Review on 🔌 Glarks Insulating Assortment for Connector Terminals by Jacob Leon

I was skeptical given the negative reviews. But for the money, they're hard to beat. There are definitely better connections. With a simple pair of crimps/cutters I was able to make some convincing looking and holding crimps. I've been looking for tutorials on how to crimp a paddle "properly" but haven't found anything helpful on the internet, so I've relied on my mechanical inclinations. first the crimping tabs to the concave side of the crimping tool; as parallel as possible to the tool surface. It goes without saying that your wire should be there. Press gently, all you need is the tabs to fit perfectly without jumping over each other. Stop. Turn the pliers (or connector) over so you are now inserting the convex side of the crimping square where the tabs now meet. Press to push the tabs into the wire insulation. This is where you might want to use force. The rest may vary depending on the pliers. I then used the pliers to move the connector just outside of the crimping area so I could squeeze it tighter and rotated the connector slightly (less than 90 degrees). The idea was that the previous move smoothed the entire curve, so now we want to compress the entire curve on both sides, but not break it completely in the opposite direction. Flip the connector over and re-squeeze just outside the crimped area. Keep crimping gently until you get a good, compact crimp. I don't know if this is the right way, but the crimps look impressive for a clumsy break-in with big Chinese pliers. Just a pair of wire cutters on the end and a pair of crimping tips. Since they're cheap, you can break the channels a bit to fit the connector tabs snugly, but that's no big deal. Spend more if you're looking for ultra-high reliability, but they're great for hobbies and smaller projects.