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The crimper does not work easily for the JST connectors, which is why I bought it. Most of the time it crimps the cable too closely causing the wire to become pinched and most often breaking off immediately. If not immediately, it the cables will break after one or two plug / unplug cycles. The crimper is simply too wide for using on JST connections, from what I can tell looking at other crimpers meant for doing these JST style connectors.
Great price! At least 1/3 cheaper than I had found on other websites. Great construction! The tool is sturdy and well-made it’s a fairly heavy crimper, which is what I would want and what I would expect for a tool that’s designed to crimp metal. The connector kits come with a nice variety of connectors, pins, plugs, terminals, whatever they’re technically called. Honestly this is something I should’ve bought years ago, I have no idea why I waited this long. Even using this set one time you will understand how much frustration it can alleviate from trying to connect things by other random albeit creative and usually not effective methods.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fix/make your own electronica cables at home.
Reviewed in the United States on 26 January 2020
Great price! At least 1/3 cheaper than I had found on other websites. Great construction! The tool is sturdy and well-made it’s a fairly heavy crimper, which is what I would want and what I would expect for a tool that’s designed to crimp metal. The connector kits come with a nice variety of connectors, pins, plugs, terminals, whatever they’re technically called. Honestly this is something I should’ve bought years ago, I have no idea why I waited this long. Even using this set one time you will understand how much frustration it can alleviate from trying to connect things by other random albeit creative and usually not effective methods.
Ok your first few you're going to mess up. The front jaw is for the JST-XH & rear is the servo/accessory crimp. Don't leave the wire tape they come on intact when crimping. The JST-XH will crush the locking tab on the bottom, and the servo ones will get messed up by the jaw hitting the next one. Best to break off what you need. Insert the connector from the backside of the jaw until flush, click down until the tool is just above the wire crimping tabs (this is why the ratchet feature is useful), the connector is now locked into the tool. With a stripped wire no more than an 1/8" insert from the frontside of the pliers. Instinct is gonna tell you to fight to push the wire down to the base of the crimp channel, don't do it! This will lead to miss crimped connections. Instead slide the wire in. Let it naturally go towards the top jaw, you'll feel the step in the jaw that does the actual wire as a stopping point the insulation will hit, use that as your depth guide and you'll come out with OEM connectors every time.
I teach computer science electives to middle school students. I often use Arduinos and Raspberry pi boards to make various projects. DuPont connectors are probably the most popular and easiest to use connector type for prototyping and use with breadboards, etc. This kit is perfect for replacing connectors, pins and making custom cables for any prototype project you may have. The tool is very sturdy and the amount and assortment of connectors you get for the money is great. Personally i would reccomend buying extra wire, especially if you want to make longer cables. It does come with some wire but it will go pretty quick.
I almost did not order the Qibaok Dupont and JST connector kit fearing the quality would be low, but I am very surprised by the quality and value for the money. The kit arrived and I was impressed with the sturdiness of the ratcheting crimp tool. I love the fact that they include both male and female pins for the Dupont connectors so you can make cables for the Arduino. Qibaok also included ribbon cable and both right angle and straight single row headers. I highly recommend this kit for your lab bench.
Finally a kit that includes a crimper that actually works! I have tried several of these combo 'Dupont' / 'JST XH' kits in the past, but usually they come with a crimper that really only works properly to crimp the 'Dupont' pins. The 'JST XH' pins are much shorter and require a narrower crimper die to crimp properly. The crimper included in this kit has a die with a fatter section that works well for the 'Dupont' pins, and a narrower section that works well for the 'JST XH' pins.
Other than the crimper, this kit contains a good selection of some of the most common housings and termination pins. I would have preferred a few dual row Dupont housings instead of some of the larger single row ones, but to each their own.
This is the first affordable hand crimper I've found that is correctly sized for the "Dupont" style crimps (I have bought 5 different ones previously). The insulation crimp width is 1.7mm and the conductor crimp is 1.5mm. One I had been using is the Iwiss SN-28B/SN-2549 (share die measurements for Dupont) but its closest die is 1.9mm and 1.6mm and the 1.9mm insulation crimp almost always binds up when inserting. The depth of the die is okay, too, at 5.7mm. I haven't used it as much for the "JST" style crimps, but it seems to be about right (2.0mm insulation and 1.6mm wire) though the 4.6mm depth is a bit much and means you have to be very careful to position the locking tab outside the die.
(Why does Amazon keep asking about the "Sheerness" of everything when creating reviews?)
