Gardner Bender GS-388 Electrical Pliers, Crimper & Cutter, Comfort Grip, Aluminum & Copper Wire, Hand Tool, 8 in. , Red

I would give these 10 stars if I could!!!! I'm no electrician, just a weekend warrior who loves working on his cars. My latest project is my jeep, and I've been hooking up auxiliary lighting, making a fuse and relay box etc. I've used A TON of crimp on terminals. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. I was using some of those all in one stripped/crimper/cutters you get at your local store. I could never get a good crimp. The connectors were falling off after a day or two. Then I found these bad boys as a suggested item for me. Let me say I haven't had even 1 bad crimp after purchasing these!! Every crimp is rock solid and leaves me feeling good about the connection. They are built very well, no problems with them not being angled right as others have said. I can't believe I went so long without these! Someone said they aren't good because the crimping surface is so wide. I have used these on several different size/types of crimp connectors and haven't run into any issues. The surface is very wide, but it provides a solid crimp and I haven't damaged any terminals or wires. The best part is the price! Why buy anything more expensive? These are all you will ever need. Even if I somehow manage to break them which I seriously doubt, I will buy another one in a heartbeat.

Better than any I ever had. Wire will not slip off!. great tool

I can't believe reviews for products like this company are still possible. Its GB, they make solid awesome tools. I can't imagine a one/two star review on this company. If its this or some no name, rando letters company and you want quality, buy GB every time. I am a cheap person and hate spending money, but do not regret any of my GB tool purchases. Pliers and quality. Grip is nice. Cutter / Crimp er is well made and works well.

It is a PRC (mainland) Chinese made product and the finish, unfortunately, is not as nice as my other US or Taiwan (Chinese) made tools. However, the set I received had jaws that are lined up and with proper spacing to properly crimp the various wire connector I'm using in my HVAC class and home repair tasks. The length and balance fits my hand and I'm liking it. It is long enough to give me the leverage to put "good" crimps on connectors. I'm finding I'm using this more than my Ideal crimper, a much nicer and more expensive crimper, because the Ideal is a bit long to maneuver. Unlike my Ideal brand crimper, it does not have markings identifying the gauge wire for each of the slots. You just need test crimp some connectors to see which works best for the size you are crimping. I don't use the cutting function of this tool unless my wire cutting tool is not nearby. When I need to cut wire, it cuts ok. Although, not as clean as my Klein wire stripper/cutter or Greenlee diagonals. If you want nicer finished tool, get the Klein, Greenlee, or Ideal brand. Do expect to pay twice to three time more for those other tools.

Best crimpers that I have used, would recommend. EAsy to use, handles are comfortable, plenty of leverage when crimping.

The longer Handles in these makes it convenient to use plus the grip and comfort of the handles is great

Which I would have gotten longer handled ones. The crimp size is hood, quality is good, size is hard to press hard enough. Recommend get 10” handled or longer

Wire crimpers did a great job have had good luck with GB products

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Nice bit of kit. Worked well

This is actually the second pair of this style of groupers that I have owned. I just randomly seeing these on Amazon so I picked up a second set. For my tool box at home. I have used these crimpers for over 10 years and my first pair is still is good as the day I bought them.. what I like about these is that the crimping surface is fairly wide so if you're cramping a lot of insulated terminals it is really a good pair of crimpers for those. Type of crimps. the crimp surface is wide... if you are look in for the pointy type of crimp from the Thomas&Betts or Channellock crimper these are not for you... those tools have their place . these GB ceimpers will not pierce the casing on insulated terminals. Now if I can only find a pair of the wire strippers I have of the same brand from 10 years ago I would buy another set. They have similar sites available now but they have the silly little circuit tester on the handle which I dislike.

It appears to be made from quality materials. Good for crimping closed terminals but its wide jaws prevent proper crimping of open terminals. The cutting function is acceptable but not great.