haisstronica Ferrule Crimper and Automatic Wire Stripper Set, AWG 23-7

I am getting in to some electronic control with DIN mount relay timer and DMX interface and they have screw terminal connections. The reason for this purchase is that I got an open frame power supply to power some LED strips so I bought a kit with heat shrink insulated spade connectors and a ratcheting crimp tool for them. Upon receiving that kit I decided that I needed automatic wire strippers. I have used one before, I don't recall the brand but it worked pretty well and wiring jobs are really nice when you can cut a wire, strip it and crimp it with the correct terminals. So I was looking at automatic wire strippers and I found this kit and it killed two birds with one stone. I now have automatic strippers for all of my wiring jobs and a ferrule crimper for wires that go in to screw terminals so I don't have stray wire strands floating around. I also bought two 2,500 ferrule terminal kits so possibly a lifetime supply. Any way, as wire strippers go, they seem ok. They stripped some 16AWG easily and I used the stop to set the strip length to match a ferrule. It worked but the adjustable stop is plastic. I think it will be a good tool for me but it's going to live in my electronics tool kit, not at the bottom of a drawer of tools or in a tool belt. I just don't think the plastic stop will last if you treat it more like a wrench than a precision tool. If you break the stop it will still work as a stripper, you will just have to set the strip length by eye every time. They have steel inserts on the stripper and the wire cutter feature too. The cutter works fine, the steel insert is hard enough and sharp enough to cut through copper. There is also a crimper feature for insulated and uninsulated terminals but it doesn't ratchet and the jaws don't seem to align any better than a bargain bin non-ratcheting crimper. I will probably not use the crimper because I have better. As crimpers go, the ferrule crimpers seem good. They created a nice crimp on a 16AWG stranded wire. It is a square crimp which I think is fine for a wire going in a screw terminal. There are hexagonal crimpers but they are more expensive and I fail to see how that would be better. In terms of construction these crimpers could be treated like a wrench and last a long time with pretty rough handling. I can already tell that I will be using it a lot. All in all, I added a lot of capability and convenience for my wiring tasks without spending much money. I have been trying to do this ever since I used a really expensive crimp tool to crimp thermocouple pins for an expensive connector. I loved the convenience and quality of the crimp but not the price. Now there are a lot of inexpensive imported crimper that have most of the quality and durability of the expensive name brand tools so once you figure out what type of terminals you need to crimp, you can usually find a decent quality tool that's probably good enough for anything short of mass production wire crimping.

Fantastic tool for the cost can’t go wrong with these!!

It has become my go to at work, the stripper makes life easy, no searching for the right slot for the gauge, and the crisper works well too.

I have mixed feelings about this product. I guess I am old school and would prefer a pair of strippers that were small enough for the wires I were stripping back. It took me a while to get used to using the strippers. When I had to change the size of wires, it was a pain to adjust the setting on the handle. The other crimper for ferules worked but again to change the sizing is a pain.

Both tools come in handy and I use ferrules on a lot of wire. Crimper do a terrible job of installing ferrule on wire but this one makes clean well formed ends. The stripper is pretty much like the other strippers avaliable but the brand has always been well made dependable tools and connectors.

These tools function just like they're supposed to. I've used cheap wire strippers my entire life. The plier type ones. This stripper makes it much easier and accurate. The square crimper? I wish I had been crimping wires with the little metal wire inserts with these! I install a lot of solar and electronic gadgets, and always inserted the bare wires. After tightening the screw down, who knows how long or how well they'll last. These square crimper and the connectors work excellent, and you get a much better hold.

Cutting blades makes several marks on the electrical wire insulation

similar quality to the premium HF lines, they work well, i use them daily and havent broken anything yet. been a few months strong now with no issues, i'd highly reccommend them.