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Sixteen years I've been hearing this in email on an almost daily basis, "I don't need the crimpers, I have a pair already." No matter how many times I explain the difference it always ends up the same way. The connectors and/or pins & socs ship out & 3 to 4 days later comes the email of, "I need to order those HT-1921 crimpers." There is a big difference in these crimpers with the anvils to crimp pins & socs and the $3 automotive crimpers without anvils. They are designed to crimp insulated connectors used in the automobile industry, although these days even the automobile industry needs the anvil type crimpers for newer connectors & computer connections. The HT-1921 crimpers have anvils that allow you to crimp .062, .084, .093, .100, .156 & etc, while also doing all the insulated terminals & have a wire stripper & bolt cutter built in to boot. There are crimpers on the market priced into the hundreds of dollars, but most have detachable anvils or are a ratchet type said to be easier, but are so cumbersome that they slow you down to a crawl when using them to do more than a few pins. Our harness makers times were doubled & tripled when trying to use these types & they complained of their hands aching, so they were not practical in production.... only used in service caddies for small location repairs. If the service caddy had the HT-1921 it would be the chosen one over the ratchet type every time. |