Are you talking about actually creating your own end connections, or splicing pigtails onto existing fibre? Because splicing pigtails is pretty much the only sane way to do it, field terminations just aren't worth knowing about.
If you're gonna do splicing, Fujikura splicers are really nice, although a Swift will do the job in a pinch (it's a dumber unit, so relies more on the operator for better or worse). Do note this is all just based on the two common unit's I've seen deployed for LFC and Chorus splicing in my local area, and YMMV. I'd personally take a stand alone cleaver, a Fujikura and you'll need an OTDR to qualify and confirm your splices, as I wouldn't trust a splicer's stats as far as I could throw it.

toejam316:

 

Are you talking about actually creating your own end connections, or splicing pigtails onto existing fibre? Because splicing pigtails is pretty much the only sane way to do it, field terminations just aren't worth knowing about.

 

Thanks for that.

I was thinking field terminations.

3M has a product.

But don't bother. Get a splicer, and do it properly. There are kits on AliExpress that have some ridiculous pricing (a tenth of what a Fujikura costs) on them - been tempted just to get one to give to the guys and just see how it goes.

Glueing/polishing connectors is very much ten years ago - and they were mostly ST!!

Ahh I remember, polishing connectors, for ever and ever........................... I also would be keen to see how one of those cheap cladding align splicers would go, comments from guys who have purchased them, is they are great.

Cyril

Or after stripping, cleaning and applying glue to the fibre, you would slide it in to the connector and snap it off... then start again. Then you would put too much glue on that you couldnt polish it off... then start again. Then everything would go well, polish looks good, but it would have horrible loss on a test... then start again.

....you get the picture.

I use one of these regularly, and for the price it's pretty good. we haven't had any real problems with it and it just works. 

I would definitely recommend splicing pigtails as everyone here also agrees, field connectors are the last resort but even then just hack up some patch leads and you have your own pigtails! 

www.fs.com have cheap leads

I've been pretty happy with the AI-9