Ultra Spec Cables100ft Cat5e Outdoor Waterproof Ethernet Cable Direct Burial Shielded (Pure Copper)

just what i needed

Ran several of these cables for some 4K PoE security cameras. Cameras are running butter smooth at 30FPS. Prior to installing these shielded cables, my cameras were getting strange artifacting, drops and poor performance due to unshielded, poor quality cabling running adjacent to electrical lines. Remember, if you are going to be running cable next to high voltage lines, make sure it is shielded. EMI is no joke and it wreaks havoc on data over the wire if it isn't shielded.

A bit stiff to manage but once you get the cable where you want it holds it's shape. No issues with my Reolink POE cameras for the past few months.

I have had one of these (patch) cables direct buried roughly six inches below grade for the last 10 months without any significant issues. This particular cable has been used to provide a 100Mb/s network connection and power to a security camera that draws up to 6 watts at 48 volts (POE standard) with a few stability problems (something causes the camera to occasionally reboot and then resume normal operation, but I do not know if the cable is at fault) since the cable was put into use 10 month ago, including a couple of days where the temperature did not rise above -13F, as well as a couple of days where the temperature was close to 90F. I recently installed two additional security camera runs using this cable, with the cable buried in plastic water pipe roughly three inches below grade.This CAT 6 patch cable is very stiff compare to a typical CAT 5e or CAT 6 indoor patch cable. The stiffness is an asset when trying to push the cable through 50 feet of narrow plastic water pipe (or conduit), but a problem when trying to bend through tight radius conduit sweeps. It is possible to kink the cable, so care must be taken when uncoiling the cable. The cable is not gel filled, so if the cable jacket is damaged (possibly from a bad kink), the cable should be immediately replaced. The cable ends have metal sides, and the ends are molded into the cable body, making for a durable outdoor connection into wireless access points and security cameras (note that the cable end should be shielded from direct exposure to the weather).With the cable ends attached, it is possible to squeeze two cables through 3/4 inch inside diameter conduit (or water pipe) if the two cable ends are staggered when pulled though. By cutting off the cable ends it is possible to squeeze two cables though 1/2 inch inside diameter conduit (this was a tight squeeze, so be careful when pulling the cable through long conduit runs). Because the cable is not gel filled, installing a standard RJ45 connector on a cable where the end was cut off is not any more difficult than installing an end on standard CAT 5e or CAT 6 indoor bulk cable.

The cable is as described. It's nothing special but does the job. Considering how many cables out there are literally fake, I guess this one deserves some credit for not being disappointing.

First off, I’m super pumped to have internet in my out building where I work finally. I shoot YouTube videos and had to put everything on a drive and bring in into the house to upload. Now I can do it right there. We also upgraded our speed recently, so the whole process got better. We have gig speed internet and after the full length of the cable I’m at 900+ Mbps download. My upload speed is actually the same as the house with no loss.I ran this thing from the hub in my living room, through the floor, across the basement ceiling, out the wall, under the door, through the yard in a small channel I dug for it, through my outbuilding wall, upstairs through the ceiling there, up through my desk, and finally into my computer. There were lots of places to get kinked. It did a few times so you have to be careful not to force it, but it undid and survived quite well. It’s been underground now for several months through rain, ice, and snow. It’s holding up wonderfully.I say get this. It’s great. I was going to try wifi boosters, but the signal loss was too much. This loses practically nothing.

Great value if money is all your worried about had ours a little over a year now and it's quit working already. You have to be very cautious while unwinding the cable it kinks very easily. Wish it would have lasted longer.

I like everything about this cable. I managed to good and order a much too long cable, but that's my fault.Up top: I needed this cable to be outdoors to run a POE webcam. It totally worked for that.(1) This is a shielded cable. It's much "stiffer" than ordinary Cat-6-type cables. Be prepared to have gentle bends. That's not a bug, it's a feature if you want exterior grade e net cable.(2) This cable is rated to be buried directly in the ground, no conduit. Just fire and forget.(3) It comes packaged for Armageddon. Took me several minutes to extract it from its packaging. Not exactly a bug, but not exactly a feature.It worked right out of the box. So that's a win.

Nice item as described

Good quality cable at a rediculously low price.

When my 700ft fiber link started failing in the fall due to water freezing in the buried conduits, I decided to use two of these 300ft cat6 cables as a temporary replacement for the winter. I just laid them out in the snow, joined by a POE gigabit repeater. I verified that the connection linked up at full gigabit/s speed . The lines were soon buried by additional snow and I experienced no problems at all during the entire winter.

I plugged it into my LAN hub indoors to make sure the cable works, it works. I run it outdoors. Literally not a nail or anything to secure it, just ran it outside through a window, around the side of the house to downstairs and plug into same LAN hub - STOPS WORKING. cable died literally in 5 minutes. I plugged in another short cable to make sure it's not the hub. short cable test works. GARBAGE and I want a refund

Have been using this cable for over a year at this point, and have had no issues with it since installing it. Have it ran from one side of the house to the other, with a double sided female keystone on each end allowing for easy connecting and disconnecting in case the need ever arises. Able to maintain gigabit speeds to my home server on the other end. Overall, would recommend if you need a cable for outdoor runs.