Pros & Cons
Pros
These are the best and most economical cat 6 standard connectors on the planet. The only complaint i have is subjective, but i like keeping my stuff organized is the packaging.
These conductors are clearly advertised as suitable for solid copper conductors, so don't try to use them with stranded cable. This one has a plastic guide making it fairly easy to get wires aligned when using the thicker cat6 (comp to cat5) cable. De... Read More
Cons
Misleading advert. Pics of this product clearly show a liner as a part of the product shipment, think again. They work fine for lower spec cable but not for the job we purchased them for.
Highlights
Quality
Use this with quality cat6 cable, ie.
Plugs are great quality & work flawlessly, inserts help align wires much easier than regular cat5 connectors.
I have seen poor results with these if you're using poor cabling, it becomes hard to insert the small displacement piece, but t... Read More
These conductors are clearly advertised as suitable for solid copper conductors, so don't try to use them with stranded cable.
Packaging/appearance
The only complaint i have is subjective, but i like keeping my stuff organized is the packaging.
Competitiveness
:) i thought that i would go for these even though they are much more expensive than other cat6 connectors, and am glad that i did.
Just fyi, there is a huge difference in cat5e and cat6 cables & plugs.
For the termination process, i bought these startech rj-45 connectors along with a trendnet crimp tool, both from amazon.
:) i purchased a 1000 foot spool of cat6 cable for the cable runs (23 gauge solid copper conductors), and while it was more exp... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
fit, great, made, good and plastic. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 287 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 23 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also crimped connectors snap or click into ports very nicely and i’ve never had a connector come off a cable after being crimped on
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Good luck trying to cram 23awg wires into the holes in those inserts
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Let me preface this with i used to be a top 500 reviewer on here but the lack of time made it hard to bother anymore
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I rarely write reviews these days but as someone with a home lab that prefers terminating my own cat6
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its about time i found something like this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ill be ordering another 2 or 3 just to ensure they dont stop selling them one day
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im no field tech terminating every day but i was able to terminate each side within 12 minutes from a cut spread insert and crimp
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They should have done something better instead of a plastic baggy