Everest RJ45 Shielded Keystone Jack - 24-Pack

This is the third shielded keystone I have tried. My main complaint with most options is they try to have a plastic piece punch down all the cables. These are narrow enough to fit into a keystone patch panel and also allow direct punch down of the wires. I'm at 100% success of getting a functional port with these jacks. With others I have 50/50 or worse results for functionality or they were too wide to fit into a keystone patch panel.

I've done enough of the other competing models as well as enough of this one to offer my unbiased opinion.The good:1. Very reliable - This jack and tool consistently produce reliable jacks. This is quite unlike most of the other models out there.The not-so good (where I knocked off a star):1. Slow - This thing is far slower to assemble than most.2. Awkward wiring - Individual punchdown (with wire cutting bit) would almost be preferable and faster. Perhaps if they put a wiring diagram on the plastic cap and redesigned it to be used to initially push all the wires into the pins it might go easier.3. Worthless tool included - The little yellow shielding cutter and push down tool are both useless. The shielding cutter cuts too far and into the wires. The push down is just ewww wrong to the point it almost hurts to use it. As a replacement, I use the fingernail on my thumb plus a small pair of needle nose pliers to get the wires into their respective slots and pushed far in enough to use their punch/cutter tool.

the illustation on colored wires shows differently than I am used to (in the shielded keystones that come with)...but it worked well as long as I paid CLOSE attention. I usually use a print out of wire order and that DID NOT WORK. The crimper would work on standard, as well as shielded keystones

Very Precise Tool !!

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The construction is nice. But using the tool is impossible and fails frequently after crimping. You are expected to hold 8 wires in place while crimping. I don't have 9 hands. It is way more expensive than it needs to be. The instructions are a not great.Edit:I eventually figured out how to get all the wires to stay in place (took many tries), still was never able to get past 100mbs. (I tried 12-15 times)They offered a full refund, even past the window which is a great thing for the seller to do.While it didn't work for me, maybe it will for you.

I don't see a lot of grounded cat6 keystones available - they're expensive to make and most customers don't care. However, shielding is very prevalent in cat6 cables and its nice to be able to ground it properly. Personally, I pick up shielded keystones because manufacturers who choose to make them go above and beyond the standard, bottom-of-the-bucket production standard, and generally have better product.This keystone is crazy robust. It has a ziptie secured cable for strain relief, clamp-over metal shell, dust cover, and actual keystone block. The setup process is interesting - you wrap the shield over the cable and apply copper tape to connect the terminal and the shield wrap, then clamp that in after finishing the punchdown. Certainly different than a non-grounded keystone and it took me a bit to get the alignment properly where the grounded + taped part was at the proper spot.The keystone labels are on the inside of the port, which is annoying and hard to read + verify after you complete an install. I kept the installation card with the labels nearby to rely on, but the order is also easy enough to memorize.I didn't have any problem actually performing a punchdown, the terminals seemed to be pretty snug and well built. I was anxious about the reliability of the shield connector but I observed almost zero resistance attributed to the clamp-on connector when I tested on my calibrated meter. Of course, the a link between two keystones worked perfectly and negotiated a 10GbE connection with no issues.

Because of this brand, the team had to wait for 1 more day. If you are looking for a compatible and durable keystone then you need to find others.