RJ45 Crimping tool

[anand1431]

Hi i am looking for a RJ45 crimping tool....any suggestions?

Well i looked at egghead.com they cost around $16+6 for shipping bring the total to $22 or something is that fine? Let me know pl before i go ahead and buy!! Thanks in advance

 

[BChico]

Get a good one and make it last...

 

[jorken]

I went to Home Depot and bought one for about 25. I like it, it doesn't look or feel like a POS and it has blades on it for wire cutting and stripping.

 

[BChico]

That sounds like a good onee, usually have rj-45 and phone line crimpers all metal, a stripper (lol), and a cutter...

 

[jasonsRX7]

The ones at Radio Shack (black with red handle) are ok. Not great, just ok. I paid $30 for it because I needed one fast and couldn't wait to order. Since you probably have the time to wait, try to find one online that has a locking pin to lock the handles closed. It sounds silly, but can make it much easier to fit the crimper in a small case.

The cutting blades on the Radio Shack crimper are poorly placed. They make it hard to srip the end without cutting into the wire.

Jason

 

[Fuzzmuncher]

If you really wanna be pimping, go out and get a ata cable crimper from jameco and make your own seamless rounded cables

 

[tchinhe]

I bought mine at buy.com for $9.99 + shipping and it goes for $39.99 at Compusa. made by belkin.

Sorry it is going for $12.12 + shjpping

 

[osage]

Here you go, this is a good tool, been using it for a while, comes with connectors too.Tool
If you need cables and such this is the place to get them.

you can get the tool with fewer connectors if you don't need 100.

 

[jasonsRX7]

I looked around and found the one I use at work. This thing is great:

Belkin cripmer

We've had this one at work for years and it's always been great, and has the locking pin I mentioned.

Jason