MX 2mm Banana Tip Male Plug Connector, Crimping Type, Gold Plated (MX-1422)

Soldering a banana plug onto a wire end works, but a crimping-type termination like this MX connector skips the heat and solder entirely, clamping the wire securely with just a crimping tool. The gold-plated contact adds a meaningfully lower-resistance, more corrosion-resistant connection than a bare-metal plug, worth the extra cost on a test lead or instrument cable where contact quality actually matters.