crimpers with blue handles are the style that I'm describing how ever the poker on that one is rounded imagine if that poker was pyramid shaped and that's what I use it works 10000000% of the time it's amazing I got them on accident from a friend. At work and I can't find any for sale anywere I'm wondering if they are custom made how ever when I look at factory made wiring harness I look at the crimps and they have a similiar pyramid shaped crimp indentations...

My take away…. Those ratchet crimpers are plain ol’ overkill. Big, bulky, cumbersome and heavy.

Sadly, the quality and finish of Channellock 909 crimpers manufactured today has gone way downhill from the crimpers that were made decades ago. I have the old ones, and looking at the new ones in the stores brings a tear to my eye. Very rough, poor machining, sharp edges everywhere along the tool, uneven edges, and tooling marks that look like the crimpers were finished on a rough carborundum grinding wheel. Honestly, they strike me as some kind of cheap CCP Chinese POS from Harbor Freight! I have about 15 Channellock hand tools tools that were purchased in the 80s and 90s, and they are indeed fabulous. My advice to anyone considering buying a brand new set of Channellock crimpers, do yourself a big favor before buying and go look at a set of the Klein J1005 crimpers. Just hold them side by side with the Channellocks and you will see a MAJOR difference in quality of manufacture, it totally blew me away!. Klein still builds these crimpers pretty much just like they did years ago, made in the USA and nicely polished and finished, like a tool that costs $30+ should be!!! They cost a few bucks more than the Channellocks, but after you compare the two I am sure you will want the smooth Kleins over the rough Channellocks. They are WELL WORTH the extra dollars, any day of the week.