I tried switching to the EZ connectors a few times... I honestly don't like
them. It always seemed to me like they caused more problems than they
solved.

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 8:09 PM Jason McKemie <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I stopped using them years ago since I always had issues getting the
> connectors to properly snap into Canopy SMs, plus after you terminate
> enough of them it really isn't any easier. I'm still using the crimpers
> about 15 years later though.
>
> On Monday, February 1, 2021, SmarterBroadband <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We have been using EZ Crimps for 10 plus years now, would not think of
>> using anything else.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
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>> Christian (List Account)
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>>
>> I agree with the ratchet part - I think it's because the ratchet helps
>> tell when you've crimped enough and not too much.  They also seem to have a
>> bit better leverage for some reason, although I have a feeling that that's
>> not really true since I don't see how this would be the case.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have done my fair share of terminations without a ratcheting tool.   I
>> will agree that good quality ends are more important.    I also remember
>> that finally realizing (years ago) that I could actually look at the wires
>> in the connector before crimping to determine whether they were all the way
>> in solved almost all of my problems..
>>
>>
>>
>> Nowadays, I have far more problems with trimming the wires too long or
>> too short.  If I was an installer and did this every day I'd probably not
>> have that problem.  I've been tempted to move to the EZ rj45's which you
>> push the wire all the way through and then the crimp tool cuts the ends
>> off, but for as few as I personally do a year anymore I haven't been able
>> to justify switching.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:51 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> One of my installers says that if they don't ratchet, they're no good.
>> I've been using the cheap Monoprice crimpers without a problem. I think
>> good quality ends are more important.  It's been a couple years since I've
>> bought ends though.   (I bought a bunch)
>>
>> On 2/1/2021 3:38 PM, Carl Peterson wrote:
>>
>> What crimpers are connectors are en vogue these days.  As tech-proof as
>> possible.  We seem to go through phases where we end up with a lot of
>> ethernet cable related performance issues / service calls.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 3:35 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I would want more than that for that kind of price.
>>
>> I would want to be able to leave the connectors and cable in the room;
>> walk out, and walk back in a few minutes later with the ends all crimped
>> with heat shrink, and Velcro ties holding the new cables in a nice, neat
>> loop.
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
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>> On 2/1/2021 11:45 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
>>
>> Just came across these.  For that price I better be able to just shove a
>> bare Cat5 in one side, and have a heat shrinked end come out the other.  Or
>> is there something else super special about these crimpers.
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