Customer Reviews

ZIP-LINQ Retractable CAT6 250Mhz Gigabit network cable RJN5- 5 ft

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The J&R Electronics/Amazon description correctly states that it is only a 10/100Mb/s cable but the packaging does not specify that.

The Cat5e, 350MHz specs may lead you to believe that it may work on for a 1000Mb/s connection. It didn't for me. My switch and integrated NIC only negotiated a 100Mb/s connection when a regular Cat5e patch cable allows 1000Mb/s.

The housing was surprisingly thick at almost 3/4 of an inch. The winding mechanism has several stops so you don't have to fully extract the cable.

When I read the description for this item, I thought it extended 59 inches. It does not. Only extends about 3 feet in length, so I returned.

I bought this over a year ago to cut down on the tangled mess of my thick ethernet cable (which was always under foot) I just love it!! I just plugged it in to my cable modem and pulled it out about 12" and plugged it into my laptop Its great! The cable is thin and light and no more mwss. I only wish it could be longer so I could take my laptop into the living room.

Very convenient to keep in your travel kit for those just-in-case events where only wired ethernet is available or hotel staff can't figure out why the wireless doesn't work. The vendor should get a clue that a road warrior oriented item like this has to be of more durable build. I've gone through several -- either the ratchet breaks, or one of the connectors goes wonky, or something else. Five stars for concept and convenience and one star for durability averages out to three stars.

This worked fine for a while, but then the clip on one of ethernet jacks broke off, which makes it useless because it won't stay plugged in. This is a great idea, but the manufacturer should have added boots to protect the plastic clips. You only find boots on higher quality ethernet cables and for permanently connected cables left in place they're superfluous. In this case because the cable gets a lot of abuse while traveling, a boot is nearly required for longevity. Additionally, the housing is quite a bit bigger than I was expecting. I'm not a fan of Belkin, but I'm going to try their version which is obviously smaller and less than half the price on Amazon. It was fine for the few weeks it lasted, but not worth the price for the amount of use I got out of it.

product ok service not good . 2 items not correct more to ship back than product.

I love this Cat6 jumper cable. It's 5 foot length is better than its competition. The quality of the cable is outstanding compared to others I have tried. This is high-speed/low drag technology. The cable is lightweight, but it is visibly much more robust and high quality than anything else I have seen. I bought several and I use them for travel and at home with a mini switch. It gives me the connectivity I need to avoid wireless and it is convenient to use with the laptops... just as easy to put away when catching the plane or when company comes over. Thanks Cables Unlimited!

It worked great out of the box. I dropped it once, not even that hard (2-3 ft) and now it won't lock. It does not have any protectors on the tabs on the connectors so they can and have gotten bent.

It is a very nice length. The cable itself is very flat but sturdy. You would have to be trying hard to tear the cord. The connectors and body of the cord are very strong too and won't be cracked or crushed.

This cable reel suffers from binding and jamming if you do not carefully extend both ends at the same time. On retraction it will jam the majority of time it is difficult to execute a simultaneous retraction of both end, thus one side of the reel will bind (we fisherman call that a backlash).

I connected this cable to 5 different devices, 3 computers (2 Dell, 1 Mac) and 2 printers (Brother and Canon). Four of the devices rejected the connection despite my reconnecting several times. This has been referred to in other submissions.

In summary, this is a good idea poorly executed, I definitely would not travel with this thing. Save your money, look elsewhere.

Unfortunately, one of the cables I purchased has already broken. That is why I bought two I guess. It is a good product in theory - but the plastic on the connectors is too thin - I anticipate the second one to fail. I recommend going with a higher quality short cable for travel.