This is not the right tool. Does it work? Maybe, but it’s not the correct tool for the clamps people are using this tools for. There is a better tool for the job; the tool that was designed for the clamp people are using this tool for. The correct tool compresses the pinched section and flushes it with the rest of the clamp. This also prevents the clamp from “work loosening” over time. In addition it give a more “professional” looking end product.
Anyway…it’s works, kind of; but it’s not the correct tool.
This clamping tool does the job just as well as tools costing ten times as much as this one costs. This is the only tool needed to crimp the Pex Stainless Steel Crimps.
I was looking for a tool to cinch clamps and this was the cheapest one I could find. It's operation is a little stiff, but it's quite durable. Well worth the money I spent on it. For the record I'm not into making beer. I mostly work on motorcycles.