CableCreation Cat6 RJ45 Connectors, 50-Pack Cat6 RJ45 Ends, Ethernet Cable Crimp Connectors UTP Network Plug for Solid Wire and Standard Cable, Transparent

This review is for the CAT6A connectors. I recently ran out of connectors in the middle of adding a couple 24 port switches to my home network. There are lots of garbage connectors out there. Lots of pass thru connectors but I’ve never liked them and if you care about connection speed they aren’t an option. After a couple hours of research these seemed like the best bet. Turns out I made a good choice. These are great connectors. I have not had any issues with them whatsoever. Some reviews mentioned the tabs not locking. I did a pull test on the patch panel and one of the switches and the stayed in place. The patch panel and the RJ45 port on the switch flexed but the connector stayed connected. I have to assume the complaint was a different model connector or a bad batch. I didn’t hear a ‘click’ but some connectors don’t ’click’. I use 23AWG CAT6 and they crimped well and they held the cable in place securely. I suspect the reviews complaining about the connectors not holding the cable securely and crimping issues were from people using CAT5 and possibly a low quality crimp tool. I checked a few cables with iperf and was able to get 2.39gb over 2.5g ports. One thing to note is that since there is no metal shield for the connector they aren’t really CAT6A connectors. They work as expected and the price was right. I’d buy them again.

These are the best and easiest ethernet connectors I have used. They work great with Klein tools and have let the full speed of CAT6 cable through in my tests up to my longest test at 100FT.

Most end users this may not apply to, but to the extreme user this may. I terminated mutltiple drops in a channel config (tip to tip connectors), and a few with tips on the station side and a quality patch panel on the distribution side. These were attached to commscope cat 6 plenum rated wire. Each of these drops (cables) were tested using a Fluke Networks Lvl III Cable Analyzer. Using the industry standard of near end cross talk (next) as a point of measurement for termination quality these tested quite well. The lowest I got was 11.8 db margin with most in the range of 17-18 db. These mod tips perform quite well. Should be noted a few had to be redone to achieve these numbers, but this is a installer issue. Stepped on a few and beat on a few to see if they would shatter or deform easily. These mod tips didn't even skip a heartbeat. Pros: Exceptional value for price. Test and perform exceptionally well. Resealable pack that can survive a tool bag. Gold plated conductors. Proper dimensions, no sloppy fit to jack. Cons: I call it snap plastic that everyone uses to make mod tips. This causes the clips to break off very easily. Note, I did NOT have any that did. But after crimping I had to pull the clip backwards to give it memory again. Each time worried the clip would snap off. Each cable was done with a strain boot to protect the termination. This is NOT per se a bad mark on the manufacturer, just a general market item. There are a few out there that use a significantly different plastic formula. But these are rare and hard to find. Note, I rate all mod tips that do not have enhanced clips the same, but again these are rare and hard to find. It is just a honest opinion. The "snap" plastic is the industry standard, and in no way should reflect this brand name or manufacturer.

My first ever three piece suit! Let me tell you, I grabbed these out of the bag and I’m greeted with two smaller bags of plastic pieces. This caused me an incredible amount of confusion because I didn’t fully read what I was purchasing. My mistake! After looking at the directions these actually turned out to be pretty easy to use. Step 1. Strip the wire as you normally would. DO NOT unbundle the strands. Step 2. Insert smaller plastic pieces over the wires. Orange/WhiteOrange and Brown/WhiteBrown go into the plastic insert. Green/WhiteGreen and Blue/WhiteBlue go into the vertical space in the middle. Step 3. Place wires in T-568B standard because you’re not a criminal. Step 4. Trim excess wire with flush cutters Step 5. Crimp plastic end Step 6. Profit? I complained about these super hard when I first started using it but now it makes sense. Quality is solid because I threw one in a fit of anger due to my lack of ability to read properly. When used properly, these are rock solid! Will be using these in the future. For my latest project I ended up crimping 30 ends and 29 worked perfectly! The first one I did was awful and my fault.

I tried Pass Through connectors and did not like the exposed bare wires. I will go with these.

By far the easiest and best quality ends I've used. Gone are the days of the 2-piece and frustrating alignment slots. Get your wires reasonably straight and flat and the connector does the rest. Very impressed, using these from here out.

Fantastic RJ45 Ends. I really enjoy these ones, and they are designed well. I've done a LOT of ethernet cable crimping. I use all kinds of wire, but my typical go-to is really just full copper Southwire Riser Cat6 cables (in-wall certified, essentially for production homes). So anyway, I've done it multiple ways in the past, where I separate my wires and slide them through a sled, clip the end of the sled, then pop the sled into an RJ45 end and it clicks in. I used to rely on that, but I guess once you get used to cutting the wires that just feels like an extra step now. But, I will say, some RJ45 ends just feel "tighter" and harder to line-up the cables right, like they are so tight that unless you are absolutely flawless, you are going to get one of the wires to bend and snag and even though it looks like they all went in, one of them didn't and you end up with a failed connection. Well, not these. These went in so smooth. These are, so far, the easiest single end connectors I've used sliding the wires into right before crimping it. I am a believer now in this brand. Honestly, I just enjoy making ethernet cables. I watch netflix and while my wife crochets, I'm crimping 10ft ethernet cables. I think I found my new go-to brand. I used to buy the Klein or Ideal brands from like Home Depot, as they are good as well, but I would spend 40 bucks on a 100 pack. I bought this because of the good price and I just wanted to see for myself, and holy crap, I feel like an idiot paying this price for so long when a great product like this exists at such a better price. Ideal was and still is a fantastic brand, but we are talking 1/3 the price here. Do yourself a favor, buy a small 50 pack or so at first, see if you like em. If you do, get the 100 pack. Once I burn through this 50 in no time I am definitely dropping for a 100 pack. I have not personally had the issue with them not "clicking" properly, as I have seen other reviewers state. We'll see... I have also used about 30 ends so far and have had only 1 failure on my tester., which honestly was probably my fault.

I recently ran some new cat 6 lines and only had cat 5 ends to crimp on. While it does work, the results were sometimes hit or miss. Usually pin 7 didn't fully make it. It was also more difficult to get the end on. I purchased these cat 6 ends and all that came to an end. Every wire fully crimped and getting the cable sheathing in was so much easier.