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Pros

Plastic coating is not the best, but it gets the jobs done. I actually always have some on hand for clients who are frugal.

I guess i could say that this cable retains shape more than other ethernet cables. It works well enough for the purpose of making a few short patch cables for my lab.



Cons

Forget about gig ethernet. Very disappointing. It is questionable whether it's actually cat5e.

Cca is not compliant with industry standards (which require pure copper) cca cannot be used with poe (power over ethernet) devices like security cameras. Cca has a higher resistance, it heats up more, and therefore in poe applications it causes a powe...  Read More

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Quality


Quick delivery, quick delivery and good quality


Ran about 25-30ft of this and it seems great quality.


I ordered this cable to redo a small business network, somewhat hesitant due to my doubts in the quality of the cable.


Purchased this for a small project and have been happy with the ethernet cable.

Price


Price is awesome, so you can't really go wrong.

Packaging/appearance


My box was taped together and the cable was knotted about 15-20ft into the bag.

Competitiveness


I was really pleased to be able to order a 250ft box instead of a 1000ft box and have to store it afterward.


Bulk cat5e cable whats more to say.


My expectations have been exceeded and i will be ordering another 1,000ft roll shortly.


Its cat5e, its in a box and its grey.

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 800 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 12 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Very lightweight unshielded cable thin outer jacket no interior separator for the twisted pairs ok for indoors


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Doesnt lay flat due to hundreds of bends inside the box 250 reel


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seems to work fine with compressed low data rate ip cameras


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My box was taped together and the cable was knotted about 1520ft into the bag


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Had to pull so hard it tore the plastic wire holder out of the box and made a big whole


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seems like i received one that had come open and someone taped it back


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I think the knot was supposed to be at the other end but they put it backwards when they reassembled the box


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    So far the cable is performing very well with the camera images and ethernet speeds we expected

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