Coax crimpers - best?

[Flying Scotsman]

OK, not like I'm going to make a living crimping RG-400 cables, but I like good tools. So, what's the best crimper for BNC and TNC connectors on RG-400?

I picked up a Daniels AFM8 "little blue" crimper and a snotload of positioners on Ebay for a song, and love it. That lead me to look at their open-frame crimpers, and it looks like something called an HX4 plus a Y197 die, it seems, for RG400. Looks nice, available on Ebay.

Probably others in the high-dollar range that I don't know about, of course.

Then there's the less expensive SAT-001 and SAT-031 combo from Stein.

And, I'm sure there are scads of others out there.

Just an idel question on a Thursday night...what's the best?

Steve

[mburch]

My two cents: http://www.rv7blog.com/2009/08/10/ho...nc-connectors/

(spoiler: I prefer the $40 Eclipse crimper)

mcb

[RV8RIVETER]

If you are going to buy a crimper I think versatility is worth it. With the Daniels you have a crimper for the center pin, so only need the shield.

The Eclipse or PRC with rremovable dies gives you more options for other things, like amp terminals, molex, ect..

[clevtool]

Looks like the Eclipse and the tool Stein is selling are the same, but with different die options?

http://www.steinair.net/storedetail.cfm?productid=295

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