🔩 RION TECH M6 Cage Nuts & Screws: 16mm Lengthened, Perfect for Server Shelves Cabinets - 50 Pack Rack Mount Screws Review

Love these. Subtract a star for "easy to install" just because the rack screws aren't easy to install. They seem a lot easier than the ones I've worked with in the past. I don't have tools to install cage nuts, but they don't snap my fingertips. Personally, I like "Chrome on Black".

Ears break off on them, so there's no point in reusing them. Some were even broken in the packaging to let them know. The metal used is of poor quality. I have a few of my old rackmounts that have been used for decades, but once you install the hardware it should be forever. If you remove it, at least 2 ears will fall off. See my photo for a stack of a burst bag. I'll use them and buy better ones, and if I put things away I'll use them better. You get what you pay for. I would also be worried…

I don't know if I've had crappy cage nuts before, but they're pretty cool. I can use pliers to pinch the top/bottom of the "cage" and that squeezes the "fingers" together just enough for it to be rack mounted without special tools. It was a colossal struggle with my old cage nuts as I was too cheap to get a proper tool so I inserted the bottom pin first and then used a jeweler's flat head to lower the top and try to get it in to fit the hole. This usually results in the screwdriver slipping off