CableCreation RJ45 Connectors, 50-Pack Cat6 Connector, Cat6/Cat5 8P8C Modular Plug Ends with Relief Boots for Solid Wire and Standard Cable, Transparent

I'm not sure why it took me so long to adopt passthru cable ends, but I'm certainly never going back. Initially I thought that these ends didn't work that well, as multiple times I had odd connectivity issues. As it turns out, the cable I was using appeared to be the culprit, as I've used a majority of the 100 pack without any issue with a different cable manufacturer. I've used these for 1g, 2.5g, and 10g connections without issue, and the clips appear to hold up to multiple insertions without needing to bend them back into shape or the dreaded snap off.

I love this product, hope always available. Everything about these ends and strain relief boots are ideal. Really impressed. Great product, fully recommend purchasing. I don't usually comment or recommend, this is exception.

I've only used a handful of these so far but no real duds. The only complaint I have is that the guide rails inside are rather shallow so you have to get the wires pretty deep before they actually start to guide. All in all not bad. I'll update once I use a bit more. Lastly are the boots. They have worked nicely without a hitch

The media could not be loaded. The short story is these work exactly as they are supposed to. I would definitely but them again if I need more.The transparent material makes it easy to check the order of the wires after you slide them in so you know they are correct before you crimp. Of course your eyes have to work well enough for that. See my pictures for examples.You put the wires in the correct order and slide them into the connector. It guides each wire into its proper place. I installed 24 of these in a row and checked them each with a tester; I had no issues. The crimping causes the pins to engage and another piece at the back locks the larger wire into place. You can use it with or without the added support end, but I don't know why you wouldn't. If you use it, then you insert it before crimping and the crimping also locks the two pieces together. The support end is semi-flexible where it shrouds the wire, but stiff where it snaps into the connector-end.I included a video of the inserting & crimping portion. I just left out the only hard part of the operation, which is the separating, straightening and then organizing of the wires. That doesn't affect the performance of this product, but trust me when I tell you, it's the most important part of doing a good job. The wires are guided to their final position based on the order you put them in. If there is a bend in the end of one (or more) wire or they don't lay nice and flat next to each other or a gap etc. then they will possibly/likely go into the wrong slot. One nice feature of the see-through connector as I mentioned above, you can look and see the top row (opposite the pins) is all the solid colors and the bottom row is all the striped. That presumes you did the same left-to-right order (T568B standard order) that I did.The crimping tool and wire tester I used (wire tester was not in the video) both worked just fine; no need to spend a bunch of money on expensive ones.TRENDnet 8P/RJ-45 and 6P/RJ-12, RJ-11 Crimp, Cut, and Strip Tool, TC-CT68The wire tester I used was the: HDE RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 Cat5 Cat6 UTP Network Cable Tester for LAN Phone Wire Test Tool

After making custom cables for many years, I finally ran out of my old pack of ends. Looking to replenish the supply, I found this deal for ends and boots. I had never used boots before and was excited to add this finishing touch to my custom cables. Everything works as expected, crimps easily with Cat6 and Cat5 cabling. Cat5 cabling is a little loose, that's to be expected. One pro tip we found was to crimp with the boot and plug end lined up. Make sure the boot and goes over the little tab on the plug end.

I have used many different brands and styles of RJ45 connectors over the past 20 years, and these are on par with the best. The integrated strain-relief is a great concept and it works well at both cable protection and reducing snag. The channels are staggered (proper for terminating Cat-6 cables) and the boot section is the correct diameter for a Cat-6 cable; not too tight, not too loose.I'm not sure why people are having so much trouble installing these things. I'm guessing most are used to the newer style connector that allows you to thread the conductors through the end and use a crimp tool that trims the excess. These are the earlier style that requires pre-cutting the conductors at the proper length before inserting them. I have had no trouble getting the correct length and achieving a good crimp. I have also had no difficulty with each wire entering the proper channel. So far, I have used about 40 of the connectors and all have crimped flawlessly and fully passed using a pin-to-pin testerThese are definitely my new go-to RJ45 connector and I will definitely buy some more.

It seems that the strain relief boots do not fit the cat 6 cable. Would like to get the correct parts. Did not get a reply to my inquiry. Without the stain relief boot the RJ 45 connectors do not provide strain relief. I had to repurchase this item from another vender

Excellent Cat6 ends, I used them with ComCable Cat 6E Enhanced 4 Pair 23 AWG 550 MHz which is a pretty thick cable and it did take a little more effort to get everything to sit proper than with some skinnier cat5e cable I had laying around that I used as a comparison. But it was worth it because of the nice clean and professional end result from these ends. A big plus is that they worked with any crimp tool and didn't require a special crimp tool. I compared the speeds between a few different cables I made with these ends and some with Cat6 ends my boss ordered from China and these had no connectivity issues where as the unbranded ones had issues with individual pins making a solid connection into the wire and thus caused performance issues. These are my new go to connectors because of the quality and price.