TRUE CABLE Cat6 Direct Burial Outdoor Bulk Ethernet Cable, Unshielded, 1000ft, Brown, 23AWG Solid Bare Copper, Outdoor OSP Jacket, Waterproof, UV, 550MHz, PoE++ 100W (4PPoE)

Great product. Pulled easily through my conduit to from house to shop about 200’ away. Would recommend it if you are going to be putting your cable in a wet location

I used this to do a direct burial of the cable under my front yard after another cable I had that was not rated for wet conditions failed. It has now been a year, and everything is working as expected. I have not had any issues since I installed this. The speed and performance of the ethernet cable meet the needs that I have for PoE cameras. I've installed about 200 feet of cable and it all seems to be holding up pretty well through wet winters so the insulation appears to be solid. My installation does not expose this to sunlight, so I can't rate on how it performs there. From a reliability and value perspective this cable checks all of the boxes so far.

Superior cable! First, I install WiFi APs and PoE cameras where the cables often run outside. My requirements for the cabling are UV stability, thick outer jacket for weather resistance (ice, snow, wind), shielding, drain wire for grounding, and quality construction overall.This cable exceeds my requirements on all levels.Now, this is THICK stuff--far thicker than many have worked with. Once you know this going in, and what to buy and how to compensate, then you will do fine. Go in blindly and without the correct tools or research and you will be so frustrated that you won't want to try cable like this again. You might leave a bad review, and quite undeserved, just because you didn't know what you were doing.Here are the general rules:1. Buy the PROPER shielded connectors. Now, not all RJ45 connectors are the same. Most are built to accept a different maximum conductor diameter and/or overall outside diameter (OD). For the most part, with this cable, the primary concern is the OD. The cable OD happens to be 7.8 mm. This means your connector selection is limited and you will need to know how to ovalize the end of the cable jacket prior to insertion/termination. You may need to even add a small amount of dielectric grease to the very end of the cable jacket to ease insertion. I use, and ONLY use, Platinum Tools EXO EX RJ45 connectors, model 48 with external ground. That connector is spec'd for jacket max OD of 7.75mm but it is close enough and while being a tight fit it will reward you with the fact that there are no bars or liners to deal with. The conductors will come out of the front of the connector where you can verify proper TIA 568A/B wiring sequence prior to termination. Another important point is this connector will let you tug on the wires and help to pull everything through to minimize kinks as the cable jacket seats. The EXO EX crimp tool crimps and trims the conductors in one cycle...nearly eliminating the possibility of a bad crimp as long as you do your part.2. Buy the PROPER strip tool. You really have two options...use the string inside the cable to strip the jacket back if you don't have or don't want to buy the right tool for concentric stripping. If you use the "flay back" method you will then need to be sure the jacket is concentric as you cut the jacket off. It does not help to have a ragged jacket while you are trying to seat it inside a connector! As far as strip tools...again I use a Platinum Tools Cyclops. I use the MAX setting and it slices quite well and creates a nice concentric cut. It WILL also cut off the AL shielding in the process but not make it through the cloth water proofing tape which seems to be a cut barrier. In this case, you don't want to fold back that AL shield anyway since it would make it impossible to fight the cable into ANY connector. You will rely on the drain wire.3. KNOW how to comb out kinks. This is CAT6E which has very tight twists and thick gauge wire. Some people use their fingers or a piece of cable jacket. Yikes. If you value you thumb and fingers...simply use a metal rounded tool like the shaft of a screw driver to remove all kinks from the end of the cable jacket all the way out. Be patient.4. IF you are highly experienced and don't mind some bad terminations from time to time you can opt for a big CAT6A shielded connector that uses bars/liners but be prepared for an exercise in frustration because the cable spline will do all it can to keep you from perfectly lining up the conductors which will lead to conductors kinking while inserting your load bar assembly into the connector. Hence, my personal insistence on the Platinum Tools EXO EX connectors.Now, here is the construction of this cable from the outside in:PE UV Stable jacket, OD is 7.8 mmRip cordAL foil (not metal coated mylar...actual foil)Tinned copper ground wireCloth wrap/water proof tapeConductors arranged into 4 partsSplineI ran the entire spool of this cable and terminated either to CAT6 shielded jacks or shielded connectors and I have no issues at all. The cable does not kink up nearly as easily as standard thickness cable, but it will kink up if you are not watching. The jacket is somewhat slick like it was coated with a light wax but use cable lube inside conduit.I did make use of dielectric grease at the very lip of the cable jacket going into connectors. This will not hurt your termination or cause degradation.

Cable works fine with a 250ft run. Saw some complain about too thick for RJ45 connectors. Worked just fine with my EZ-RJ45 ones.

All good and fast

this is a steal of a deal, the quality of this product was far more than what I expected with a price like this! I live on the island of Hawai'i, in the southern region, and thus 99% of my ground is Lava Rock, very rough on the cable, especially with the daily afternoon rain (salt water). My Cat-5 cable was literally eroded within 6 months (inside the electric conduit) due to the rain and constant earthquakes. it was a tube of goo...This product was so much superior, direct burial is real here...so much easier, so much shielding, and the distance you can go is amazing. I have 5 buildings on my account, all 65 devices are on 1 GB fiber & and StarLink combined into a TP-Link dual feed router system (one goes down other kicks in)The primary building (where the feeds meet) is 300+' away from the other buildings, and has NO drop in bandwidth or quality! I'm very impressed with this cable and have bought more!

I've upgraded my review from this one star rating:"This cable is thick and sturdy with a solid core in the center to keep it rigid. To my surprise, after performing quite a few runs, that the POE features for my cameras would NOT work with this cabling! The first run I thought was a fluke, or maybe somebody stepped on it and wouldn't admit it.I replaced the end connectors, and reran the cable on one length. No dice. Then to test, I cut a 3 foot length straight out of the box and tested. NO POE. Then I used a cheap cable that I got from a big box store, camera powered up immediately.I simply can't recommend this cable, even though visually it seems to be high quality -- but what good is it when it doesn't work?"To this 4 star rating:After wasting quite a lot of cabling with trial and error, I finally got this cabling to work with my POE cameras.Apparently, the thickness of these wires (both the internal wires and the outside jacket) are just not compatible with closed end connectors. I switched to pass-through connectors and voila, everything now works. I believe that it's much harder for these stiff, thick wires to reach the end of closed end connectors for proper crimping.I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because this cable can really only be used for straight runs, it's not very bendy -- so save this one for your truly underground cabling and select something softer for your runs inside the building.