On 1/10/2014 11:39 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"Jerry Stuckle" wrote in message
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They may seem identical, but they aren't. The $10-15 ones last much, much
longer. However, unless you're doing it full time, it probably doesn't
pay to get the more expensive ones.

We tried one of the cheap ones. After about 3 weeks the tech threw it as
far as he could because he was so frustrated. The ones we have now
typically last a year or more (we don't really track them).


You probably do more connectors in a week than I will ever do. For me , it
won't pay, but for you it will if they last that much longer. Must be the
quality of the blades as I can not tell any differance in the couple I
bought from China for $ 2 and the one I bought here for $ 15.
I just bought one for each size and type of cable I use.
I don't do the TV connectors, just the BNC,N,PL259 types.



Yup, one tech can do upwards of 50 connectors a day on a large project.
Mostly F and RJ-45, but also some RCA and others. It counts up
quickly!

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