TooTaci 3mm Balustrade Wire Kit, 20pcs M5 Turnbuckle & Wire Tensioner Kit

The TooTaci 60m length of 3mm stainless steel wire cable is excellent. It is so very much longer lasting than modern electro-galvanised solid wire which rusts through in only a few years. It is not easy to use for a novice; planning, knowledge on how it should be done and special tools can make a great difference to speed of installation and quality of final result. The turnbuckles work well, but need to be locked with a piece of stiff wire through the eyes and the centre to prevent it unwinding with vibration. With both eyes closed and no hook they have the great advantage of not slipping off if the wire slackens. For both my applications this outweighs apparently convenient hooking into place. The crimp clamps are OK, but being a dissimilar metal will corrode. This kit does not include the superior bolt-up stainless clamps . The eye thimbles are effective to protect the cable from chafing, so long as the clamp is close enough to the thimble exits to prevent the thimble falling out of the loop. To cut the cable without distorting it I ended up tightly binding it with tape and then sawing though the taped section with a fine bladed Junior Hacksaw . The binding kept it in shape so it would fit through the compression clamps after removing the tape. I used an old Visegrip to compress the alloy clamp, three grooves each leg of the wire with the cutter set not to cut through. It is quick and easy to make it secure with one of these. I’ve used it in a couple of applications. 1. to hold some old fence-posts back upright again after the recent winds broke out the bottom of their brick sockets. 2. to replace the rusted galvanised wire previously holding my apple espaliers.

Great value for money, you need a wee bit of DIY experience if you’re looking to fit this. It’s best to plan it out before cutting of making holes in your deck posts.I used a template to make sure everything lined up.

Excellent kit. Great quality, real good value for the price. Looks great

This product is exactly as described.

Marvellous bits of kit. Get some decent swage crimps

Easy to install but really needs a crimping tool. Looks good and I was impressed with the quality if the wire.

Better quality than I expected. Impressed

Very good to work with I will be using this again

This turned out exactly as I had hoped. Having said that, I think that there were two factors that allowed the project to be successful: 1. All brackets, turnbuckles, holes were pre-done by me before mounting the vertical posts. While I'm certain that these could be done in-situ, I think that by installing it all on a stable surface side by side, made my install easier and more accurate; and 2. I purchased and used the correct Swage Tool with Cutter to cut the aircraft cable and to crimp the swages. Trying to get clean cuts and proper stage crimping without the right tool would have been agony. Really pleased with the finished job.

Conforme à mes attentes, seul bémol les vis de fixations devraient être d'un diamètre supérieur.

Ne pas acheté ce produit qualité moyenne pour un montage très dur

Utilisé sur une grande pergola comme support de vignes, rosiers et kiwi. Après 1 an, ça n'a pas bougé, les tendeurs sont en parfait état de marche. J'en suis très content.

Super als Rangfolge für Beeren sowie Wein.