Platinum Tools 100003C Ez-Rj45 Cat5-5E Connectors, Blue

These connectors are great. They help speed up the chore of making patch cables by letting you quickly verify the pin order for the wires and by providing a passthrough for the individual wires, avoiding the need for trimming. The cables produced using these connectors end up better then when typical connectors are used as they help you minimize the length that each pair is untwisted and the clamp is sure to get a solid grip on the outer jacket. If you hate making ethernet cables, but can't avoid making them, then these are the connectors that you have been looking for. Since I started using these connectors I have had to remake a patch cable due to a miswire. The only real problem with these connectors is that to really finish them off well you need to use the matching crimp tool. You can use your current favorite, but the matching tool is of pretty good quality and reduces the effort needed. If you plan on making just a few cables at a time, then you can probably skip the matching crimp tool and use a knife or wire cutters to cut the excess, but if you are going to be making a lot of cables then I would spend the money and get the matching tool. You will not be disappointed with these connectors.

We are professional contractor installing low voltage wiring. I was wary of paying 50 cents apiece for RJ45 connectors when you can buy them for 5 cents. However, when you consider the time it takes to redo a connector which is not spliced correctly, these things pay for themselves immediately. These connectors are at least twice as fast to install as standard connectors. The description is pretty subtle on what makes these so great, so I will expound. With a typical RJ45, you try to get the insulation cut back to expose the conductors, straighten out COnductors to enter RJ45 in the right order ... meaning you usually cut them long, then trim back before inserting in RJ45 before crimping. You end up with a fault if you 1) fail to have one wire enter RJ45 completely, or 2) get the wiring in wrong order. This connector solves that problem. You cut back the insulation (recommend the Platinum Tools stripper that sells for $13 on Amazon) and leave the conductors long. You set up wires in proper order and push them through the connector and they will stick out the front ... so you can verify both the order and continuous wire. Using the Platinum Tools Crimper, you crimp the wires and the tool automatically cuts the excess conductors off flush with the connector. Some reviewers have commented that they use an exacto knife. That works for the hobbyist, but if you do this for a living, invest in the proprietary crimper. It is of superior quality as well. SO know we are using these connectors exclusively for our network connections.

OMG - These connectors are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG why did I use those old ones, they were so bad and these are SOOOOOOOOOOOO good. I threw my old ones away after I used these... Don't sit on the fence, just buy these and use your old faithfull crimper (if it works) Seems the reviews on the EZ crimper aren't that good but don't be confused. These EZ connectors are awesome. I can't understand how there could even be a negative remark with these. Even if customers service didn't exist, if they were made in China or anything - who cares - these work awesome!!! I used my old crimper and used a heavy duty box cutter to slice the wires off and just squeezed on the wire to pull back in ever so slightly. I have never been able to make cables at will within a few minutes before - Now I can... Amazingly cool...

item works as intended. Seem to be a little thin and hope they do not break when removing them from the laptops the wire pass thru is the best and simplifies the process greatly

With the easy crimpers as well as these fittings, you can't mess this up. I have seen reports of others here claiming they had crimp errors and one side either 1/8 doesn't crimp all the way.... I cannot repeat this error on my end. I have crimped up quite a few patch cables and home runs and have not had a bad crimp yet. Cut your wire long...too long, who cares about 2 or 3 inches of extra cable? Push one in at a time looking at the end after each to make sure you do not push through to the next slot. When all 8 are in, push the connector back until you start feeling a bit of tension. I then take my thumb and fan the wires a little with some pressure. If you are using a B wiring scheme, you are splitting green and this will cause a crossover at the edge of the connector. By fanning it there, you make sure the wiring is already set where it needs to be and then just press the connector back over the jacket nice and firm. Pull the 8 wires with gentle pressure while pushing the connector on and it is cake. With the crimpers, just slide the fitting in after funneling the excess wire through the hole and crimp. The crimper cuts flush and boff, in your face. Perfect crimp every time. I still use a Fluke Intelli-tone Pro200 to check my cables just to be sure. I have had no trouble yet and doing these crimps have saved so much time and frustration.

Terminating RJ-45 connectors is not my idea of a good time, but if you have to do a lot of them, these plugs are the ones you want. There is no longer a concern for trimming individual wires to the proper length, and you can also check the order of the colors much more easily. The longer wires also make it easier to correct any mistakes prior to crimping. Finally, though it's somewhat buried within the product description, note that these can be used with either solid or stranded cables, eliminating the need to stock two different types of connectors. A little pricey, but in my opinion worth every penny!

When people ask me about these they ask me if its faster, my reply is like this..... Not as much in the traditional way as you might think. You still have to separate the wires and put them in the correct order so there really is no time saving there. You also can get the wires do slide up and through the other end easier and as compared to the traditional connector there might be a slight time savings there, as I personally have found that much easier but my co-workers were not as proficient (like everything practice makes you better). Yes the wires can still get crossed and you have to remove and re-sort. That is the key point and the biggest time saver by far in my opinion. The fact that you can do that and it can easily be seen means there is no need to completely start over as with the traditional connectors. For someone like me this is huge as I am not the worlds fastest to begin with and working with such little room for error that the time savings is significant. It is also much easier on the eyes, as often I could not see my mistake (traditional) when looking through the plastic to see my error. I think they are also ideal for someone who's vision is what it use to be as you can clearly tell if you have done it correctly. I also don't know how you can measure frustration but for me avoiding it is very big and these do that. I do think they are too expensive for what they are as really there isn't a lot of difference in the connectors from a physical standpoint. That being said I won't go back to the other connectors they have been a real god send.

Work well. You can see the color order before you crimp, and correct mistakes without withdrawing all the wires. Just pull out the ones that are misplace with needle-nose pliers and insert them again in the right order. But you're going to have to buy the $70 Platinum crimper, if you keep using them. Wasted a lot of time with single-edge razor blades, other methods of cutting the wires. Unless the wires are cut exactly where they exit the holes in the Platinum RJ-45 connector, the connector will not push far enough into an RJ-45 socket for the clip (the little tongue) on top of the connector to hold. I'm not buying more. Not enough time difference to be worthwhile.

These are more expensive than regular crimping connectors, but they are so problem free. You save time, and frustration. With regular crimp connections, I always have to redo some ends due to bad feeding of the wires. Since these feed through, you are sure that the wires are where they need to be to be crimped properly.

The best. Expensive, and requires special Platinum crimping tool. But once you used these, you won't want to go back. Just strip 2" from the end of the cable, align the wires in order, and insert right through the connector. Pull the protruding tails really tight, and crimp/cut. A perfect connection every time. Really!

These are excellent. Note you need to have the matching crimp tool to install these. So much easier than the old style.

Fantastic

très bon et pratique, impossible de mal placer les fils