[quote=charlescarlis]For me, it depends... If it's standing rigging, I just go to my local rigging shop and have the roller swage top end stuff. Mostly because it's safer and known to last for critical loads, but it's nice that there are also zero sharp edges up high. By going to a great shop and getting high quality, 516 stainless and good fittings, I figure I'll get at least 3 years minimum, and likely much longer since I power wash my boat and hardware down with soap and water after each session.
For other applications, I have one LIKE the nicopress, but don't know the brand or exactly when I came into it. The sleeves are always nicopress as is the gauge. But, I'm only doing trap wires and misc. gin pole guide wires, etc. on the boat. Once you get the tools and find out how well this works, you end up doing bench swings, etc.[/quote]
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