Cheap patch leads

Felix · 6 Jul 2010 at 10:18

Is there any benefit paying £8 for a patch lead when there are cheaper (£3) available. If the cheaper ones cable test fine, then is there any issues with using them instead?

I am trying to tidy up a cabinet and for the amount I need it would be quite expensive to use the higher priced ones.

wonko · 6 Jul 2010 at 11:09

Cables are one of those things that seem to attract excessive mark-ups. If the spec (cat5e etc.) is the same then there is no real way to tell whether you'd be buying better quality or just filling someone's pockets.
If it's cat5e patch leads, and shortish lengths, then £3 each seems way OTT.

Jayster · 6 Jul 2010 at 11:15

Id just go for the cheap ones from my experience the only difference is the connector.

edscdk · 6 Jul 2010 at 11:23

£3 for a patch lead is quite a lot, lots of places sell them for £1 or less... (0.5M)

Felix · 6 Jul 2010 at 11:31

Its £3 for 10m.

wonko · 6 Jul 2010 at 11:32

10m? That's a large cabinet you've got there

apatia77 · 6 Jul 2010 at 12:34

High street shops sell network cables 2-3m ones for £6-£7. They must make some hefty profit on these.

paradigm · 6 Jul 2010 at 12:36

Make your own. If you get through a decent amount (or can sell them to people you know), just buy a reelex box and have done with it.

Felix · 6 Jul 2010 at 12:38

wonko said:
10m? That's a large cabinet you've got there

Some go to servers that are in racks so by the time you have gone round trucking and up the rack it soon adds up!

DJMK4 · 6 Jul 2010 at 13:16

Just buy your own 50m or 350m reel, some nipples (as we used to call them

AKA RJ45 Connectors) and a crimp tool, then you can have as many as you want, at what ever length you want

wonko · 6 Jul 2010 at 16:58

DJMK4 said:
Just buy your own 50m or 350m reel, some nipples (as we used to call them AKA RJ45 Connectors) and a crimp tool, then you can have as many as you want, at what ever length you want

This... I've still got a massive bag of RJ45 connectors here when the supplier sent me bags of 10 instead of individual connectors. Never thought I'd be able to say I had a bag of nipples

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