Milwaukee Electrician Snips and Impacting Punchdown Tool and Ratcheting Modular Crimper Hand Tool Set (3-Tool)

A long awaited project of changing the older style 66 wiring block to a 110 block has finally come to pass and using this Milwaukee Punch Down tool has made the transition so much easier to achieve. The tool itself measures 1-1/2 X 6-1/2 inches and the two 110 supplied bits are 2-1/4 inch and the other 5 inch in length.Although the 110 block serves the same function as the 66, it does take less space and is compatible when using high speed networking, plus VoLP (voice over Internet protocol) hence the changeover.In acquiring some assistance from my friendly telephone engineer who pointed out to me that I should have bunched together all the same color coded copper wires first, before, as he said, I yanked all the rest of them out”¦.yeah whatever. I knew he was going to help me do this.Taking his `Krone` tool out his bag (another name for a punch down he told me) he quickly pushed them in one set of wires and used his penlight to get a good view before using his tool to slot them in. Eager to try out my new Milwaukee tool, he was immediately impressed that it both had a light and that the two shanks were both short and long. I was confident now and soon I had half of the wires in along with a good clear cut. He was next to try out my new tool and he continued to complete the job. His overall verdict of this Milwaukee punch down tool is that is far better than the one he uses, or in his words, has ever used. As the lighting in my office did not illuminate the quick-connect block as well as would have liked, the 2LED’s at the top of this tool proved invaluable. We did not try the setting on high as the low setting was doing such a perfect job of punching and cutting to the insulation-displacement connectors. Although this tool also has 360° rotating back caps, once again we did not need to use this facility. The longer shank was very useful in the hard to get areas but we mostly used the short one punching a wire into place using its excellent impact action.Overall satisfaction of all aspects of this superior punch down tool. Recommended. It is tough and resilient along with excellent shanks and light. Batteries are supplied with this kit

Ratcheting feature ensures this will last a long time. I compared this ratcheting modular crimper to a non-ratcheting variety and found this one to be much more solid, with longer-lasting components and a better feel. Non-ratcheting crimpers suffer from compression fatigue: after a number of good crimps, they lose their ability to return to normal, and quit making solid connections on your phone or ethernet connectors. The ratchet mechanism, along with high-quality dies, ensures that the crimper can ratchet to however much pressure it needs, then release that pressure when the crimp is complete.This crimper is for non-pass through wire ends, but you may also consider a pass-through wire crimper. Home Depot sells both kinds of tools, and both kinds of connectors. This one, the non-pass through type, is by far more common. The pass-through type lets the 4, 6 or 8 wires pass all the way through the jack, then both crimps the jack and trims the wires. I personnally like the pass-through type because it serves as a final check that I have the color-coding in the proper order. Sometimes, a wire pair can cross inside the jack. As a 51-year old, my eyesight isn’t what it used to be. The usability difference is small, though, and Non-pass through types like this are easy enough to use with a pair of reading glasses for final inspection. You can’t beat the feel and rugged durability of this Milwaukee ratcheting modular crimper. It’s more expensive than alternatives, but worth it if you’re doing RJ11 and RJ45 installations on more than one job.I’m impressed and will recommend this to friends.

It looks like that if you want a very precision and extremely quality tool, then the word is Milwaukee. This Punchdown tool also comes to that category. It is used for low voltage voice, Data and video professionals for wiring and installation of precise panel in equipments. The 2 LED lights on the punchdown tool help in terminating wires in tight spaces in panels especially in darkness.The tool comes with 2 each AAA batteries for the LED lights.

They work great. Up to milwaukee standards

I think this tool is brilliant. With the extended blade and LED lights it eliminates some issues when working in dark, crowded panels. It’s a little larger than my previous tool and I find the larger, more rounded handle to be more comfortable to use. I also like the clear labels on the controls.The blades are high quality. Batteries are included, as is a limited lifetime warranty.

Tool works great.

Being a data technician, I use this almost every day. I love the look and feel of the crimpers, my only complaint is that it doesn’t have a blade in front of the crimper to cut passthrough mod plugs. If that was added to a second generation, I’d be much happier with it. Otherwise, a great tool for any voice/data tech.

I have long awaited for Milwaukee to get into the VDV game. I own all of their VDV tools and this is by far my favorite of the collection. It punches copper pairs down with ease, the light is such a lifesaver and great feature. I hope that the generation 2 punch tool replaces the battery compartment with a micro-usb rechargeable port to make room for a blade storage as well. I overall highly recommend this product for any installer/technicians in the low voltage trade.

I do like it however as well as the punch is made they use very cheap blades only 2 punch down tools i have ever seen the blade crack below the cutting blade the milwaukee and the ICC punch down. Usally it’s because the blades are cheap metal. the rest of this is ok probably better then the paladin model with a light and the extention can be useful but i haven’t even used it yet. When i wanted to replace my Harris this is the next one i looked at I haven’t really liked any other one i tried other then the paladin punch down. The good news is that blade fits in this tool very easy so thats not a issue unlike the ICC, those blades need to be from ICC which makes their punch down suck worse then this one.

The long reach punch down is very helpful in tight spots along with the light. Scissors are good but if you have big fingers, they are hard to use. The crimpers are heavy duty but in tight spots I find my pair to be sometimes difficult to get the RJ45 end into slot. All work as expected. Would definitely recommend.