Draper 64335 Battery Terminal Crimping Tool , Blue

Unfortunately I bought a pair of heavy duty hex crimping tool i advance and having come to need it I discovered it is not fit for purpose.The terminals are bigger than the wire which is either due to metric to awg or under sized wire. The diameter corresponded to the cable sizes so I'm not sure why they weren't a better fit but when I tried to crimp a terminal on with the hex crimp tool hardly it squashed it at all and the terminal fell off. Trying the next size down didn't help and each time I tried it destroyed the terminal. You can see this in the picture how the cut off terminal is pinched at the sides.Feeling a bit defeated, unsure whether I needed a new tool or new terminals/wire, which all were past the return date. So I tried crushing the cut off terminal in the vice but as you can see the terminal and wire are both mangled.At this point I gave up and started looking for another tool. In the end I got one this tool that you hammer or put in the vice.Putting the terminal in and using the vice to tighten it up until it was hard to do more, the result was a good secure crimp that I couldn't pull off.So bacon saved and I've done a whole load more and I am happy that the terminals are secure enough to handle big currents. I am using 16mm2 110a and 25mm2 170a cable, using 2 25mm2 cables per connection for the inverter/battery connections which is fused at 250a with a estimated peak load of 160a for microwave.Unfortunately the hammer/vise tool was similar price so I've paid twice but you cannot risk poor connections with high dc amps.In summary, the design of this tool is great as are the results, no risk of loose joints because it applies pressure to a point which crushes the terminal together meaning that slightly loose terminals don't matter. I am glad I got this and didn't try another pliers type where you are at the mercy of the jaw size where as this tool does not have this problem.Its small, sturdy and will last a lifetime. I like the control of using the vice but using a hammer is pretty much as as good. If in doubt you could always add solder to be sure but I doubt it would be needed.

I ordered this product to Make up some battery cables for an old land rover. Works perfectly. Only improvement would be the ability to mark the ends as positive or negative. Only option with this is a positive stamp.

I think this is a little expensive for what it is, but perhaps I'm being unfair. It's really easy to use and does the job. I needed to crimp some connectors on some 2-gauge cable, and I found that I needed to turn the crimp round and do it a second time for each connector, but that's not a fault, just caution on my part. I recommend it!

Sturdy crimper, easy to use and the crimp was prefect. Good value for money and should last well.

As you would expect, a sturdy piece of kit that just works.

Need for my camper van wiring, works great!

Works very well, However can be a bit awkward with a standard 16oz hammer so I would recommend using a heavier club hammer.

Another low-cost tool for the workshop which is so useful, very low-tech but works first time every time.

Das Crimpwerkzeug funktioniert tadellos. Meinen Vorrednern kann ich mich nur anschließen. Einen richtigen Hammer braucht man schon. Mit einen kleinen 300 g Schlosserhammer richtet man da nicht viel aus. Ich habe einen kleinen Fäustel benutzt. Ein Schlag bei 50 mm² und alles sitzt sofort. Zur Sicherheit ein zweiter Schlag und gut ist es. Für mich ein perfektes und günstiges Werkzeug.

Acquistato per usarlo in posti stretti al posto delle classiche pinze per crimpare troppo ingombranti e devo dire che il suo dovere lo fa a occhi chiusi....consiglio!!!

Działa. Zgodnie z opisem.

Una vez bien estabilizado y con un buen martillazo, consigue uniones muy fuertes de los cables con sus terminales

Dieser Draper ist wirklich solide. Ich habe damit alle Verbindungen für meinen Mini-Camper, die einen größeren Querschnitt haben und für normale Crimpzangen nicht mehr machbar sind, hergestellt. Super ist, wenn du einen Schraubstock hast der so groß ist, daß du den Draper darin einspannen kannst. Dann kann man genau definierte Verbindungen herstellen. Manchmal kann man aber schlecht die Kabel vorkonfektionieren, weil man z.B. ein Kabel durchziehen muss und Engstellen hat, dann muss man darauf achten, daß man das Kabel solange hat, dass man den Draper aufstellen kann und mit dem Hammer draufschlagen kann. Und man braucht einen richtigen Hammer so 800 Gramm aufwärts! Das funktioniert auch sehr gut, aber die meisten Verbindungen habe ich mittels Schraubstock gemacht. Und ein Vorteil ist halt auch, dass es kein "Riesen"Werkzeug ist, man hat ja meist eh nicht soviel Platz. Also ich kann es für Hobby-Verdrahter auf jeden Fall empfehlen.