Review on 🔧 Qibaok Ratcheting Wire Crimper Tool for Heat Shrink Connectors - Ratchet Terminal Crimper for Wire Crimping by Wei Fan

I walked back and forth for a long time looking for crimping pliers for shrink connectors. There were a few bad reviews about them, but with an overall rating of 4.7 I just assumed it was people who couldn't figure out how to use them. No, it's garbage. I picked them up with a pack of 250 Qibaok connectors. They simply don't work with the corresponding proprietary connectors. I've researched, tested different methods (forward, backward, pinching different points) and the results were the same every time. I've adjusted the clamping force and even adjusted the die in the jaws, but there's just no way they'll ever work properly. The gap in the jaws is too large to fully crimp the connector. The jaws are also irregularly shaped and do not rotate the connector evenly as they should. I've tried several different sized wires with their respective connectors, and even tried inserting larger (smaller) wires into small connectors, but the result was the same with each crimp. The wires just slide out. In about 20 tests with different stiffness settings, I was only able to hold 1-2 plugs with a slight jerk. Completely unacceptable. Pliers are definitely making a comeback and now I'm wondering about the connectors themselves. Whether they're ok or not I don't think I need to spend money on all the connectors I wasted trying to get these bad ones wrong designed crimping pliers to run. We've made a decision, they're coming back too. Looking back at other reviews, many of the positive reviews are really starting to look lazy to me. I will also file a complaint with Revain, which I believe is likely review fraud. No one in their right mind would give a pliers that didn't crimp a 5 star rating. you have been warned Don't make the same mistake I did. Bad reviews are 100% true.