Malco C5A2 Impact Power Assisted Crimper

I have been wanting one of these for a very long time. I finally decided to put down the money and get one and trust me, you already know without even using one that it's so much faster than crimping by hand. Well worth the money spent. They work a little better once they start to break in. In the beginning it almost over crimps but I'm not complaining. It's fantastic especially if you have arthritis or hands that are over 45 years old LOL.

Used with a 12v impact and it wasn’t enough power to work but with my 20v this thing was an animal. Highly recommend it

Working good, but no long. Used 3 days for crimping 30 GA pipes 10", 8" and 6" . Used with dewalt impact driver . I need it to work right now, but it's broken. Now need replacement drive shift and wait then it comes. if this repeats, I will constantly look for a replacement from another manufacturer or buy another model .every 3 days to buy new replacement drive shift too expensive.

I was skeptical about buying this because it's not cheap. Hand crimpers are a lot cheaper. But I'm very impressed at how it crimps. It's noisy and you can only use it with a impact. I tried using it with my regular drill and it twisted the pipe and cut my arm so do not use anything but an impact it even has a warning label. But if you're crimping lots of pipe there's no competing with a hand crimper at how fast you can use this. Definitely worth the money if you are made of it.

These tools could be a great timesaver but unfortunately they don't last! My coworker had one which prompted me to get one. The shaft broke on his a few months ago and on mine two months ago! I had only used it to crimp 26 gauge snap lock pipe and hadn't used it very often from the time i purchased it! Same goes for my coworker!! Keep your hand crimpers and let malco keep this tool!

Never complain about crimping 22” pipe again! Works like a dream. Has bee dropped countless times and no damage whatsoever. I would recommend on pipe less than 6”. There Is a slight learning curve to it but after a dozen or so uses the motion feels natural. Young bucks on the fence about buying this I would urge you to do so, could end up saving you from some arthritis problems further down the road. Boss man joked about me wanting to live a charmed life first time he saw it. 6 months later the old b bought one himself.

This thing works good! The first time or two you use it takes a minute to get used to.. if you go quick with your impact gun it's very loud! But overall I won't trade it back for the old hand crimpers oh no.. read a review here to that said ripping the metal, I'd say don't use 30 gauge or smaller.. working great on 28-24 gauge.. a bit pricey, but crimping a lot of ends is not worth risking carpal tunnel. Get this tool!!

This is one of the best tools I’ve purchased. Totally worth it. I debated buying this for almost a year or more due to the price of if, I wish I’d have bought it sooner. I’ve hand crimped for years and this will save so much time. I’ve used this a couple times to try it out the other day. 8” pipe took less than 5 seconds with an impact.