What issues do you have with them?  Been using them since 2009 heavily without 
issue. 

> On Feb 1, 2021, at 10:44 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> as much as the contact points in the SS cards
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 9:23 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I always imagined that the bloody ends of the wires would corrode.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Feb 1, 2021, at 7:49 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: AF [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Forrest Christian 
>>>>> (List Account)
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2021 2:59 PM
>>>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Expensive Cambium parts
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.   
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>> 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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