Network Cable Tester with RJ-45 Crimping Tool

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000YQUARI
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,743 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 12, 2007

Product Description

Network Cable Tester with RJ-45 Crimping Tool

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great price, decent product, June 25, 2009

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Tyler Kamstra (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Network Cable Tester with RJ-45 Crimping Tool (Electronics)

The cable tester isn't incredibly informative (it will simply blink green lights for working cables), but it's very easy to set up and use.

The crimpers are decent. They don't lock fully closed, which makes them slightly annoying to store, and the stripper blades (furthest from the handles, as I just noticed recently) are just slightly too close together, and tend to damage the internal wires of the cable. However, if you're careful when using them, the crimpers get the job done fairly well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A defective lot?, August 14, 2010

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HiTechHiTouch - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Network Cable Tester with RJ-45 Crimping Tool (Electronics)

This tester has a tri-color LED to display red for reversed connections, or green for normal connections. The one I received always displayed yellow (red & green together) for both normal and reversed connections. This, plus the low price, leads me to believe they bought a defective lot.

The crimper has a latch to hold it closed which broke off almost immediately after first use.

If you are going to build/repair one or two cables, go for this. Otherwise get something better.

Instructions for the tester were 1) a mis-mash for 7 different models, and 2) most difficult to understand. If I didn't already know how it was supposed to work, I'd never have figured it out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good product, February 10, 2009

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A. P. R "Pru" (HOUSTON, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Network Cable Tester with RJ-45 Crimping Tool (Electronics)

It is a very good price for a cable tester and a crimper. My only complaint is that the tester doesn't come with a real manual, so you'll have to keep the package because instructions are written there.

Also, if you work with telephone cables, don't expect to make those yourself with the crimper that is included. However, it works well with RJ45 cables!