Sewell Direct SW-29875-257 SolidRun by Sewell Cat5e Bulk Cable, 250-Feet, Purple

This worked perfectly for me. I had to run two cables about 85 feet in an office environment. The cable pulled from the box smoothly and I ran one cable with a pull string attached. Then I pulled the second cable with the string. Terminated and tested both cables. Very nice to work with. I would use this cable again without hesitation.

Used this cabling for a 150 ft. run. No issues, other than this being in-wall cabling. Do not recommend making cables out of this since it's pretty flimsy and stiff. Was extremely cheap and got gigabit after testing the run. No issues.

This did just what we needed for replacing outdated cat-3 telco wiring in a 35-year old home. The pairs crimped well and punched down well, the jacket severed well without unintentionally nicking any of the pairs (for the record, I'm not particularly skilled at cable-making, with accidentally nicking the copper while scoring the jacket being one of my worst habits), and ease of pulling from the box was just about what you'd expect given that, at only 250 ft, the box wasn't all that heavy and bounced all over the place as we tugged on the cable, but never once tangled or caused any trouble. The only complaint I might raise, and I would say it probably wouldn't matter to most people, but the pull fiber usually found inside Cat-5e cable was really wimpy. I typically use that pull fiber to sever another couple of inches of the jacket before re-trimming the pairs and cutting the jacket off cleanly - predominantly because I'm a dope when it comes to severing the jacket without getting into the pairs as well. In this application, I just didn't use it, but I wouldn't say it slowed me down appreciably. This application won't ever stress these cables close to their bandwidth capability, so as far as the integrity of the pairs themselves passing all of the bandwidth specs, I think it will be just fine but I'll never know for sure in this environment. I'd buy it again if I needed more Cat-5e in a residential environment.

This was nice cable to work with. Didn't kink much. Cables were easy to terminate. Colors clear and twist not too tight. I work with a lot of expensive cable every day, but at home opted for cheaper stuff. Was pleased it was this nice. Just a bit thicker than some of my other Cat 5. Not a bad thing.

I had to connect two homes via a 200' trenched, PVC conduit. Had Southwire Cat6 and Cat5e, and decided to include an extra Cat5e, for some additional redundancy. I bought a box of the Sewell Cat5e, knowing the risk was relatively low, since it was redundant. It was a tough pull (was also pulling a 1" PEX water line at the same time. All of the cables made it. I was worried the stresses of the pull might have been too much for the CCA cable. I terminated all three cables with RJ45 plugs, and tested each cable individually; total length of each cable was about 250' between the RJ45s. They all performed perfectly: Same ping and same throughput on a 1Gbps network. I still have half a box of the Sewell cable left. I'll use it without hesitation, based on the results I got in this project.

Several months ago I purchased a networking kit here on Amazon (Aurum brand) that included 150' of Cat5e cable, 24 crimp-on connectors, and the crimping tool. I had no problem whatsoever making several cable runs with that kit. All connections tested good the first time.I then needed to run some additional network lines and purchased this cable, as I still had most of the connectors from the prior kit. Using this cable I had so much frustration getting good connections. I had to re-crimp one of the ends 6 times before getting a good connection and the other end had to be redone twice. My cable tester would indicate anywhere between no connection at all to at least one conductor bad.So, in the end, yes, I did get one good run but wasted 6 connectors and about an hour of my time to get there.The cable itself seems about the same quality as the other cable I used and the dispenser box is very nice.Bottom line, I would spend a little more to know I will get good connections the first time.

I found this cable to be easy to work with and had no problems attaching RJ45 connectors to it. It seems to be sturdy, yet flexible. This was the first time that I bought cat5e cable and I chose largely on price and the availability of a 250' package size. (I really didn't need a box of a thousand feet of cable sitting around forever.) This was a good purchase and I would buy it again.

Nice cable, easy to terminate. Things to note, it definitely doesn't have the "feel" of commercial cable, so watch where you're running it. I used this mainly for residential applications and for short patch cables and it worked out great. I wouldn't use it for a business customer though, it just doesn't inspire the confidence I would need to go put it in a production environment. I can't put my finger on quite why I feel that way, just feels light-duty and lacking substance. Other than that, I would certainly buy it again.

Haven't used it yet but looks good. Crimped a connector to the end of the cable.Good quality? Determine that by reading the other reviews, I ain't got nothin. Bought this one because there were complaints for other products stating poor quality. This one seemed good according to the reviews.

Perfect for routing an access point and switches. Kind of an odd length but amazing product. Make sure to wire up correctly for crossover

why such a wierd length? fairly firm shell but ok cable

Affordable Ethernet cable. The sleeve isn't very strong, but it works well for cables and general use.

Good quality cable does get a bit stuck in the box so 4 stars.