Thanks Shoe...
I don't use the ones Larry put up with the red button on top, but the other guys called the "beans" at my supplier, and the weather resistant ones were "jellybeans" because they had the snot in 'em.

B connectors are what I was talking about, little oval tubes with white insulation that you crush. They have the bed of nails in there that are SUPPOSED to pierce the insulation every time and complete the splice. I agree about using them after you strip and twist the conductors together, but I do use the jelly filled ones.

The Wago connectors look very nice, but seem like they would be pricy for day to day use splicing IR and keypad wires.
BTW, now we know who supplies Speakercraft with the no-strip, quick connectors for their VCs and speaker selectors...