Platinum Tools 100061C EXO Crimp Frame with EXO-EX Die Set for ezEX-RJ45 Connectors

This seller is awesome the first one was lost by the shipping company when I contacted the seller, I received a prompt response and in no time at all (1 business day) I was Holding the crimpers in my hand. and as far as the crimpers they work outstanding. You can't go wrong with Platinum Tools......

Platinum Tools EXO Crimper makes perfect crimps for CAT6 and CAT6A. All the crimps I made and tested passed at 2.5Gbps (I have 2.5Gbps switches and router). The downside is that you must use Platinum Tools ezEX44 (CAT6) or ezEX48 (CAT6A) connectors which are more expensive than cheaply made ones available. The less expensive ones will not "click" into place in the crimper. The ezEX connectors and the EXO Crimper are designed for CAT6 and CAT6A with 23AWG wire. The wires are staggered in the connector to reduce crosstalk. The metal conducts are very robust and make posite contactA nice feature of the crimper is that the crimp head can be removed and turned around to fit a left-handed or right-handed user. Other heads can be used for CAT5e and RJ-12/11. This crimper is designed for professionals who need all completed Ethernet cables to be tested. If you properly strip the ends of a CAT6 or CAT6A cable and use this crimper, with the ezEX connectors, your cable will pass all tests!

This thing along with the ezEX44 RJ45 connectors make perfect crimps every time. I suffered for a few days with a cheap crimper I got here on Amazon and it drove me crazy. It drove me on a quest for good tools.Worth every penny.

I bought another one that was an all-in-one, but it ended up breaking. This is the only one that works for the pass-through connectors. Had to buy a die for it for five but so happy.

Need to crimp those heavier gauge CAT 6 and above cables correctly? Then this is the tool you need!I ran CAT 6, solid, 23 AWG all thought my home and was ready to crimp the ends. Which crimper to get? After a lot of research I found that as cables get thicker it’s harder and harder to set them side by side and get a good crimp. This tool uses connectors that have the wires staggered in two rows so thicker cables can be crimped with no problems.With this tool you need to pick either the ezEX44-RJ45 or the ezEX48-RJ45 connecters. You’re supposed to pick the connector based on the thickness of the insulation of the wires. The 44 (smaller holes) is the one I needed.Even though the rows are staggered, installing the wires is the same as when they’re all on one row: flatten the bumps out of the cables, line them up in the order you need, cut the ends so they are all flush, make sure they’re all flat and push them into the connector. They should easily slide into he proper holes on the proper row. Once you are sure you have them in the order you want you push the jacket all of the way into the connector, click the connector into the tool (the tool will hold the connect in place), make one last check of the colors with the guide on the tool then crimp it, and unclick your completed connector from the tool.In the pictures you can see the connector before its crimped (note the short plastic extension for the wires that will be crimped off with the tool), and a crimped wire (with the extension crimped off and the wires flush, and the staggered wires).

Solid tool. I like the through-insertion RJ-45 connectors. I wish it had a wire cutter for stripping outer sheathing.

Pass thru cut flush every time

Easy to use is handy and good quality