Review on Ethernet 🔌 Plated Network Connectors by Emily Wilson

Disclaimer: I do everything by hand, not a professional. Update: Squeezing them a little harder than I'm comfortable and tilting them against the locking tab, they snapped into the Netgear ethernet switch. Another clarification I would like to make concerns the math. What I meant was that I had to do 16 crimps to get 10 good tests, which is a little worse than 1 out of 3 failures. I still wouldn't want them in my kit if I was paid by the hour, but the price for my home use makes them acceptable to me. So far I had to make 5 cables, which means 10 connectors. 6 of these didn't work with the cheap tester I use so I had to replace them. That's an error rate of about 1 in 3. I took my time and did everything right. Blocking connections is an ambiguous situation. When they snap, it's a normal satisfying click. They worked great with my outlets, Apple TV, Vizio Tv and my CenturyLink router. They are not blocked in my Apple Thunderbolt NIC or my new Netgear Ethernet switch. The connection works well, but it snaps out with very light pressure. If I were using them at work and time was of the essence, the failure rate would make them unacceptable. I wouldn't be able to take anyone's money either if the locking mechanism is so imperfect. For my personal use, they're cheap and "good enough" unless they bother me in the future.