HYCLAT 10 Tons Hydraulic Crimping Tool, 12 to 2/0 AWG battery cable crimper | 9 Pairs of Dies hydraulic crimper, for Battery Cable Lugs, Cable Railing, Marine, RV and Solar Wiring

Hey it is not a $300 to $1500 professional tool. And yes it has metric not AWG dies (welcome to the global market). But it worked very well for my boat overhaul, I crimped over 15 2AWG, 10 4AWG, 15 6AWG and at least 20 8AWG terminals without problem. And it is ready for future projects. 1. Be careful, take your time and it works. 2. Hand held crimp tools can be a little awkward. I found it easy to start the press until it was firmly holding the lug. 3. Then inserted the pre-trimmed wire, with heat shrink pre-cut and slipped over the wire. 4. Crimp firmly but stop when the dies touch. Over pumping will just risk blowing out the seals. 5. If you start to get "wings" squeezing out between the dies near the end of the crimp, stop. This is common to many crimp dies and soft lugs. Once you have wings you're not going to get a tight crimp by just pumping harder. 6. Release a little. Rotate the lug 90 degrees and press again to flatten the wings and finish with a tight crimp. Check the C clamp head occasionally to be sure it doesn't unscrew from the body and you should not have any leaks or problems. With a little bit of care I got very good results at a fraction of the cost of custom ordered cables or a more expensive tool.

I think this I a great value for the money. Not the easiest thing to use if you are a standard human model with 2 hands. I found myself awkwardly pinning it against my gut to keep the terminators and wiring in the best orientation. I’m using welding wire and tinned copper ring connections to make battery banks. Use a workbench or table to rest the crimper and the cable on. Or just jam it into your stomach while bending awkwardly. Either way, add a little bit of self-adhesive, heat shrink tubing and you’ll get pretty, solid and professional crimps.

Works just fine. Seems like decent quality. I don't have that many cables to crimp. I'm going to say this isn't for the professional that is making hundreds of cables. For an amateur good price performance. I just wish it was made for single hand operation. You do have to do some contortion to get good crimps. holding the wire into the lug while operating is a bit of a challenge.

This Cripet it’s easy to use the Quality of the material it’s good with some penetrant oil will last a life time against corrosion of the exterior, but crimping its mor than great its versatility and sharpness relies on the dice that come with it!!

excelente producto cumplió con mis expectativas

Works much better than my manual crimpers easy and fast

I desperately needed a strong crimper for my 2/0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 AWG cable lug connectors. This one was rated high, so I ordered it. After using it for a solid week, I can tell you that it is not what I expected. When crimping lugs to high amp cables, it is imperative that you get a perfect cold weld (good crimp). Moving lots of amps with a bad crimp will turn out bad for you, believe me it will. First off, the dies do not line up straight, or even stay in place. I am constantly having to hold them, the lug, the cable and pump all at the same time. A recipe for disaster. This is a two man operation to get it to work right. Next issue, the metric dies do not work with AWG sizes. Some sizes work better than others. Some of the translated sizes do not work at all. Crimp, and the lug falls off. Those two issues alone are enough for me to give this thing 3 stars. If the dies were AWG standard sizes, and they stayed in place, it would get 5 stars. The crimper itself and the hydraulic mechanism is great. Very little value here, 3 stars from me. I am seriously contemplating returning it.

But threw away my last crimper and got this hydraulic one used it and the crimps are holding very well. I'm pretty impressed with the quality of this

Recommend

It is working very good

Very happy with product

Dies are wrong size. Using Ocean Flex marine cable and lugs from 12voltplanet I find 50mm2 dies on 50mm2 lugs pull out. Need to use one 50mm2 and one 35mm2 to get something that is a solid crimp. Tried two 35mm2 with 50mm2 lugs and then get wings sticking out on lug. Looks rubbish. Likely over crimped with this option. The tool is ok but the dies are not the correct size for metric cable and lugs.