80024 Ratcheting Data Cable and RJ45 Crimp Tool with CAT6 Plug 50-Pack, Pass Thru Installation Tool Kit

I might still be making up cables for a living if I had found this earlier. I'm 65, with some old gnarly fingers that don't like to do precise work anymore. I've made up about a million (my hands thinks so anyway) rj45 T568B connections. My old crimpers required stripping the outer jacket back, untwisting the wires, then holding them together in a very specific color pattern, trimming them square at just the right length, sliding the 45 connector on and then crimping. If a wire didn't align just right and "jumped" a slot...you cut it off and started over. This crimper starts out the same, strip the jacket, untwist the wires, but then... it's different. You fit each wire in THROUGH the pass through RJ45 connector. This gives you the chance to check the color code mapping BEFORE you crimp and waste a connector. Once your sure the wires are "slotted" correctly, just give them a good tug to make sure they're seated , slide the connector in the tool and squeeze. It trims the wires off flush with the end of the connector, and presses the strain relief into place. The crimps are dead on accurate and the ratcheting mechanism gives you much needed leverage making for easier crimps with less fatigue over traditional crimpers. Awesome value, and a quality tool. Plus, it's more compact and fits in my tool bag easier.

All in one functionality with the RJ45 pass-thru technology that makes it faster, easier and more accurate crimps. It crimps and flush cuts the RJ45 wires at the same time. Makes it simpler and faster to arrange, align, cut and crimp. Durable construction and comfortable grip.

I saw a video somewhere about using this passthrough crimper for Cat6 cabling. I'm still using up my old Cat5 cable, but I know from sad experience it's hard getting the conductors in order, leading to unusable crimps and wasted connectors. This Klein crimper paired with the Klein brand passthrough connectors made the crimps 100% successful! Yes if you follow the directions, it wastes a couple of inches of cable because you leave the conductors long enough to straighten, reorder, and push, then pull them through the connector. But the best part is you can inspect the conductor order easily BEFORE committing to the crimp, without having to peer through the plastic. With the color charts right on the crimper, there's no excuse for checking it one more time, and restarting if it's wrong. I feel like I could gain some speed with practice. I'm definitely not a high volume crimper. You could argue it's not worth the expense owning such a nice tool, but I figure I saved a lot of money pulling and terminating the wires myself, so the success is a nice reward. I like that you don't have to carry around any additional tools... the stripper is a little loose for Cat5e but I imagine it's perfect for Cat6. I was able to cut the cable, nick the outer jacket adequately, and even drag the "string" along the Klein handle to cut the string off well enough I didn't need scissors. And I was able to cut the conductors flush after reordering in the case that they weren't already straight. I can't find my Ethernet cable tester so I decided to wing it. So far the equipment all shows a solid connection. Good enough! Now I need to finish the job.

Buy This Tool! Pass-Thru RJ45 Crimper that should be part of EVERYONES Network Took Kit. Cutter / Stripper / Crimper and Wire Map Guides all on one tool. Comfortable to use. Easy to maintain. Sturdy but not heavy. Ratcheting crimping mechanism ensures you get a fully compressed crimp each use. Klein is known for quality tools, and this one has not disappointed.

I had another tool which I was using to crimp cables. Using this tool and the pass thru connecters was a game changer. No more trying to get the wires exactly the right length. Do follow the directions / video though and cut the wires on an angle (different lengths) instead of straight across. This made getting them into / through the connector *much* easier. Also make sure the connector is all the way in the slot. I thought it was but it was only part way. You'll know because the edge of the connector lines up with that edge of the tool and the wires will shear off and not stick out at all. It takes a bit of practice, maybe try on a space piece of wire at first, but once you get the hang of it, it works great.

This is a great tool for creating ethernet cables. The only real concern is that it doesn't do a good job of stripping the outer sheath to get into the wires. It may work well for cat6, but it didn't work well for cat5. The pro is that it does great at everything else and has diagrams on both sides of the tool for you to look at to ensure the wires go in the proper direction. The included plugs are excellent as well and I appreciate the ability to lock the tool.

Created a good holding crimp and slices the ends off very cleanly as long as you keep a sharp blade installed.

I make my own ethernet cables and sometimes for friends. I have another tool that I was using to crimp connector getting constant results with cat5 but not with cat6. With these, it is easier for me to successfully make cables on the first try. I don’t know how they work with cat5 since I now only use cat6.

Excelente produto

This gives users the ease to repair or terminate cables at desired length, great product

1000/10 Me gustaron mucho, he usado muchas marcas chinas y otras profesionales y siempre tengo problemas con este tipo de cable CAT6 reforzado para exteriores, el cobre es mucho más duro y eso hace que a veces los ponchados no sean 100% exactos, en este caso pasó igual, pero como se aprecia en el video basta con darle uno giros y se caen por sí solos. La gran diferencia es que no tengo que hacer una fuerza grande para ponchar, el agarre se podría dificultar con una mano pero no necesitas gastarte el antebrazo como en otras marcas. De momento las he usado con CAT6 reforzado, el CAT5e y el CAT6 para interiores debe de hacer un corte limpio SIN PROBLEMA. Actualizaré en caso de devolución o problema, muy contento con la compra. El único problema que le veo es que no tiene seguro y tienen que estar siempre abiertas, no como otras ponchadoras de ese tipo, ese detalle es molesto en cierta medida pero te acostumbras.

My first outing to make my own Ethernet cables and this tool worked very well. Although they only mention cat 6 in descriptions it was fine making up my cat 7 connectors. Great bit of kit.

I'm a fan of Klein tools, and this tool is great, but unfortunately, the first one I was sent had bent pins inside, so it ruined every connector I tried to crimp. A trip to the post office to return it and another order got me a new unit that worked perfectly. I've crimped a ton of RJ45 (technically, 8P8C modular) connectors the old way, where you have to cut all the wires to the perfect length meticulously, and half the time they didn't quite go into the connector all the way. With this tool (and the appropriate pass-through jacks), you'll never have to worry about that again. It's far easier to cut the wires and pass them through; then, the tool cuts off any excess for a perfect, clean-looking connection every time with the perfect amount of jacket inside the connector. This tool has also never messed up the locking tab on connectors, as my old tool often did, which meant the connectors wouldn't "click" into the jacks securely without bending it back first. This tool has very handy wiring diagrams on the back and front, which is a godsend. I don't technically *need* this, given how many connectors I've made, but it's always handy to have a reference to check before you crimp down to ensure no mistakes were made. (I've still screwed up a few, but that's not the tool's fault!) I like that this tool has a much more compact form factor than my old Ideal brand crimper, and it takes way less force. Someone without especially strong hands could easily use this tool, and my non-techie wife has helped me do several and hasn't had any issues. The cutter works great both for cutting through Cat6 cables and trimming the bent ends of wires off after sorting and straightening them. There's also a groove that can be used to strip the jacket, which works fine in a pinch, but you have to be careful not to cut too deep and cut the wires. It's never going to work as well as a proper radial stripper like the Klein VDV110-261. This crimper should also work with non-pass-through connectors, although the blade could shave the end of the connector off on some, so you might want to test a crimp before buying hundreds of third-party connectors to use with this tool. Hopefully, I was just especially unlucky to get a defective unit on my first order, but make sure you test the tool before taking it on a job! Bonus: Here's the procedure I use to crimp cables with this tool and pass-through jacks: 1. Using side cutters or the built-in cutter, trim your cable to a couple of inches longer than you need. 2. Use a dedicated rotary wire stripper (or, if you don't have one, carefully use the built-in groove with the cutting blade) to make an incision around the cable's jacket. Grab the end of the cable after the cut and twist, bend, and pull the jacket off, which should be removed cleanly with about an inch and a half of the wires exposed. 3. Using small scissors or a side cutter, splay the wires and clip the pull string and the plastic cross separator off as much as possible. 4. Now untwist the wires almost to where the jacket is, and arrange them in a fan-shape as per the diagram on the front of the tool, starting with solid brown. T-568B is the most common arrangement, although you can use T-568A if you prefer, or it is used in your particular environment. Just be sure to use the same on each end of the cable (unless you intend to make a crossover cable). 5. With the wires in the correct order, grab them firmly with your thumb and forefinger, working them side to side as you pull them out, which will help straighten the wires. 6. The very ends of the wires will be much more difficult to straighten and likely won't pass easily through the connector, so trim off about 1/2 an inch of the wire using the built-in cutter or side-cutters. 7. Check that the wires are still in the correct arrangement. With the retention clip facing you and the brown wire on the left, insert them into the 8P8C jack, angling slightly towards the clip side of the jack. You should be able to wiggle them around a bit until you're able to slide them through the connector. If it's not happening, the wires might need additional straightening or trimming. If one or two of the wires aren't going through enough, they might be getting stuck inside the connector and bent, which is not good, or they might need to be untwisted a little more. 8. With the wires out, push the jacket as far into the connector as it will go and pull on the wires to ensure they aren't bunched up in the jack and are as far out as they will go. 9. Now, bend the wires so that they are coming straight out of the connector (so they don't catch the blade on the crimper), and slide the connector firmly all the way into the crimp tool with the clip facing up, matching the jack on the tool. 10. Squeeze the crimper firmly until it releases, then pull the connector out. Check that all wires were cleanly cut flush with the connector end. If not, this could potentially cause a short. If the connector wasn't inserted fully or you didn't squeeze it completely, the cut may not be perfect. In these cases, you can usually just crimp again to fix it. You'll now have a perfect connector and a mess of tiny wires and debris to clean up!