Customer Reviews

Paladin 1573 Tone and Probe Plus Cable-Check UTP/STP Cable Tester

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I'm an IT consultant who sometimes has to do some phone work. I bought this to do tracing from closet to closet - like you're in the basement trying to find the block that extends up to the phone closet on your floor or finding where an unlabeled phone jack is on the 66 block is in the closet. It's not quite as nice as what I see the Verizon techs using - it has large alligator clips and the device the produces the tone doesn't seem to be as powerful as what the Verizon techs have, but it does the job.

It's also an RJ-45 cable tester. You can take an RJ-45 cable and plug one end into each device in this package and it will tell you if the cable is good or not. I found a use for this too when I found a bad cable.

We bought these to help us troubleshoot our network in Iraq for the military.

The tone is so weak it is practically non-existent. It is virtually impossible to even trace a 5 foot line, that's how weak the signal is.

I know it's not because we have a bad one, because we purchased 10 of these, and all of them are terrible. Paladin has become a brand that has lost it's luster. Will never purchase Paladin brand anything anymore.

I got this for wiring projects around the house. The toner works fine, and the cable tester is handy. The toner isn't particularly strong- you can't trace through walls, for example- but I have had no problem tracing cat5 or alarm cables back to the source with it. I'd recommend for the DIY weekend warrior.

Cable testing is okay, but I bought this thing for Tone/Probe. Let's just say it doesn't do the job well at all. Not once have I been able to tone a CAT5 with this device, even after making sure the batteries were fresh. Very disappointed.

Works great for toning lines as long as you have both ends. Works good for toning phone lines on way to panels but will not always tone cat 5 cable enroute to panels. Works great for testing correct wire configurations. Batteries may not last long time if used alot for toning.

If the tone is weak put in a new battery. Very simple to use. Can tone anything rj45 rj11, coax, anything u can clip onto including ac/power if you have it disconected.

I've had this for about 2 years and hardly use it because it sucks.
The tone/probe is a joke and I can never hear the tone in a server room or even quiet places.
I have even tested it just over a 25ft Cat5 cable and could barely hear it.
The cable tester is good but thats it. Product feels cheap plastic and uses 9-volt batteries and a cap that you need to removed with a screw driver!!!
I would sell mine for 10 bucks to get rid of it. Want it? :)

The 1573 is good for phone testing and RJ45 Cable mapping but very limited as a tone probe for RJ45, unless optional equipment is purchased.