500 feet Solid Shielded (STP) CAT6A Bulk Ethernet Cable – Blue (TR4-570SHBL-500)
$157.49
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Description
Price: $157.49
(as of Sep 17, 2024 20:43:30 UTC – Details)
Micro Connectors TR4-570SHBL-500 500FT Solid Shielded (STP) CAT6A Bulk Ethernet Cable – Blue.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 12 x 13 x 7.5 inches; 20 Pounds
Item model number : TR4-570SHBL-500
Date First Available : October 1, 2018
Manufacturer : Micro Connectors, Inc
ASIN : B07J4HJD6Q
Country of Origin : China
Shielded cables designed to prevent EMI interference and ensuring best signal possible
23AWG (American wire gauge) individual Solid pure copper conductors for permanent installation
Full 10 Gigabit network speed at 500 MHz performance
Ideal for Poe and VoIP applications where data loss is audibly and visually seen and heard
Meets ANSI/TIA-568-C Specification
Customers say
Customers like the quality, functionality, and speed of the electronic cable. They mention it’s sturdy, delivers excellent bandwidth, and is a good value for money. However, some customers have reported that installing the plugs takes patience.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
August –
Professional quality cat 6a for the DYIer
These days it seems you can find no end to the amount of “so-called” cat 6a, cat 7, or cat 8 patch cable that claims to meet the printed spec, but in reality falls far short of it. This appears to be product targeted at the uneducated home installer who doesn’t know that even short runs of moderate quality cat 6 can reach 10gps. Such cable is usually a very thin gage of 26 AWG stranded copper or copper clad aluminum or worse.But not this stuff. It is pure, solid 23awg copper with nice tight winds and thick foil shielding. The type of jacket and lack of termination connectors tells me that the 250″ has been cut from the 1000 foot spools of riser cable purchased by professional installers. What makes this a five star product is the fact quality cable that actually meets cat6a or better spec is normally not sold in anything less than 1000″ spools while garbage with false labeling in lengths of say 50″ or 100″ is typically marketed to the clueless, amateur consumer. That’s what makes MicroConnector’s cable a breath of fresh air. It’s one of the few brands that offer professional quality cable in ‘consumer’ lengths so you aren’t stuck with that extra 800″ from a 1000″ spool you can’t use.
Debi –
New Network with Wired Backhaul – Cable worked flawlessly
I just changed out my internal home network from a mostly Wi-Fi Mesh network to a wired backhaul to all routers (1 Main and 2 A/P’s). This required running 4 new new lines inside the walls to the new router. We then added some wiring to additional rooms for dedicated network connections.This cable has a tough outer jacket but was bendable enough to get through tight spots. 3 of the 4 runs were at least 50′ in length. We recorded the speed at the modem and then again at the back of the wireless router. When we tested each new connection, the speeds were within a few Mbps of the modem. No internal shorts or significant losses.I am a fan and would recommend.
SailSleuth –
Top quality cable but so much thicker than I expected.
This cable is excellent and gave me gigabit speeds with my fiber optic cable modem. Just know that it has a great deal of isolation and insulation material inside the cable that makes it twice as thick as CAT5. The strain relief boots that I had for my Cat5 cable don’t fit. This cable won’t slip into the opening of the pass- through Cat6e connectors that I bought unless you mash it with pliers and flatten it into an oval. It’s great cable but it’s at least 2X the difficulty in creating your own cables compared to five CAT5. It’s also much thicker coming out of your router (which adds up when you have five cables side-by-side) and less flexible when you try to snake it through an entertainment center.
Leonard –
Good price, and great quality.
I’ve been slowly upgrading my home network to cat6a cable for the additional speed, and this was a nice find as it was definitely amongst the less expensive and I haven’t found any quality issues. The jacketing is nice and tough, and It pulls very well through walls. Not much else to say, it’s a quality product that has served me very well in my project.
R Holderbein –
Delivers excellent bandwidth but requires patience to install plugs
After researching options available for my home network, this cable more than met my needs for now and the foreseeable future. While Cat 7 and 8 offer up to 4x more bandwidth, the cost of equipment, energy consumption and length limitations far outweigh the benefits of slightly better speeds. The shielding of this cable offers additional protection against cross interference when run along side ethernet and coax cables.The difficulty with this cable lies mostly with the physical restraints of ethernet plugs which were not designed to handle the larger conductors and cable jacket. Because of the thicker wire, installing the plugs takes patience. since the wires must be positioned into 2 rows to accommodate the thicker gauge wire. After wasting money on several so-called Cat 6a compatible plugs, I settled on the Platinum Tools Ezex48 Shielded RJ45 External Ground Connector. My research shows this is the only plug compatible with this cable. There are many options for jacks. For my install, I had success with the TRENDnet Shielded Cat6A RJ45 Keystone Jack.Due to cable stiffness, it is important to avoid introducing twists when installing. This is solved by building a simple spool holder out of scrap plywood. (see photo).
caroline –
Works great!
Great value for the price. Easy to use. Works exactly as expected. No problems.
drm –
Excellent, tough cable.
Another review identified the jacket as poor quality, so I was skeptical about buying. However, the performance specs were what I needed, and the price per foot was good. I pulled the cable through a conduit which already had multiple other cables. Before doing that, I did a pull test to check the jacket. It is near bullet proof. Very tough and durable. So I concluded the reviewer was talking about another product. The jacket removed with reasonable effort and the connection to modular jacks went very well. Very pleased and would recommend for a similar installation where a high speed, high bandwidth ethernet cable is needed. My only complaint is a shorter length would have been great.
Roxanne a. –
My electrician was very pleased.
Was able to complete project on time.
Amazon Customer –
Good quality and price.Would buy again.
Steph –
Did my entire house with it? Fantastic would buy anytime from them.
Reza.Alexa –
I bought 1000 feet of another brand of FTP cat6A rated for 550hzh cable before and I had to buy special connectors as the regular ones would be too small, I finished my other roll completely and I needed a smaller length of cable so decided to go with this brand to finish the job with 250ft rollThis cable is just a little bit smaller in diameter, and its rated cat6 on the cable but its 500Mhz which is suitable for 10gb connection, its pure copper and I can use regular connectors so I am satisfied. I tested it fully and I can get close to 995 Mbits on a 1Gigabit switch which is what most people need anyway (like most people I don’t have a 10GB switch to test.)Pro :- good rating and speed for gigabit speed- can use regular connector- pure copper- FTPCon:- written cat6 instead cat6a on the cable
Amazon Customer –
If you wonder why it’s so much cheaper than the other ones it’s because It’s listed as 500 feets but it’s only 250 feets. Also, they claim up to 750 MHz, but it’s written 500 MHz on the cable..
A. C. –
The price likely gives it away, but this is NOT STP cable as advertised. Only the outer jacket is shielded with foil, not the pairs. Still an okay cable, just not what it claims to be.Update: After trying to run this cable through conduit, it’s very apparent that the company had no intention of providing a decent product. The outer shearing was stripped away completely.I do not recommend that anyone buy this cable for any reason.