TRENDnetRJ-11/RJ-45 Crimp/Cut/Strip Tool

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(5 stars) - Good RJ-45 Crimper
Excellent build quality, especially for the price. Wire stripper works well and the crimping part, well, crimps, but I can't testify to the cutting portion that another reviewer complained about. I figure if I need to cut a Cat5 cable I'll just use a pair of pliers, so I'm not too concerned. The major thing is that it crimps RJ-45 and RJ-11 connectors to their respective cables, and it does this exceedingly well. Would recommend to anyone who needs one of these.

(4 stars) - TRENDnetRJ-11/RJ-45 Crimp/Cut/Strip Tool
I have experience with similar, higher-priced versions of this tool. The lower quality construction is evident, and the documentation poor. That said, this is a very nice product for the price. It does exactly what the casual user needs. 1) It cuts and strips flat cable, and the cutting depth for the stripper is adjustable. 2) It will cut the covering off of round CAT5/6 cable, but one must be careful, and there doesn't seem to be a way to measure how much of the insulation to remove. I didn't see this noted in the limited documentation. It is a round opening in one of the handles with a cutting blade in the other handle. That blade cuts through the insulation, and reasonable care must be used not to nick the wires within. I removed more of the insulation than I thought necessary, then trimmed the excess once I had the wires all lined up to go into the connector. I would trim some anyway, because the wires are not even after they are fanned out to go into the connector. I used a small wire nipper for this, not a wire cutter designed to cut 12-18 gauge wire. 3) The feature that "locks" the handles for storage is not correctly described. This feature actually comes from better-quality tools. The purpose of the feature is to require the operator to fully close the handles during crimping. The point is to ensure that the connector is fully crimped. The handles are supposed to release when the connector is fully crimped. This feature doesn't work all that well on this tool, in my opinion, but the tool still makes good connections. If you close these handles all the way, they release, just as the better-quality tools do. If you want to /store/ the tool, close the handles most of the way, and they will stay closed. Close them all the way, and they will spring open again. I store mine in the package it came in. I used the tool to make RJ45 connections, and had no faulty connections, so I give this a 5 for doing the job, and less for the overall quality of the tool and the poor docs. If you are in the business, spend a lot more; I don't think any home user will regret this purchase.

(5 stars) - Easy to use. Nice stripper, cutter, crimper.
It can strip, cut, and of course crimp. It can crimp both RJ45 and RJ11 connectors, but the stripping blade is set for cat5e cable size. This is fine as most people use it for network cable. A solid, nice, handy tool. I bought Remee cat5e bulk cable from ebay for home networking, cheap and high quality.

(5 stars) - Great crimper, just the best
It can crimp, it can cut, an also has a little space where you can strip your cable without damaging the threads (apart from the cutter), just perfect.
It has a mechanism to prevent damage over the connectors, allowing just the necessary pressure over them. If it isn't enough pressure, no problem, you can adjust it, it has a little knob.

(4 stars) - Great tool, has no instructions
Summary: I needed a "does all" tool for making custom length CAT6 cables at home. This does it all, but it would still have been nice to have instructions.

I would normally not try to make my own ethernet patch cables, but for my home network I got tired of having a bunch of cable coils in my office. Additionally, since upgrading the family's computers, we are all able to run 1000BT. So, I thought this is the time to upgrade all the cabling to CAT6 for the speed and also get rid of the rat's nests of cables. My old crimper just didn't seem like it was up to the job, so I went for the Trendnet.

Pros:
It does all the necessary operations:
1. Cuts the end of the cable with a nice sharp blade which looks like it is both sharpenable and replaceable.
a. Note that this section of the tool is used for both cutting and stripping to bare wire. The action depends on whether you insert the cable from one side or the other.
2. Strips off the outer jacket wit a not-so-obvious indent and blade close to the blue rubber grip end.
3. As above, strips the conductor wires of their individual insulation if necessary.
4. Crimps both RJ11 (phone) and RJ45 (network) connectors.
5. Not too big.
6. Steel construction.

Cons:
1. OK, so I did figure it out, and it didn't take long (few minutes), but really - would it kill them to put a few instructions into the package?
2. There is a ratchet mechanism that helps keep the handles close to the closed position in order to save room in the toolbox. However, it is not well placed and I think a latch would have been better. This one tends to let the handles pop open for anything.

Conclusion:
I would get this again and I would recommend it to a friend who had home use of one of these.

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