BNC Compression Connector RG6, Ancable 20-Pack BNC Cable Connectors for Coaxial Cable, SDI, HD SDI CCTV, Video Camera Systems and Surveillance Camera Installation

Bought a package of 20 for use with the cable I am using for an install, which is a "Siamese" RG-6 coax combined with a 2-conductor power lead. I find the inner sleeve or barrel that must slip over the coax inner insulator and under the shield braid & outer jacket is both slightly too large in inside diameter and in addition the barrel material itself is too thick, to the extent it cannot be forced under the shield/jacket. The only way I could find to make the connectors usable with my cable was to dismantle one connector, remove the barrel part and use it as a cable prep tool in conjunction with a heat gun. I soften the cable jacket with heat and then can use the barrel part to pre-expand the shield-jacket before I then insert it into a fresh intact connector.I rounded up a couple of other different RG-59 cable samples and found the same difficulty with all. This is a major problem when you have a number of connectors to install. I have used this same style of compression connector before and never had this problem. I'm thinking the many reviewers who complain the cable slips out are actually facing this same problem; the inner sleeve simply isn't penetrating under the shield/outer jacket.

I purchased two 20 count packs of these connectors for my project. I needed about 30 of the 40 that I purchased, thinking I would have extras. However, because the heads on these connectors bend, collapse, or break when terminating them, I now need to buy more connectors to complete my project. They do not hold up under the compression tool. The ones that did survive the termination, I am having to wrap them with electrical tape to keep them from falling off the cable. I will be looking for a higher quality connector to complete my project.

I am using a ETEKCITY tool. The tool will just cause the outside bayonet style portion to crush when pressure is applied to move the back sleeve forward. I did find a way to get around the problem however. I took a BNC "T" fitting, cut off one female end close to the center of the "T", made it square, then slipped the male connector onto the other leg of the "T". The die that comes with the tool does not fit real well, but if you hold the connector while applying pressure the tool did its job. The modified "T" passes the pressure onto the actual body of the fitting, and not on the outer shell, thus the crushing problem was gone. Make sure you get the inner sleeve in the connector under the shield / jacket as far as you can, as the compression needs to have the jacket under it to hold tight

I bought 10 and ended up with 2 good cables, and a couple spare connectors. The problem is that when you stick the cable into the connector and try to crimp it on, the outter bnc portion collapses under the force of the crimper. If you don't crimp it to that capacity, the connector falls off the cable. So it's either fall off the cable or crushed. There is barely anything in-between. I guess I got 4 out of 10 working ok. That's not too good.

Many of the connectors did not stay on the cable, despite my using a Klein compression tool. Some did not crimp the cable at all even though they were fully compressed. Only two of the ten fit securely. Pay more for better quality.

The whole connector compresses. That is, it's crushed while attempting to compress it and then it slides right off the RG6 cable. I could not give it a 0, hence the 1 star.

These connectors are not the best quality and had some issues with proper termination of RG6 cable. One connector was built wrong and was unusable.

The bnc connector collapsed when compressing, multiple times. DO NOT BUY, not worth the money at all.