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I solder them. It's not much work at all, there's no question about whether it's a good, durable connection, works with any ga. wire (unlike most of the snap-on connectors) and certainly much less expense. I have a chair with legs cut off and casters added - that eases my back. I have one of those "insulation spreader" type strippers that creates an opening to bare wire in one squeeze. I use a microtorch for heat, since there's no scenery/plastic ties, etc. to burn. No wire to drag around, and no "making good contact" issue for the iron tip. So I open the bus wire insulation with the spreader, wrap the feeder wire around it a couple times, hit it with the torch for maybe 5 seconds, torch off, hit it with the solder, done. Given all that, It's maybe 30 seconds to do a connection. I just sort of roll along under the table stopping every 3-5 feet. I drop all the feeders for an entire section before I start, so it's really "assembly line" at that point. Maybe another 30 seconds each to do a second run-through when everything's cool and wrap it with electrical tape (though lately I use the "liquid electrical tape" to seal these).
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