Warning: that $15 crimper from the hardware store will cost you

I bought a cheap no-name crimper for $15 to save a few bucks on a big residential job last month in Columbus. First 20 connections looked fine, but on the 21st one the die slipped and crushed the coax jacket without seating the connector right. Had to go back and reterminate 8 of them the next day, which ate up 2 hours of my afternoon. Anyone else had a cheap tool ruin a whole day's work?

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jones.blake3h ago

One of my buddies thought he was being smart buying a $12 crimper off an auction site for his side work. He was bragging about how much money he saved until he tried to terminate a run of RG6 for a backyard setup. That thing squished the connector so bad it looked like a crushed soda can, and he had to redo the whole line three times before he gave up and borrowed my good one. Cheap tools always seem to cost you double in time and frustration.