VCELINK RJ45 Crimp Tool, All-In-One Ethernet Pass Through Crimper for Cat6 Cat6A Cat5 Cat5e Cat7 Ethernet Connectors, RJ45 and RJ11/RJ12 Crimping Tool

I was surprised to find it works well on not just pass through connectors but on conventional closed end connectors for CAT6, CAT5E. I had to terminate an outdoor Access Point run at a hospital. It uses a shielded CAT6 with UV resistant cover, which is always a bear to terminate with a pass-through Rj45 supplied by the cable supplier. The tool worked great. The vendor supplied silicone rubber clear gue to place at the end of connector before sliding on boot to seal the connection required at each end to prevent water vapor from entering the cable run. I had to make a patch cable inside with conventional cable, I found the tool can terminate non-pass-through connectors easily. I probably use 100 connectors a month. I always use CAT6 for 10G on runs less than 40 feet except where bundle with 50 or more. 10G always use CAT7 shielded on >100 foot runs, and on any bundle run. I also charge 5 times cost for termination because it takes a long time to terminate CAT7 compared to CAT5E. Surprised the inexpensive tool works well in all situations.

The crimping tool works well. I like the pass through connectors. Having terminated many cables before, I can definitely say the pass through connectors make it easier.

I initially bought these because I saw they had a strain relief crimping section for crimping strain relief tabs on cat6a/cat7 cables.The RJ45 crimping part works great for crimping through-hole cat6a and cat7 cable connectors. It usually trims the ends of the through-hole jacks cleanly in one or 2 passes, tops.The strain relief crimping section however, never seems to line up correctly (at least for fatter cat6a & cat7 cables).With cat6a+, you end up having to "pre-crimp" the strain relief tabs around the cable, then clock the cable in the crimper in such a way that it is offset in the die in which it was designed to sit when crimping.If you just let the connector sit in the strain relief crimping die the way it was intended to be used, and squeeze, it smashes the tabs flat on the side of the cable, and not around the cable the way they were intended to be crimped. That's why I gave 4 starts instead of 5.They do work well once you get the hang of how you have to hold them for crimping big cable strain reliefs, and that is my only gripe about them.

Does what it says it will do

Cumple su funcion hice un par de cables y los comprobe y no me ha dado ningun problemas hasta ahora!!!

I waited to review to make sure these weren’t two week junk. I’m a low voltage tech and my company does a LOT of Crestron automation systems. I use these daily and I’m impressed. They’re holding up and crimping just as well as my Kleins if not better!

I bought a pack of VCE's CAT7 shielded ends and decided to go with this crimper to use with them. I really struggled with the first 10 terminations I tried, but this was at no fault of the tool. Terminating CAT6a and CAT7 is sort of an art form, you have to get a feel for how to do it correctly and see the wires correctly and all. Once I had some practice, I had no issues at all and this tool provided perfect crimps every time. I ran about 20 new lines through the house and crimped all ends with this tool and all look great and are working perfectly. I'm very happy with this! Remember, if you struggle at first, just keep trying and you'll learn the quirks of terminating such heavy cables.

The crimping tool is well built and easy to use. The only downside is the design of the lock button. It works pretty well at beginning. After sitting for several months without using, the button stucked and it is really hard to unlock it.