Eichmann Bayonet plugs user experience

Turns out you were correct Dave. My appologies. Actually, my dealer should send out an appology to everyone that was affected by this unacceptable blunder.

ABSOLUTELY WILL NEVER GET EICHMANN BAYONET PLUGS AGAIN. Before I recieved them, I was told to be very careful, and I heard about their reliability issue. I literally laid down on the floor, on my stomach, eye level with the speaker's binding posts, using two hands, CAREFULLY inserted the FIRST banana, and the copper sheath slid back into the plug. THE FIRST ONE I DID! That happened on three different plugs. I bent two others. OUT OF TWELVE BANANAS IN MY SYSTEM, FIVE WERE DAMMAGED. Give me a break! Yes the Eichmanns sound wonderful, I will say that. Also, once they are bent, technically they still work, but come on. Five out of twelve? I've been into audio for twenty years. I know how to connect cables.
As for someone above who said they "...switched them hundreds of times without a problem..." Yeah..sure. Sounds like a dealer to me.
I've since replaced the Eichmanns with something else.
You've been warned.

Five defective plugs out of twelve? You're probably right. Maybe if I bought twenty four I could finish the job. BTW, two of my friends have the Eichmanns and both reported plugs falling apart. Or, maybe I'm just too young to find the hole.

I didn't assemble anything. The US importer for DNM put them on. He raved about the Eichmanns, and rightfully so. They sound very clean and neutral. However, after I told him my complaints, he told me that he has RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CLIENTS ABOUT THESE BANANAS. He told me that he will no longer sell the Eichmanns, and will switch to another termination (at least that's what he said).
Now, with all due respect Dave, maybe you received some wonder plugs because you are THE ONLY PERSON I have come across that had no issues. I wish I didn't have any either. Like I said, they sound wonderful.
I will say this: Although the Eichmanns have PERFORMED incredibly, their ease of use and reliability have been nothing but a dissapointment due to their shody and radioshack quality craftmenship. At this price I expect Eichmann to engineer something a little better.

My dealer terminated my Eichmanns incorrectly. Apparently, he never lined up the spring wire with the housing as Scar972 said to do. Turns out, of my 12 bananas, 7 were made incorrectly. I only noticed 5. Anyway, I'm not using them anymore as I've switched to another. I told my friend about this, who also has them, and he loosened the screws and twisted them to their correct possition. I didn't think that would work, but he said it did, so...
Why can't people just do things correctly. Can't trust anyone anymore.