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<blockquote data-quote="QtrHorse" data-source="post: 5657110" data-attributes="member: 567206">Burndy, Greenlee and a few others make some really nice hydraulic crimpers but they are very pricey.&nbsp; The crimpers alone sell for around $500 and then you still have to buy the dies which will run you $30-$75 each if you buy them new.&nbsp; The hydraulic type of crimpers are not for the even every day audio installer.&nbsp; The price is just too expensive to justify it.For the people that say to use a hammer, vice, vice grips, hammer and screw driver and etc..&nbsp; That is a crappy crimp no matter how much force you apply to it.&nbsp; It will never really compress the ring and wires together so they actually cold fuse to each other like a true crimper will.&nbsp; You will over time get oxidation between the crimp ring and wire and it will get loose, that is a fact.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m a firm believer in using the right tool for the job and that is the reason I have all three.&nbsp; Each crimper is used for a different application.&nbsp; One of the bolt cutter type crimpers is only for battery terminals and the other is for crimper rings.&nbsp; If you look at the dies, you can see that they are different.&nbsp; The hydraulic crimper will do both and I only have it because it was free and makes some really nice crimps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="QtrHorse, post: 5657110, member: 567206"] Burndy, Greenlee and a few others make some really nice hydraulic crimpers but they are very pricey. The crimpers alone sell for around $500 and then you still have to buy the dies which will run you $30-$75 each if you buy them new. The hydraulic type of crimpers are not for the even every day audio installer. The price is just too expensive to justify it. For the people that say to use a hammer, vice, vice grips, hammer and screw driver and etc.. That is a crappy crimp no matter how much force you apply to it. It will never really compress the ring and wires together so they actually cold fuse to each other like a true crimper will. You will over time get oxidation between the crimp ring and wire and it will get loose, that is a fact. I'm a firm believer in using the right tool for the job and that is the reason I have all three. Each crimper is used for a different application. One of the bolt cutter type crimpers is only for battery terminals and the other is for crimper rings. If you look at the dies, you can see that they are different. The hydraulic crimper will do both and I only have it because it was free and makes some really nice crimps. [/QUOTE]

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