ZENITH ZDS5041 Pro Series Compression Tool

by Zenith

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0001FTWDA
• Item model number: ZDS-5041
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,161 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 30, 2004

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ZDS-5041 Pro Compression Tool, May 24, 2004

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Robert Ramirez (Oceanside, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZENITH ZDS5041 Pro Series Compression Tool (Electronics)

(E-Mail To Zenith 5-23-2004)
Regarding this RG-6 "Pro" Compression Tool (and obviously you have used the term "Pro" loosely) I have personally used and destroyed 5 of these tools to crimp my Zenith RG-6 coax cable. These tools keep breaking! The screw is hardened steel but the nut is not and isn't even large enough to handle the amount of pressure required to properly compress your fittings. This has become extremely frustrating for myself and obviously alot of other people as this same complaint has infact been posted on numerous websites all over the internet. Why do you keep manufacturing this tool? It needs to be recalled. It is a very poor design. Are you planning to release a better version of this tool? I cannot keep going back to Lowe's and returning this inferior tool just to get another and have it break as well after one or two uses. Please respond with any suggestions you may have regarding this matter and also please forward this e-mail to your R&D department as well as any senior management who might care about the hundreds of frustrated and upset consumers out there who are now questioning the reliability and quality of all Zenith products just because of one little poorly manufactured tool.
Thank You,

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly made, February 16, 2004

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Paul D. Hierholzer "phierholze" (Egg Harbor Township, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZENITH ZDS5041 Pro Series Compression Tool (Electronics)

The compression bolt is made of hardened steel. The nut is not. The nut strips after very few uses. I went through 3 of these while installing zenith cable ends on the 10 cables in my house. Zenith should have made the nut stronger. Perhaps you could buy a case hardened nut at a hardware store and replace the weak one. Perhpas you could buy a better tool to begin with--if you can find one.

1.0 out of 5 stars Manufacturing Change?, August 21, 2004

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C. Walker "Big Pebble" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZENITH ZDS5041 Pro Series Compression Tool (Electronics)

Two years ago I bought a new house and used this tool to make at least 30 connections for cable and satellite runs without any problems. The connectors are very high quality.

Now I'm building an entertainment wall and decided it would be a good idea to replace the tool since the blades were getting dull. I've now gone through five of these tools and all broke on the first or second use and were replaced by Lowes. But alas my last one broke also and it's been too long so I can't take it back, so now I'll have to use some other (inferior) connector process.

Zenith must have changed something in their manufacturing process. Hopefully they'll respond to a direct inquiry with a replacement of some sort so I can finish my wall using consistent connectors.