Remember having to choose between crimping and compression connectors for RG6?

Back around 2010, my boss insisted we switch to compression fittings for everything, but I had a whole box of crimp-ons and a tool I knew inside out. I stuck with crimping for another year on my own jobs, and honestly, the call-backs for moisture issues went way down. Anyone else hold out on an old method that actually worked better for them?

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ericjackson25d ago

My buddy Steve in Dayton had a similar thing with old BNC crimp connectors on security cameras. The shop pushed these new twist-on ones that were supposed to be faster. He kept using his old hand crimper on the outdoor dome cams. Two years later, his old jobs were fine, but we started seeing the twist-ons on other guys' work fail in the cold. The rubber seal just didn't seat right.

rowanp1525d ago

Supposed to be faster" is always the red flag. Sounds like the shop fell for the sales pitch hard. Nothing beats the old crimp for a solid seal, even if it takes an extra minute. Now they get to spend all that saved time on callbacks in the winter. Classic case of fixing what wasn't broken.

oscarm248d ago

Had a crew in Cincinnati swear by those old compression rings for commercial drops. Watched a guy try to reterminate a cold joint at 6am with a dead heater in the van. The old way just plain works when everything else goes wrong.