iCrimp F1960 PEX-a Expansion Tool with PEX Pipe Cutter & Expandder Heads(3/8'', 1/2'', 3/4'', 1'') for Expanding Uponor ProPex Type Expansion Rings

Solidly made, worked well. Maybe not yet best choice for everyday work, but excellent for an occasional job!

Very practical

I bought this over a year ago and it works great. I have used it many times.One important note: It tends to over-expand the connections so they take a while to seal. I have had more than a few 1/2 connections that leaked at first and didn't fully seal until more than an hour later. Once they seal, however, the connections are fine.

The tool works great for a small number of pex fittings. Expanding 1" pex with this tool took about every ounce of strength I have. After using this I invested in a battery-powered tool to make my life easier.

I had never worked with flexible water lines and don't love to sweat copper so after a lot of research I pulled the plug. Since I don't often do plumbing I could not justify paying $400.00 or so bucks on an electric model. I could not tell you how easy it is to work with this tool. I have had my new shower now for about a month and could not be happier.

I bought this tool because it was one of the cheaper PEX-A tools that looked like it would get a single job done for me and I didn't care if it failed after that.Now that I've used it several times, I'm presently surprised at how well built it is, and I fully expect it to be the only one I ever have to buy.Tip: Be sure you buy the same pex pipe and fittings. There are at least two major standards and the pipe, fittings and tools don't crossover. You want to be using everything PEX-A or everything PEX-B, and never mix them.

Seems to be decent tool, but like others, they require a lot of force. Might not work in tight places and if you need to expand one inch pipe. It might not work. I kept it to long to return and ended up buying battery operating tool.

I used this to redo my parents pipes under their kitchen sink. Needless to say, I think sweating some copper might have been an easier way for the space that I was working in. But I decided to give this a try. I went through a lot of the plastic collar rings, but that was just me trying to get everything in there in a manner that it didn't look like crap. overall, this tool gives you a work out! we used all brass fittings which proved to be worth it as I cut and redid a lot of those fittings till I like the design. lmao! in the end, we did NOT have 1 leak. I am glad that project is over......in the end though, I think this tool would work wonders for water flow over longer connections.I liked it and I'm happy with the way things turned out.