Do toolless Ethernet keystone jacks just suck?

[Eug]

Is it the Monoprice jacks or toolless Ethernet jacks in general that suck? I bought some a while back and had major issues with them, so now I just buy the punch down ones and they work great. Ironically I don't even have the proper high quality punch down tool. I've just been using the plastic tools that came free inside the package of some jacks I bought years ago. These tools are only supposed to be used a few times then discarded, but I've gone through a few dozen jacks with them. Still way better results than with the Monoprice.com tool-less jacks.

Are other tool-less jacks any better?

 

[Mixolydian]

Do toolless Ethernet keystone jacks just suck?

Yes.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[imagoon]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10509&cs_id=1050903&p_id=7043&seq=1&format=2

If you need to go for cheaper. However a good 110 / 66 punch is a nice item to have stashed in the bag.

 

[drebo]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10509&cs_id=1050903&p_id=7043&seq=1&format=2

If you need to go for cheaper. However a good 110 / 66 punch is a nice item to have stashed in the bag.

I don't do cabling full-time, but any time I've needed to terminate a keystone/patch panel/66 block, that tool has worked flawlessly.

Also, yes, toolless keystones are useless.

 

[country2]

So whats the issue/issues with the toolless keystones? wires not making good connection or what?

 

[Eug]

Thanks guys. So it's not just me then.

I'll get the Monoprice punch down tool next time I order from them.

So whats the issue/issues with the toolless keystones? wires not making good connection or what?

That's the problem I had.

 

[John Connor]

I don't understand why you would need a punch down tool. The jacks come with a little plastic punch down tool already. Why can't you use that?

 

[Eug]

The Monoprice CAT6 ones I get now don't have the plastic punch down tools included.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I don't understand why you would need a punch down tool. The jacks come with a little plastic punch down tool already. Why can't you use that?

Spoken like somebody who's never done something 1000+ times using a cheaply built/designed tool.

It took me years and hundreds of dollars just to find a set of screwdrivers I liked.

 

[John Connor]

I have wired our house with cat 6 and just used the plastic tool included. I don't do it for a damn living I just do it the way I know.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I use the toolness around the house and have zero issues. Though punch down is probably easier. I just used tooless since originally I did not want to buy the tool and ended up ordering like 50 keystones so now it's all I use. If I was to do it again I'd probably go punch down, just because toolless can sometimes be a pain if the wire does not go in all the way. But once it works, it works flawlessly. I get close to 120MB/sec on my network. Tested with wget and http.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I have wired our house with cat 6 and just used the plastic tool included. I don't do it for a damn living I just do it the way I know.

Yeah, they're fine for a quick, small job. It's just, like I said, if you do a bazillion of them a day, you want something a little nicer.