PETECHTOOL RJ45 Cat6 Pass Through Connectors Gold Plated 8P8C Ends and Blue Strain Relief Boots for CAT6 RJ45 Ethernet Network Cable Connector Plu...

The through-wire feature of these makes it very easy to ensure proper wiring and installation.

wired my entire home and server rack using these and have had 0 non-user related issues

This cable works but is Chinese quality. I recommend you pay more and get better.

I am an experienced cable fabricator...blah blah. I dont make ethernet cables that often, so I got fuzzy of the tricks of the trade. If you are new to making ethernet cables, doing so is made less difficult using these type connectors. I highly recommend these. Pardon the length of this review, the following is a fabricator's synopsis. After toasting most of a 10-count bag of box-store (non-pass-thru) cat6 connectors, I searched and ordered these pass-thru types that included the strain-relief hood. At reasonable cost, of course. I ruined the first connector of this type, by mis-wiring and mis-cutting the wire ends, but since I had a bag of 50, considered it a 'training exercise'. I had about 10 UTP cables of various lengths and cat6 cable stock material to make, and using these uber easy connectors, I made them all without further error. Note that I was using both 23 and 24 AWG, and solid/stranded wire cable types. I had no trouble with either, but YMMV. The pass-thru design makes the task much simpler to manipulate the wires and check as you go to ensure the correct [T568B] sequence before committing the final crimp. However, the connectors' pass-thru design does invite a potential electrical and/or mechanical failure if not carefully managed. The RJ45 female port connector does not tolerate well any wires extending beyond the face of the male's cable connector, which dictates how shear the wire ends must be at the connector face to ensure a positive lock. To complicate matters, inter-wire shorts must be avoided as well. FLUSH to face is assumed. This is difficult to achieve in a pass-thru, and a bit tedious to avoid unintentional shorts between wire ends as the final cutting is performed. The crimp tool was of no use, so I resorted to a very sharp knife or preferably, X-Acto. The vendor-supplied (PetechTool) brochure that came with the pack of connectors/hoods depicts the assembly sequence quite well, however, in "Step 7 - Trim the network cable neatly to make it easier to perforate." [square ends] I found this created a bit of a problem related to the alignment [registration] of the wire ends relative to the connector face, but also a challenge for the connector crimping tool and the tool operator. I was using an economy model 'DataShark 70005', which is a combo tool with cut, trim and crimp features. A higher-end crimp tool may not pose the shortcomings of the datashark in this respect, but at two to four times the cost, I find it acceptable albeit with some extra effort to overcome. I learned early on to trust the 'cut' feature, but not to trust the 'trim' feature because of its tendency to nick the insulation and wire if used carelessly. In my humble opinion, Step 7 is not really necessary or efficient until AFTER crimping the connector. I say this because I prefer to FULLY insert the cable housing into the connector, to ensure the longest strain relief life of the cable. Wriggling the cable around to push it deeper into the connector tends to make the individual wires 'squirm' unequally lengthwise in the pass-thru, thus preventing a nice flush presentation at the connector's face. Snipping it flush after crimping produces a more even finished termination. Perhaps this is a finicky detail, but I demand well-made cables I can trust.

Getting all of the leads in an RJ45 plug correctly positioned is always a challenge, and the advantage of the pass-through design is that by stripping a little extra, the color code positions can readily be checked before crimping, and the leads can be trimmed afterwards with no question that the crimp will have had enough contact possible for a good connection. These have next to no formed channels ahead of the contacts, so position verification past the contacts is that much more essential. The locking wedge doesn't grip as tightly as might be desired in some cases, but it also doesn't crush thee cable so there's no danger of crushing two leads through their insulation and creating a short either. I've used plugs that I liked more, and I've also had ones that didn't crimp as reliably; these are good enough for the occasional repair or custom cable fab on site.