I run 2/0 welding cable through my car for my audio system. 2 runs front to back, then from battery to amps, so I have a ton of power and ground wires to crimp lugs to. I was using a hydraulic crimper before I purchased this one. I could barely get 1/0 lugs in the hydraulic one, not to mention that I had to change dies out to do different sizes of wire and lugs. Having to do this outside , inside, at different people's houses left a lot of room for error. Too many different parts. This TEMCo is THE CRIMPER!! TEMCo has the size adjustment right there an it. Just turn the dial to your desired size, slide your lug in, crimp. Not changing parts, no losing parts, and a great crimp every time. I recommend this crimper for speed, ease, and durability. Plus, a 5 year warranty!? No questions asked, at that! They say even if it's your fault, they replace or repair it. I love that.

The media could not be loaded. Solid tool that looks like it will last generations
"¢ Simple operation creates quality dependable connections
"¢ completely adjustable to any number and quality of connectors
."¢ because you can vary the depth of the crimp you can use connectors that are too big for your wire and not have to worry about the quality of the connection
"¢ After crimping an eyelet onto 1/0 battery cable I tried to pull off the connector with a come along I maxed out my digital scale at 660lbs and the actual eyelet started to deform and stretch , the connection was still perfect!!!
*** I made a small video showing mismatched wire and connector how well it worked and then I tested how strong the joint was VOTE IF THIS WAS HELPFUL *** Thanks
1 small complaint
"¢ The base is small so the unit constantly falls on its side that being said this allows you to use in relatively tight quarters If the need arises although the overall size and weight of the tool lends itself to be used on a workbench or on the floor

Just received and have not used yet but the marking line for the size is on the top not bottom where it should be. Will update once I use it hopefully there aren't any more issues with it.

The company sent a proper replacement piece with the correct markings and I have used it to crimp an 8 gauge cable on my golf cart and from other reviews I used painters tape to hold the crimp to the battery cable and this crimping tool does a great job.

I bought this crimper for making custom length battery cables for a solar set up. This item took me a while to research, because I could by hammer type crimpers to hydraulic crimpers. In the end this one that I went with is 100% perfect! Any medium to really thick cable can be crimped and this is seriously heavy duty. I like how there is a plate near the front to stabilize it if placed on the ground to crimp, but it was also so easy to do it by hand in the air. I put in such little effort to crimp a 0 gauge wire, way more powerful than the largest tongue and groove pliers that I had been using so far. And it is not important functionally, but the paint of the tool is a very nice teal that looks great. Great tool TEMCo! The photo has a 7-1/4" saw blade for scale.

As another reviewer mentioned, I did have to place the tool on the driveway to apply sufficient force to crimp the terminal. I used hand pressure to seat the wire in the terminal and then put my bodyweight and both hands on the top lever to complete the crimp. On the smaller (relatively) terminals like 6 & 8 AWG the crimp bent the terminal slightly but it was nothing that you couldn't easily straighten out in a vise. I didn't find the AWG scale on the adjustable jaws to be of much use for accuracy. After you do a few terminals you will develop a feel for the correct jaw setting for your wire and terminal. If you feel that an initial crimp was inadequate, it's easy to do a small adjustment on the jaw scale, carefully realign and recrimp.