Modular Plug Crimp, Stripping & Cutting Tool includes 10 RJ45 Plugs

I purchased this tool because I had broke the retaining clip off of a Cat6 Ethernet cable I have going into my router. The Ethernet cable I have is around 20 meters long and is boxed in, so rather than removing the boxing (which would be a hassle) I thought it would be easier for me to just replace the connector on the end of the cable instead.So with this in mind I needed to purchase this Modular Plug Crimp, Stripping & Cutting Tool (which is a must and is needed if you are replacing the connectors) to put the RJ45 connectors onto the cable.This was the first time I had put one of these connectors onto the cable and it was a fairly easy job with this Modular Plug Crimp, Stripping & Cutting Tool. This tool has two cutting/stripping blades. These done an excellent job at cutting through the RJ45 cable. Also next to the bottom blade is a little cut out. With this cut out you place the RJ45 cable in it, close this tool, and turn the RJ45 cable 360 degrees, then open the tool. This perfectly cuts through the outer insulation, but leaves the thin 8 wires/insulation untouched. You then just remove the cut piece of outer insulation to reveal the 8 wires.After placing the wires in the correct order and pushing them all the way into the Cat6 RJ45 connectors I'd purchased separately Cat6 RJ45 LAN Crimps Ends Connectors TWO PIECE Bag of 10.It was then just a matter of inserting the RJ45 connector into the appropriate place in this tool, I then kept pushing the cable into the RJ45 connector to ensure that the wires were right up at the far end of the connector for correct placement, then while doing this I closed/clamped down the tool to push the gold connections onto the wires. Don't be scared to apply too much pressure has a lot of pressure needs to be applied to ensure the gold connectors are pushed all the way down, if they are not, then you will not be able to insert the RJ45 connector into the router.This was the first time I had attached an RJ45 connector and with this excellent, and excellent quality tool it allowed me to do the job easily and correctly.If you will be doing and occasional bit of RJ45 connector replacement (like me) then this tool should serve you well.The tool is excellent value for money, especially when you get 10 RJ45 Cat5 connectors with it too, which would probably be around £2-£3 on their own.I can highly recommend this tool!

For £7, you can't really complain about these too much! I don't do RJ45 crimping for a living, but needed two cables sorted in a hurry -and these did an OK job. The blue plastic covers to the main handles will slip and slide away of their own volition, but they haven't as yet actually fallen off and are easy to slide back in place. The 'hole' where you insert the RJ45 plug module was a bit of a tight fit, but nothing outrageous. The cable cutter worked fine.I think if I made up Ethernet cables for a living, I'd invest a lot more money in something a lot more robust. But I don't do it professionally and only need the occasional 'fix' to cables where I've managed to snap off the latching tab through careless mishandling. For that, I found them just fine and for the price, I can't (and wouldn't!) complain. They do what I occasionally need them to do without making me fork over upwards of £40 for the privilege.

Bought May 2017. I had never made up a network patch cable before I got these crimpers. They arrived promptly and as advertised. I checked out a couple of 'how to' videos on YouTube and had a go. I succeeded on my second attempt. On the first time I didn't cut off enough of the outer insulating layer and the eight coloured wires wouldn't push right up into the plug. On my second go I cut off a fraction too much so used a tiny strip of gaffer tape to connect the outer insulation to the plug. Although the outer insulator sleeve goes into the plug it is just short of the crimp that holds it in place, hence the gaffer tape. It works fine and, as it will not be moved, I'm happy with it. That said, if it did fail I now have much greater confidence that I could make a better job of it.The process is very simple. Remove about 15mm of the outer insulator sleeve - I use a sharp knife but the crimper has a suitable blade (nearest the handles). Separate out the paired wires, 4 pairs, 8 wires. Arrange in the order (l to r) orange and white; orange; green and white; blue; blue and white; green; brown and white; brown. Hold them flat and chop off a little of the ends absolutely straight, this is really important for the connections. Then feed them into on of the supplied RJ45 plugs as far as they will go, using the little dividers to separate each wire. Double check you have them in the right order and, if you look closely at the 'business end' you should see the ends of the wires. You may need a magnifying glass! They are really tiny. Once in, hold them and the plug carefully and put it in to the special slot at the top of the crimpers. It's worth trying a spare plug first to get the idea, don't crimp it though. OK, once the wired plug is in place crimp away with a really firm grip, repeat it a couple of times as necessary. One part of the plug now grips the outer sleeve (hopefully!) and all the little teeth push down metal strips into the 8 wires to make the connection.Check it out - I used my laptop - and they you go, instant network geek.Thoroughly recommended bycomplete novice.

Not used in anger yet but by studying reviews great care will be needed to apply direction and pressure in crimping. As the angle the plunger meets the connector is not ideal as its fixed; if one it had one more flexible joint it would have allowed the plunger to hit the crimps at 180 degrees & parallel. But cheap so good value