RapidFit Ratchet Crimp Tool - RJ45 CAT5/6 - Contractors

This great value tool is a must for any IP CCTV installer allowing you to shave hours off each week by making the swap to RapidFit over standard RJ45 plugs. The time saving is well worth the small investment of less than £20 for this special crimp tool and the RapidFit RJ45 plugs save money too at less than 10p each!

The Rapidfit Range is a great time-saving family of products for any IP CCTV or Network engineer as it can shave minutes off your day every time you fit an RJ45 connector. It includes a full range of RJ45 plugs suitable for CAT5 and CAT6 that have a unique open ended design which has two huge benefits. Firstly it lets you push the cores straight through the plug. You no longer have to spend ages stripping and cutting each core to the correct length and hoping they make contact with the pins.

Secondly with the cores sticking out of the plug you can check to make sure they are all in the right order preventing mis-crimps. Another unique feature is the teeth on the pins inside the plug. When crimped these teeth pierce the insulation on each core and make contact with the copper inside.

On appearance the RapidFit plugs may not look too different to an ordinary RJ45 plug but that's about where the similarities finish. The genius design of the RapidFit plug is what sets it apart making a Rapidfit Crimp Tool like this one an essential for an IP engineer’s toolbox. There are 2 RJ45 RapidFit tools available, the Contractor’s RJ45 RapidFit Crimp Tool (this one) perfect choice if you’re fitting IP CCTV every week as it is low cost and has a ratchet handle design making applying pressure to the crimp really easy. OR if you are fitting RJ45 plugs day in day out we recommend the Professional tool (TOO998) which costs a little more but has a longer ergonomically designed handle that makes applying pressure a little easier on the hands and has an overall higher build quality.