Vent: Spent $180 on a fancy coax crimper and it stripped every connector on first use

Bought that premium Paladin tool last Tuesday thinking it'd save me time on installs. First three BNC connectors came out looking chewed up. Turns out the die was misaligned from the factory. Had to borrow my buddy's $40 no-name crimper to finish the job. Anyone else get burned by a 'pro grade' tool that was actually junk?

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jana_miller311d ago

That "pro grade" disappointment hits hard, had the same thing happen with a high end crimper that just mangled everything on the first few connectors. Makes you wonder if the cheaper stuff is actually more reliable sometimes.

angelafisher1d ago

but hold on, isn't that Paladin tool actually known for this issue? i remember reading a post on a sparky forum where a guy figured out the die alignment can shift if you drop the tool even once. yours might have taken a knock in shipping or just slipped through quality control. the cheap no-name crimper worked because those things have simpler mechanisms, less to go wrong. but let's be real here, buying a $40 tool and having it work fine doesn't prove the expensive one was junk, it just proves you got a lemon. i've used that exact Paladin for years without a single issue, so maybe yours was a bad batch. still sucks to waste that much money, but don't write off the whole brand over one faulty unit.