Cat7 Cat6A RJ45 Connector 12-Pack, Tool-Free Zinc Alloy Shielded Ethernet Termination Plugs for Cat7 up to 23AWG Solid Bulk S/FTP Ethernet Cable

The house is now cabled with CAT7, but what they don't tell you is that CAT7 is not IEEE certified and typically uses a GG45 connector instead of an RJ45. Trying to find a traditional RJ45 connector that will handle the larger guage is near impossible. I even tried connectors certified for CAT6A, but the guage was still way too tight to get the wires fed into the connector. I found these tool-less ones and, OMG!, these are a godsend! They worked perfectly! Since they are closer to a 110 style block, there are no guides to shove the cables into. They lay in the channel and closing the casing locks them in place. I am not sure why users are complaining about them being difficult to use. Connections are clearly marked on all parts. The shield will need to remain below the casing to screw it on properly. It would be nice to have it crimp tighter to the end of the cable shield, but I don't plan on tugging on them anyway. And they are snug enough that the insulator does not pull out unless you use excessive force. I have full 2.5Gbps speed over the short runs that I have. The first was connected to a WiFi7 Ubiquiti access point and is testing at higher speed than the previous CAT5 cable that was only 10 foot long. And it only took about one minute to get it installed. Total cable distance is 39 feet from 110 block in the office to the mount point. My one complaint would be the price. It is more than 3X the cost of 50 standard RJ45 connectors. Based on price per connector, that is 12X the cost of the traditional connector. But I was in a pinch and would prefer to pay $50 over the cost to completely require five cable runs. I was quoted $3000 by a local low voltage installer. $50 is much more affordable.

Great connector for Cat 7 wire. The easiest and cleanest looking connector I have found for Cat 7.

I bought shielded CAT6 for under my house. I tried using my regular ends. I quickly realized the CAT6 has a slightly bigger wires. These made life so much easier. If you are working with CAT6+ then these are your best friend. Also great for quickly testing wires.

Very Good

Just make sure you are using the right CAT I have several different lines and was really frustrated that I could not get it to work on the first ones I tried. I thought it would be fully backwards compatible. When I kept failing, I moved up to newer lines ?CAT6 or higher - worked great

Perfect

I have access to a $20k fluke test analyzer (Versiv 2). Following the directions in the video to terminate premium COMMSCOPE cable (unshielded), I kept on getting resistance issues. Not a dead short from a conductor touching the metal jack, but the magnetic field generated by the tester. It went away after I use a normal plastic crimp RJ45 on one side. This rings true for any shielded cable. You only ground 1 side, or you made an antenna and will cause interference. These jacks also suck. I read a review that it took an hour to terminate for someone. I'm experienced in termination of normal male ends in under 5 mins, but these with finagling took 15-20 first few tries. Time is money, and for the DIYer, regular crimp plugs (no crossed wires of course) will take care of you and they are way cheaper. I would not want to do more than 6 of these, heaven forbid a patch panel worth in the field (I'd rather terminate gel filled cable then these!) Bottom line, stick your money in your pocket, get 6a plastic crimp lugs for 6a wire from IDEAL or other known reputable brand, especially the EZs with EZ crimper that cuts off the excess. First best for price. Best crimp tool and modular plugs goes to Belden Revconnect (if you have a larger project than you 5 cameras on your house).

Conectores de buena calidad, reutilizables, cumplen bien su funcion. Muy recomendables

Designed by engineers in Germany, this is a high-quality snap-on connector that is said to be made for CAT 6 and CAT 7 network cables. It is compatible with cables that have AWG wire gauges 23 and 24, so I think it should also be backward compatible with CAT 5 which is also using AWG-24 gauge. The only issue with that I imagine is the outer diameter of the cable jacket, it is smaller in CAT 5. You may easily remedy that by adding a few turns of electric tape around the portion of cable that meets the hugging back side of the connector. I tried, and was able to produce a working straight-through CAT 5 cable with two of such connectors at the ends. The beauty of this type of connector is that you may rewire it anytime at a whim to any configuration you wish, be that straight-through, crossover, RS232/RS422 equivalent, etc. etc. I would still consider this type of connector to be more appropriate for home use by DIY enthusiasts who don't want to invest into expensive crimping tool for the sake of making a couple of custom cables. In professional setting, crimpers are used universally, which simplifies the operation. They provide reliable and permanent results by helping to strip a portion of cable jacket without damaging the wires inside, to cut the exposed wires to exact proper length, and finally to crimp the wires inside the standard connector with calibrated amount of force. The standard RJ45 connector is also twice shorter than these snap-ons, and no one in a serious company will want to mix cables with connectors of different lengths on the back of a densely populated network switch.

Me gustó mucho lo practico que es y lo fácil de instalar con el cable Cat 6A el cual es un cable muy grueso de uso rudo.

Muy fácil de instalar, y lo coloqué en cable cat7. De lo mejor.

I needed to wire up some Cat6 Ethernet cabling. I wanted to complete this task quickly and didn't want to have to deal with crimping etc. This ZOERAX Cat7 Cat6A RJ45 Connector 6-Pack, Tool-Free Zinc Alloy Shielded Ethernet Termination Plugs is a really good solution. These plugs come in a nice big six pack and are made of quality materials. I installed this RJ45 connectors on a 23 gauge Cat6 Ethernet wire. It’s a bit tight with larger fingers, but is re-workable if one miswired it. This is must have feature for me since I am slightly red green colour blind. Normally I would lose a couple of crimp RJ45 connectors due to miswiring, cross wiring or the gold connectors did not sit right with the wire. I really liked the keyed terminals to the housing. This made it easy to make sure one keeps the correct orientation of the terminal before clamping down the housing. Hint: Remember to install the strain relief boot before wiring the terminals. These connectors are great for people who don't have the tools or aren't used to doing the whole wiring, crimping etc. It is fast easy and effective. I highly recommend this product.

I've made my own cables with a crimper and I still found these hard to use. The diagram on them is very confusing with two rows of colors. Just stick with the "A" layout across the top and ignore the 2nd row. You have expose the twisted pairs, (using the thread not a knife - I know this but only because I've made cables before), then you have to untwist the pairs and line them up in the press in connectors but nothing holds them while you are assembling it making it pretty tricky. They are quite expensive if you just need some patch cables. If that's what you need just buy a prebuilt pack. If you need to terminate some raw ends and don't want to buy all the tools, then maybe this is a solution for you. However, if the cable doesn't work, you'll have to disassemble it and try to figure out what is wrong. If you have a crimper, you would also have a cable tester and then you know which wires are correctly connected. Not sure who this product is for exactly, another reviewer said for prototyping?