TRUE CABLE Cat6A Direct Burial Bulk Ethernet Cable, Shielded F/UTP, 500ft, Black, Waterproof, Outdoor OSP Jacket, 23AWG Solid Bare Copper, 750MHz, PoE++ 100W

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APPEARANCE Cable is Matte White color, interior wires are clearly color coded with no issue. HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS This is a low-flex cable that has a much higher bending radius than other CAT cables. DURABILITY Cable is extremely well made, exterior material seems to be PVC jacketed with a great deal of UV protection. Cable is foil-wrapped with cloth interior. This is probably the highest quality CAT cable I've ever seen in my professional career. SPECIFICATION ADHERENCE This cables adheres to all of the design specifications for CAT6A (to my knowledge), networking hardware had no issues negotiating at 1000mbit (didn't try at 10Mbit) even when wire was located near power cables or at long distances. TERMINATION DIFFICULTY All of the added features of this cable makes it extremely difficult to terminate with RJ45 Connectors (although no issue with Keystone Jacks). If you plan on terminating with RJ45 ends, I would strongly suggest buying some that are rated for CAT6a cables to accommodate this cable. During termination, I found it helpful to untwist the wires and massage the wires straight before termination. This process will take some practice and you will likely become frustrated (I did). Practice terminating on the bench before doing it in the field. OVERALL IMPRESSIONS This is a great high quality cable when you are faced with difficult drops that have lots of EMI issues, have long transmission distances, or require outdoor runs that are exposed to sunlight. I keep a roll on the truck for these situations just in case.

Very useful and good product. I bought this cable for my home project. Initially my plan to run it outdoor but eventually I ran it inside. I noticed some complain about how hard is to trim it. We should never use rj45 connectors directly. The alternative is to use keystone jacks. And a patch cord between the device and keystone. I added a couple of pics.

The product was exactly as described. It came quick and it was in excellent condition when it arrived. Highly recommend.

Used inside of PVC conduit to install starlink 125 feet in the air. Total run of 350 feet and it works fine for over 6 months even with snowmelt.

Wiring up a PoE security camera NVR system. This cable should future proof the system for 20 to 30 years. This is a thick, shielded Cat6a cable. Twists are not individually shielded, but the entire 8 wires are shielded by one wrap of foil. Central spline of crosshatch plastic makes this kind of stiff but can bend and make corners. Terminating into Cat6a RJ45 shielded ends took some practice, but with some patience I found a good way to do this. Once you untwist the pairs, straighten each wire by itself, get the color scheme in order then straighten again, cut the little wires at a pretty good angle, then feed into the staggered end of the Rj45. It may take a few times of doing this, but eventually all 8 wires slide into the end for crimping, then slide your boot onto the end, and done! Works very well.

Great cable for my application, that being said, it is quite ridged which created minor issues with routing.

Using this cable to redo the wiring in my home. I purchased the Shielded since a lot of the cable will be in the crawlspace. The cable is stiff, due to it being Shielded, but it is perfect. Make sure that you purchase the correct terminators, otherwise you will be like me and spend hours trying to get the thicker cable through smaller holes, until you realize what is going on.