AMPCOM STP CAT8 RJ45 Connector Zinc-Alloy Tool-Free Ethernet Field Termination Modular Plug -12 Pack

I bought these and another brand several months ago because I was running new ethernet cable through the house. I leapfrogged cat 6 (had cat5e) to Cat 8 and needed the bigger connectors. Now I bought these before I had fakespot installed, and just came back and noticed that fakespot gave this brand a big fat F. Not sure if they're paying for reviews or what to trigger that, but since they actually did work for me and I'm buying more right now, I wanted to drop a real review to let other actual real people know that they are legit, they do work and as long as you wire them the same on both ends (which yeah, I screwed up a couple times on that) they do the job. I'm getting fantastic speeds with my PoE system. The connectors are e very forgiving and can be rewired even if you do screw up. Tools you do need (for the wire not the connector) are a wire stripper (box cutter can be used instead--carefully) and I'd recommend a pair of flush cut snips too.

Purchased as a gift for someone! They didn’t have any complaints so I feel they were a good buy!

Crap connector. Doesn't work on cat8 double shielded cables that have good insulation. They just can't dig through it. The only way I could get it to work is by stripping out contact area, which is a real pain. Not buying them again.

I purchased connectors from a different company and they were TRASH. The company said the “push through” was easy—-NOT!! I bought these because of the EASY connectivity. After you insert them you just snap them in. QUALITY

Product didn't seem to have any issues. Though I did have to learn a new way of making cables but besides that, it functions like it's supposed to.

This connector is made of metallic casing and feels solid, durable. The wire feeding is fairly simple but it requires a wire cutter/clipper with Flush Cutting Edge to trim the extra wires. You have to trim flush or it may prevent the wire from push down all the way . Also, the wire stays loose inside the provided plastic conduit, which becomes an issue when I try to fix the wire position. It comes with a clip protector for storage so that the plastic clip does not break off in the tool bag with other tools. Performance is about the same with other keystone jacks and I get about 80-92MB/s transfer rate. I think it is acceptable. Overall, this is a useful, tool-less RJ45 Connector. It will become handy if you have to made a cross-over/straight cable onsite but you do not have the crimper tool with you. However, this jack a not a time saver jack but a useful tool to have.

I've been terminating cable for 40+ years, and these are the most useless connectors I've ever used. Tried several of them, and re-terminated them several times, but could not get a good connection.

I still need to test speeds back at the office since I have nothing at home that can test more than CAT6A. But unless I add to this review later, I assume I could get at least CAT7 speeds out of these two terminations since I was using MediaBridge 23awg 600Mhz CAT7 STP I had lying around from some rewiring. I wanted to see if it could terminate with this plug without crimping or punching tools. It's impossible without a knife, so I chose a boxcutter as a generic blade. There's foil, a nut, an insert, and the plug. Slide the nut onto the wire -- remember that step. Carefully strip the cable sheath, slide down the shielding twist it tight, and remove the individual shields of the conductors. Straighten the conductors and feed them according to the T568A or T568B standard. It's easier to start with the orange, orange/white, green, and green/white, cinch up the insert to the foil as close as possible, then clip in the other 4 conductors. Cut each set of 4 wires with the boxcutter tight to the insert. Boom.. that's it. VERY easy. Snap the insert into the plug and close it up. Use the nut to tighten it up, and that's it. I did the second one even faster—this termination plug style for CAT8 beefy wire rocks. The downside is that they are not inexpensive. As long as they test and are easy to install, I'll pick a set of these up for my networking engineers to put in their 'go bag'. It is quick and just as fast and easy, if not faster, than a passthrough connector with a crimper.