Customer Reviews

Belkin RJ45 Medium Duty Crimp Tool

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I wanted to buy a RJ45 network cable crimper so that I could make my own cables (to network my house) but I didn't want to spend $30+ for most of the crimpers out there. I found this Belkin crimper on Amazon, and for the low price, I figured why not. Well, I got it today and have already crimped several ends. It has everything you need if you're just looking to crimp RJ45 cables. If you're looking for lots of features, it's not for you, but its a perfect solution for network admins or household users that need to make their own network cables but don't want to spend money for overkill.

You could certainly do a lot worse, but this tool has 2 issues; one minor and one major. The minor is the catchpiece that juts out for the wire stripper, which can make stripping cables frustrating.

The major is that it does not work with certain RJ45 head brands because it will not completely crimp the tab into the cable. The PaladinTool is a better bet overall.

I just finished crimping my 10th RJ45 connector and my success rate with this tool is 100%. I can't imagine why anyone would purchase a more expensive tool, since this one works absolutely perfectly. Unlike the report from another reviewer, I found the length of the wire left by the stripper to be just right. However, you do have to be very careful with the stripper because it's easy to cut through the outer insulation into the inner insulation exposing bare wire. The crimper appears to be very well made and there is no indication that it will stop working any time soon.

This product does what is advertised just fine: it crimps wires. I didn't want to sped a lot of money because this is just for my own house where I needed to crimp a few cables. For this, it worked well. The cables work, and I haven't noticed any performance issues with the resulting plugs. It also has little wire strippers and the like so you don't really need any other tools to get the job done. However, the outer insulator stripper that is built into the crimper seems to cut the wires too short, whenever I used the preset length the wires did not extend all of the way into the plug. Luckily, the product never really claimed to strip the outer insulator, so for the overall value of the product it isn't too much of an issue.

I would recommend this crimper for anyone doing a simple residential job, but having no experience with professional installations, I have no idea how this would hold up.

I am new to networking and I needed to make some cables for my home. I have never used any other crimping tool, but this one did everything I needed it to do.

It is nice and heavy in your hands and feels very sturdy. You can use it to strip the casing from the wires pretty easily. It crimps well and I had no trouble using this even with my lack of experience.

The crimper works fine, but the cutter broke the first time I used it. I contacted the seller about a replacement, and never got a response.

No complaints. Does what I need it for. For the price you can't beat it.

Never got a clean crimp with this (even when using Belkin-brand plugs, what's worse). It doesn't strip small gauges or even a CAT5 jacket properly. Sometimes the catch accidentally slips in. Plus it's heavy.

I was very surprised at the quality of the crimper for the price. It doesn't have all the features a more expensive one does, but if all you want to do is make network cable, this is the one you want.

The crimper I received was not the orange-handled model pictured, it had blue handles, and it said it was from the Belkin Pro line...

That said, the crimp tool works just fine now, but I had to use a utility knife to carve some of the plastic bits out to get a Belkin RJ45 plug to fit in it to crimp it. I only wanted it to crimp a few cables from my computer room to the entertainment room without having to drill giant holes to feed the cable through, so for the price, it served its purpose and I have it to use again if one of them goes bad.