RJ45 Crimp Tool Kit Pass Through Crimper Ethernet RJ45 Crimping Tool Stripper Cutter Crimper All-in-One for 8P RJ45 Cat5 Cat6 Crimp Tool 6P RJ11/12 Telephone Connectors with Cable Tester

highly recommend
Very good kit, works perfectly.

It does what it says on the…
I was an Electronics Engineer in a previous eon, but I never had to terminate any Ethernet cables, so I am a beginner at this.I first practiced on an old Cat5E patch cable with 26AWG cores. I had a h*ll of a job getting & keeping the cores in the correct sequence.I abandoned that, and used an offcut of the outdoor Cat6 cable with 24AWG cores that I needed this kit for.It worked a treat. The stiffer cores sat up and behaved properly when I inserted them into the pass-through connectors provided (and yes, I remembered to put the boot on first).The crimp was solid and the cable tester proved I hadn’t messed it up.In sum. Yes I am happy with this kit.

Makes it easy
This allows the complete novice to terminate cables with confidence.

Better quality than i’d imagined!
Very impressed! Well built and quite dinky in size. Tester is simple and does the job fine. 5/5

We have these crimpers at work, and I always reach for this pair over others when it’s time to make cables. It does everything well. Unlike some other crimpers, there’s no need to line up wire lengths to the edge of the connector because this one trims the excess cleanly upon crimp. It does phone jacks too. It has cable cutters. Crimp mechanism is strong and pleasantly tactile. Handy A/B diagrams inscribed on the jaws help remind wire order. The pair at work has been there for years before me, and still works fine so I had to get my own set and was pleased at the low price. It also comes with a simple LED cable tester that can help track down issues when you suspect a bad cable, as well as 50 glass ends (RJ-45s) to add to the pile.

This crimper set is a good value for someone that is a hobbyist or only installs connecters here and there. I’ve only put on 8 connectors so far, but it crimped every one of them perfectly. I tried some non-passthrough connectors, too, and found that if I started to squeeze the handle gently, the blade for cutting the wires on passthrough just started to catch the connector, but I then pulled the connector back just a hair’s width so it butted up against the blade, then finished the crimp…perfectly.Before buying this, I borrowed one from our IT lab at work that probably cost 3x-4x as much, and yes, it felt a bit “beefier”, and maybe a little bit more comfortable to grip, which may be important if you’re putting on many, many connectors in a row, but functionally, I’d say this one works every bit as well as that one at a fraction of the cost, making it absolutely perfect for home / hobby use in my opinion, and maybe even for work. It also feels solid and looks well built.As one should expect, how well the sheath cutter on the crimper works depends a lot on the sheath thickness/diameter. I had some cable with a pretty thin sheath and the wires got nicked, so I had to strip that cable by hand, but on the more common cables that have more typical thickness sheath, it strips fine without nicking the wires.Zero complaints about the crimper so far, and I like that it came with an extra set of blades. After I’d finished all 8 connectors, I did notice that one of the blue plastic grips had slid a little (maybe 1/4″ at most), but it’s no big deal.The cable tester works fine. It’s not some high-end piece of test equipment, but it’s absolutely fine for a basic wiring connectivity check – what you would expect for this price. My only complaint (which is hardly a complaint given the price) is that it is difficult to get the 9V battery into the tester after snapping on the connector. If the opening was just a mm or so larger, it would be much easier. But really, how often are you going to be replacing the battery…if you remember to turn it off when done.