How much do you have to spend to get a good crimping tool?

[deadlylover]

The Pressmaster is possibly made in Sweden, in the same factory as Crimpex. The "*760" has been around for at least 35 years; I remember a Crimpex CSA0760 being the best I'd ever seen back in 1990. I don't think it's specified for pink butt splices, but for red/blue/yellow insulated ones it is just the trick.  Providing, of course, that you stick to the right conductor cross section for those terminals.

Good to know the history, thanks. 

That is a "red" 22-16awg splice, it just looks pink for whatever reason (TE doesn't make any official PIDG pink splices). 

If the plastic insulation is slightly translucent like the one I've shown, then it's usually made from nylon and is higher quality than the opaque ones.

[mansaxel]

The Pressmaster is possibly made in Sweden, in the same factory as Crimpex. The "*760" has been around for at least 35 years; I remember a Crimpex CSA0760 being the best I'd ever seen back in 1990. I don't think it's specified for pink butt splices, but for red/blue/yellow insulated ones it is just the trick.  Providing, of course, that you stick to the right conductor cross section for those terminals.

Good to know the history, thanks. 

That is a "red" 22-16awg splice, it just looks pink for whatever reason (TE doesn't make any official PIDG pink splices). 

If the plastic insulation is slightly translucent like the one I've shown, then it's usually made from nylon and is higher quality than the opaque ones.

Ah, I see. When looking at your images a second time, it appeared to me that the view along the cable showed the AMP crimped one as more snug around the cable, but as there are two crimp indents made, that one is for strain relief rather than electric contact, and the one closer to the middle of the butt joint is for electrical contact. Hard to tell, but I like to believe that the inner crimp made with the 0760 looks to be made with higher pressure.  Only time, pull test and a resistance measurement will tell which was best.