10 Pack Cat7 Keystone Jack - STP Shielded RJ45 Modular Connector, Zinc Alloy Tool-Less Design for 10G Ethernet - Perfect for Home/Office Network Setup & Server Room Installations

Edit: 2 star before. I've found that I can leave the wires about 2mm long sticking out the cap and bend them up towards the incoming wire. Then, when folding and closing the two metal sides, the short is less likely. I've had better success like this. It would be nice if they placed an assembly video on the product page... a real practical video showing real world usage... not a lab/desk.I'm a 30 year network installer. I purchased a 10 pack and have used 5 of them so far with inconsistent results. I keep having to improvise a solution to the design flaws of these connectors. I'm using Cat7A foiled shielded 23 gage solid. I followed the instructions. The two main weaknesses are 1) the joining of the cap to 'punch' / push the wire down in the blades. Even with 23 gage solid wire, the wire makes an inconsistent connection. I use a tester during assembly make sure the contacts are good. The slightest wiggle can make some of the pairs open. 2) The instruction images show cutting the excess wire off outside the cap. After you compress the cap inside the main body and get the blades to cut/contact. Do a test, see all is good (sometimes, see point 1). Then close the covers and lock in place... the tester most of the time reports shorts. The ends of the copper extend out and contact the inside of the metal body, shorting it out on the shielding and with other pairs. I've tried cutting like the product images show (1-2mm). I've tried longer. My best luck is putting some black electrical tape on the ends of the wires before closing it. But, sometimes the copper wire pushes through to contact metal anyway. Over all, I spend WAY more time terminating my ports with these than I do with some other products. I was hopeful.Easy to install. I was able to install 10 of these throughout my home in half a day including pulling the cabling, getting solid 10gbe network speeds on tests, only downside is the size. Can not fit in a shallow gang box make sure you have enough room not so you don't crimp the cable.See Sovereign/Disappointed.OK, so before purchasing this I needed something to support CAT7 speeds. This has an overall great design, but there is a significant design flaw. It was rather easier assembling and terminating the end of the cable with this product. However, after assembly, the huge disappointment: plugs inserted into this jack do not make contact!The only way I was able to get transmission with the use of these was to fiddle around with the cable inserted into this jack. I do not find the effort productive. I cannot spend time now, or later, trying to get the jack to cooperate with the plug's sensitive nature.It almost seems like the plug going into this jack is somewhat smaller that the jack itself. Regardless, one of the hall marks of later Category Cable specs is backwards compatibility (within reason akorse). I was using a CAT6/CAT6A plug, and the jack wasn't playing nice.Item returned. Avoid this. While the price and picture indicates "quality," which is what lured me in, the actual product has a distinct design flaw that you would be keen to forego. If this design flaw were remedied, I would update this review to reflect the change/fix.These are incredibly hard to close. These are supposed to be tool-less, you’ll need pliers to close the casing which will force wires into the contacts. Then, test the connection with an Ethernet tester before wrapping with the tie! They don’t always fully connect.Also, the latch is plastic and sometimes breaks if you try to remove it from the patch panel.Update: Of 6 cables installed (12 ends) I've only been able to get 2 to test correctly and provide the correct speeds. These don't seem to make proper connection between the cap and the base. The wires bend and don't connect, or don't connect fully when inserting the cap and closing the keystone.I followed the directions exactly (twice). It would not cut through the insulation on the cable on any of the eight wires. I closed it far as it could be closed. Doesn't work if you strip the wires either. I found a similar product that said in its description (in bright red letters) that it did not work with stranded wire. I tried the Vivoch product with solid wire and it worked perfectly. Hopefully, this caveat will be added to the description.I've been using the cablematters keyston jack, thought I would try these as they were a bit less expensive. All 8 of them failed tests. The majority was #8 pin. All 12 of the cablematters passed, every time. I wonder if these 10 were a faulty set.These were great quality and easy to use. They have held up good so far.This item will not work as described. see my attached photos! Circled breaks and arrow needs foil for grounding. Plus clamp will not close. Do not buy this product.So hard to use and work with. The cable just falls out after punching it down. Iv never had issues like this before.Ho acquistato questi keystone per cablare la rete ethernet in casa, abbinati a cavo ethernet cat7 S/FTP PIMF. Dopo aver filato tutta casa e aver installato i keystone, ho avuto modo di provare che switch e PC non riuscivano a negoziare una velocità di connessione maggiore della 100M. Ho quindi cominciato a effettuare qualche diagnostica sul cavo, poiché avevo il dubbio che non fossero i keystone (che mi sembravano di ottima fattura e qualità), e ho utilizzato uno strumento professionale per la misura della banda passante e misura dell'impedenza dei cavi. Accertato che tutti i cavi erano integri, ho provato a sostituire i keystone con connettori RJ45 CAT6: ebbene, al primo colpo la connessione è passata a 1000M. C'è da dire che ho anche riseguito diversi tentativi di installazione, ma niente da fare. Mi dispiace solo aver sprecato tanti soldi acquistando i keystone, anche perché dei molto più economici connettori maschi CAT6 ho ottenuto prestazioni nettamente migliori.con cavi CAT 7.Lasciando il dispositivo chiuso (serrando i bracetti sul cavo) non riesco a negoziare un collegamento oltre i 100M, se invece lascio il dispositivo aperto arrivo ai 1000M. è come se strozzasse il cavo!Suggerimenti?Problema risolto: vanno tagliati i cavi del morsetto con una tronchesi a lama piatta perché il supporto evidentemente non è isolato e crea qualche falso contatto quando si serra.Ok