Lets Talk Open Barrel Crimpers - Reviews and Discussion

I take a much simpler, red neck, back yard approach. Some will not want to hear this, but it works for me. I don't screw with special crimps anymore. I just hand crimp them with needle nose or whatever tool gets the crimp "seated," AND THEN SOLDER THEM. Use ONLY "electrical/ electronic" rosin core flux based solder. For a little more flux on hard-to-solder stuff, you can get flux pens from Kester. These are the only way I know to buy flux in small quantities anymore. There's a dazzleing array of flux so you have to do a bit of research.