Temco dieless indent crimper vs Temco hydraulic crimper for 4g - 2/0g wire?

[fisherman]

I currently have the TH0020 crimper and have used it on smaller lugs like 6g and 8g. Seems to work on but can distort the lug a bit. Haven't tried on bigger wire/lugs.

Dieless Indent Lug Crimping Tool 10 AWG to 400 MCM DIELESS Indent

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Going to be crimping some 2g all the way up to 2/0 soon.

Was wondering if their TH0005 or TH0006 would be a better option than the indent crimper in terms of quality of crimp and ease of use?

Hydraulic Cable Lug Crimper TH0006 V2.0 5 US TON 12 AWG to 00 (2/0) Electrical Terminal Cable Wire Tool Kit with 18 Die Sets

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TH0005 V2.0 Hydraulic Cable Lug Crimper (11 US TON) 10 AWG to 600 MCM Electrical Terminal Cable Wire Tool Kit with 32 Die Sets

New for 2020, TH0005 Version 2.0. Released September 1st 2020, all units now include the following improved features: TRUE-HEX Crimp Forming dies apply uniform pressure on all sides for even compression and high pull out resistance. 16 Standard size dies for American Wire Gauge 10 through...

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What are your experiences with them and/or indent vs hydraulic crimpers?

Thanks

 

[Kornbread]

The indent crimper looks just like a hammer crimper. When cutting a wire apart at the lug, the compression of the indent crimper looks decent, but IMO, cutting a lug apart after using the hydraulic crimpers, it looks more lime a homogeneous mass. Not much to go on, but I liked it good enough to rework all the indent crimps after getting the th0005. It also comes with a lot of dies and +/- sizes.

 

[fisherman]

The indent crimper looks just like a hammer crimper. When cutting a wire apart at the lug, the compression of the indent crimper looks decent, but IMO, cutting a lug apart after using the hydraulic crimpers, it looks more lime a homogeneous mass. Not much to go on, but I liked it good enough to rework all the indent crimps after getting the th0005. It also comes with a lot of dies and +/- sizes.

This is what I was wondering. The hydraulic crimpers seem to do a more holistic crimp on the lug watching some videos. But was hoping there might be some insight on the whether the indent crimper is still a solid option with big wire.

 

[jcollman]

Has anyone by chance tried this crimper with SB120 Anderson Powerpoles and 2 AWG cable?

 

[robbob2112]

Given a choice the hydraulic is mychoice.