Bead Buddy Crimp Cover Closing Crimp Pliers

I love these pliers! I was trying to close crimp covers with my regular. "flat" pliers and was so frustrated and it was taking so long to do each one. Plus if I squeezed too hard I'd wreck the cover. These pliers make the job SO much easier. I haven't had a lopsided cover or a flattened cover since I started using these pliers. These are a must-have tool if you're going to cover those ugly crimps. I put the cover on my work table and then use the pliers to pick it so it's not crooked. One or two squeezes is all it takes. I'm very happy with these and would recommend them to anyone. I use 3mm covers.

I have been looking for something like this for a long time and I had to grab it the minute I saw it. I always have so much trouble closing crimp covers so I'm hoping this is the answer!

This is a passably decent tool, slightly better than using the round part of regular 2mm crimping pliers, and roughly equivalent to the round part of 3mm crimpers. I used it to close some 4mm crimp covers over glued stretch cord knots. It's clearly designed for the more common 3mm crimp covers, so it wasn't ideal for the 4mm, which it had trouble holding and dented a little, but 3mm crimp covers are too small for this application, and I wasn't going for high end jewelry so I got it to work. The bent jaws are a very nice feature, allowing for a more natural hand position. It's fiddly and tricky to use, though, and the jaws are wider than they need to be. I got the best results when I put the crimp cover over the knot with my fingers (the pliers had a tendency to slip and flip the crimp cover to an unhelpful orientation if I tried to put it on with them), then used the flat part of the jaws to do the initial close of the crimp cover. Then I used the rounded part to shape it. If I tried to close it with the rounded divot, it tended to close all wonky, and the flat section was better at closing it straight. I would have designed this tool differently, with both 3mm and 4mm hemispherical divots like the Magical Crimper has for 2mm crimps. Bottom line, I don't think this is an essential tool, since you can buy a crimper for 3mm crimps that does 3mm crimp covers well (I used to have one but it's disappeared). But if you have an extra $12, it might be worth it. I'm still hoping someone will make a better tool for my 4mm crimp covers.

I don't know why they think small working end pliers need small grip ends... it works but bigger handles would be nice.

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Delivery great. Pliers just what i needed excellent

The media could not be loaded. The pliers barely pick up the crimp bead covers included with the pliers, let alone close the covers. A couple times I tried picking up the crimp bead cover with the pliers and it just fell through the hole. Once I did pick up another cover, I tried squeezing the pliers super hard to get the cover to close, but the pliers were already flush and would not close anymore and the crimp cover was still open.

Makes it easier