TC-K50C6

I was doing some work in my house and used these with the TRENDnet modular patch panel. I've always used a regular patch panel but I was having bad ports and re-punching drops was not working out anymore. So I figured I'd give these a try. They are very easy to use once you get the hang of it. The first one I did like they did in the video and I can tell you that was ridiculously hard. The rest I did my own way, so here is my suggestions 1) Keep the pieces separate until you feed the wires through the wire guides and then put the 2 pieces of the Jack together. 2) Use a small forceps to help you pull the wire through the guides (holding the wire in the guide path with a fingernail while feeding the rest of the way through the guides with the forceps worked very well for me. I screwed up on some things (wires too long and had to cut some more off after I had everything in place) and found that I could reuse these with no problem which was a plus). Everything tested fine even after reusing. So if you need to pry them open just use a flathead screwdriver at the end where the wire goes through under the flap and give it a little twist to loosen it. Love these little things now.

I’m not a pro, so I didn’t need another single use tool and take all this from that perspective: I tried others, and these are easily the best tool free keystones. Very easy to get the wires in, trim, clip shut, and they hold securely without the zip tie, but have that as well. They even thought to place the wires on each side of the cable on the same sides of the assembly you clip them into, so nothing awkward. Every single one tested good the first time. With a crimp multitool to strip the cable, each one only took couple minutes after learning with the first one. Would buy again.

I added these to my tool pack before we did a massive overhaul of a rack. I was able to re-terminate more punchdowns than the other two techs that were using the old school punch down block and tool. you do have to get a pair of wire snips that are flat on one side so that you don't have cables hanging off. these punchdowns have been in place for several months now and we have had no network loss or connectivity issues.

These are such a great design. Working with Cat5 or Cat6 cable installation was intuitive allowing for easy wire segregation and placement. Clean up (clipping long wires) was so easy. These are my go-to plugs do to a frustration free installation. If I get into a hasty installation I can quickly identify mis-wired plugs and correct before the final snap shut.

I was a little skeptical at first, but wow these are easy to install! No more trying to find a stud and something to avoid marring walls when punching into the 'puck' with the jack. Even more awkward when you're putting jacks into an add on panel in a rack. The guides inside the cover ensure nice even spacing. The zip tie 'latch' is also nice. Plus you get built in jack covers to keep debris out of unused jacks. Can't speak to longevity - but so far we're really impressed and plan to switch over to these. Recommend getting flush cut diag cutters to snip the wires vs regular cutters (which have angled edges that will leave a mm or so of extra wire). Snip from the top down and you get a nice flush cut.

These are the most infuriating jacks I’ve ever used and I’ve been doing network cabling for >25 years. The “tool-less” concept is ok but you have to fight to keep the wires in what is the traditional stuffer cap while lining them all up, realign them a thousand times as they shift while you are working on the next pair then close it carefully, squeeze until it snaps and just kinda hope for the best. You can’t see inside to validate if they all crimped into the teeth where they should be. When you do finally get the little teeth pried open to check, all the wires get ripped out because they’re attached through the sheath-end of the hinged cap. Once you are able to get something snapped into place that looks ok from outside of the thing, you then have to somehow cut off all the little fingers left on the wire without slicing your fingers open. Using side cutters still leaves long pieces of rough cut wires sticking out. I’d rather have full visibility of the completed termination and control of a cutting punch down tool. Stupid design. Worthless keystones.

these are some of the easiest to use Keystones make wiring a lot faster

These jacks work very well. I've used a few different brand of keystones, and these are now my favorite. They attach solidly, and hold onto the end of the cable well. I've used 20+ of them, and each one had perfect connections. The tool-less thing seemed like a gimmick when I ordered them (most tool-less things are), but after using the first few it is clear that these are well thought out and do their job well. It also grabs the cable a lot better than a traditional keystones, as the whole back of the clamshell attaches to the cable. Overall that piece is very solid. That said, these are not 100% "tool-less"... you still need a knife/cutter/etc. to trim the ends of the wires. (which is always the case with "tool-less"). It can also be easier on your hands to use a pair of pliers to squeeze them closed. For doing a few this may not be necessary, but for doing a lot it can help ease strain on the fingers.

Can be connected without additional tools :-)

Took a chance on them after looking at reviews and didn't expect them to be so easy to use, honestly put the cables in, clip them down into the little slots then close the lid, only thing i would say it get a decent sharp pair of cutters for the excess ethernet cable strands that poke out the side.

I was a big fan of Panduit (I still am); these are super easy to terminate Cat6 with, and they work every time. They come in two pieces and have the EIA/TIA 568B standard printed on the piece you press your cable strands into. You don't have to untwist them before pushing the cable into the adapter. You can untwist them afterwards and put them in the correct location. One thing to watch for, though, is that the Keystone, when it clamshells closed, grabs enough of the sheathing to secure the cable in place. I will be using these from now on.

Amazing. Just worked. Very fast to terminate no tools required. Rock solid 10gb connection. Snaps into generic faceplates. Great value for money and saved me a heap of time. All connections checked none failed. Ignore negative reviews, for the life of me I can’t understand what kind of buffoon writes a negative review about this, when they’ve used the wrong cable. Make sure you use CAT 6 certified, solid core copper cable. Not cat 5e, not copper clad aluminium, not stranded etc etc.

Good quality. Very easy to terminate. You do need side cutters to cut excess cable after termination