Astro Pneumatic Tool 1450 13" Plusnut and Extra-Long Rivet Nut Setter Kit Metric & SAE

Works well. Careful not to torque 5he handles with all your weight, you can break it, and you dont need that kind of force. Work the expansion in a few steps for best grip (using on my van conversion). If using plus nuts, I squirt some PL glue in first so the next day they are less likely to spin out. Riv nuts spin out less than plus nuts.

This is an amazing tool, ease of use was so helpful

Works phenomenally well for stainless 1/4 20 Plus Nuts, even without the pre-bulb. I had to fit 28 of these into 1” x 1/8” wall tube steel. I had read that these nuts require a lot of force to install, I’m happy to report that the Astro 1450 Plusnut tool is quite adequate for the task. The plus nut is actually longer than the ID of the tube steel I was installing in, before crimping. During the crimp, of course the plus nut gets shorter, so it still worked quite easily. I have not put a load on these yet, if there is an issue, I will update this review.

I installed many rivet nuts with this tool on an RV van build. It works, but I wished I had purchased higher quality. The only difficulty I had was being lazy or impatient. I used a driver drill to remove the setting screw and the riverter fell apart. This slowed me down rather than making it faster.

Astro Pnuematic, plus nut tool arrived very fast. I was happy about that because I could get right into my project. It came with instructions and was easy to use. It did give me a workout, when pressing the handles together to secure plus nuts; but I liked that you could reduce tension and apply pressure little by little to secure plus nut. Meaning, you don’t have to get it in one or two presses, you can press more with less tension and still get a secure fit of the plus nut. Over all great tool, worth every penny.

Bought for a van conversion. Have installed over 100 plus nuts easily and without issue. Use good judgment, as this is a manual tool and you could easily strip a mandrel if being too aggressive. Others have mentioned that it’s difficult to use overhead or in tight spaces; it’s actually very easy but adjusting technique in these cases takes a few of extra seconds to incrementally work the rivnut to the final seating. The arms don’t need to be fully extended for the tool to perform. Adjust the tool and be patient for best results.

Tool works well but the tip broke off and I had to track down and purchase a replacement tip from another company which was annoying

Great tool!

brilliant tool

This thing is very robust and reliable. It is far stronger than it needs to be and you have to be aware that you could pull the plus nut threads right out of the hole if you're not careful. The only knock is that on a single pull you are unlikely to draw the nut completely up, and will have to make a second partial pull. Very small gripe.

Es muy buena, lo único es su caja o estuche. Parece un estuche de una marca corriente o como decimos en México, parece china. Su estuche es de muy mala calidad. Pero repito la herramienta es muy buena.

one happy hubby

Well built and easy to use. Be sure to follow instructions closely (especially depressing the retainer) when installing a new mandrel for different size rivet nuts. Ideally choose one system metric or ASA/Imperial to simplify the purchase and use of rivet nuts.