iCrimp IWD-1620 Deutsch Size 16 Crimper, Solid Barrel Contact & Circular Connector Contacts Crimping Tool, 8 Indents Wire Crimper, AWG16 to AWG20

Very Fine

It was recommended from a coworker and i like it alot. I use it at work all the time for connectors for lights and such. Works well and crimps nicely.

This is the third one of this brand of barrel crimper I have purchased. The first was for a contact size 20 - bought in error for AWG 20 wire - nope, #20 is the DT connector contact size, and it’s not commonly used.Next I bought the size 16 barrel crimper for AWG 14-18. Works well. Has a cylinder on the back to hold the contact in the right position for crimping. Does a good job.Then I bought this one because I want to crimp finer wire. This one is rated for crimping 16-20 AWG. The wire I’m crimping is not marked but it must be smaller that 20awg because I can’t get a good crimp on it unless I double it in the connector.And this crimper 16-20awg, does not have the connector pin holding cylinder on the back. This means you have to position and hold the connector pin with a light squeeze of the crimper and then fuss with the wire. Not as elegant.Also, the markings on the 16-20awg crimp tool are clearly different than the 14-18awg crimper, but the jaws don’t “seem” to crimp any tighter on the smallest setting. I can not verify this detail because I don’t have needle calipers or a force gauge measurement probe that could make an accurate comparison. So this perception is subjective.A lot of control signal and sensor wiring is in the 20-24awg range and 22awg seems quite common. Having access to small quantities of the DT size 20 components for the lighter AWG wire might be a nice offering.

Great tool to put connections together.

This crimper tool works great at half the price of the parts store. Will definitely buy again if needed.