10m (33 ft) CAT5e Cable, Outdoor External Ethernet Cable, 100% Solid Copper, Network Cable, LAN, Router, WiFi 6, CCTV, 1000mb (Gigabit), RJ45 Plugs

I think some of the other reviewers have misunderstood what an outdoor ethernet cable is. The key difference between an outdoor cable and a normal ethernet cable is the outer sheath on the cable. The outer layer of a normal ethernet cable is PVC, for an outdoor cable it is PE (Polyethylene). The reason is that UV (ie. sunlight) degrades PVC, it does not affect PE in the same way. PE is also generally most resistant to punctures. This cable correctly has a PE sheath, so is suitable for outdoor use. Some outdoor cables are also gel filled. Gel is used so that if you have a puncture in the cable, the water does not permeate through the whole length of the cable (potentially ending up indoors if you're unlucky). This cable is NOT gel filled. That seems acceptable at this price point, but if your use case involves the cable installed in a way that there is a high risk a puncture could happen and that the water entering the cable would exit somewhere undesirable you may want to look for a gel filled cable instead. If you are making an outdoor connection, you should buy a suitable waterproof junction box to protect the connection. I used this cable with a PHYLink PoE IP camera which came with a very good waterproof junction box. To make it easier to feed the other end of the cable through the wall I cut off the connector and inside connected it to an RJ45 socket (eg. kenable RJ45 Face Plate Wall Sockets Cat6 Single 1 Port with Keystones Jacks ). The conductors of this cable are solid (ie. not stranded); that means it is good choice for permanent installations, but not a good choice for (say) a laptop that is reconnected daily where the continuous flexing might cause one of the conductors to snap through fatigue. The conductors do appear to be solid copper - this is good, a number of cables in this price range use CCA (copper-clad-aluminium) which is cheaper and has various disadvantages compared to pure copper. One thing I am not entirely happy about is this cable has very little in the way of markings on it. Normally at manufacture time a cable has the manufacturer's name and specification printed onto the cable every meter or so, so you can identify the cable type (if you look at any half decent network cable you should see an example of these markings) and be relatively sure that you are getting the type of cable you have paid for. The only marking on this cable is 'BK151123-41', which as far as I can tell has no known meaning. As best I can tell from inspection, it is actually a cat5e cable with a polyethylene outer. Note that there has also been an issue with anti-snag boots; at the time I bought (June 2016) the product photos were showing a cable with anti-snag boots (to protect the 'tab' on the connector from damage) but the cable I received did not have these. Apparently the manufacturer had removed these without the seller knowing, and they have now updated the photos to show the cable without the anti-snag boots. I understand the next batch of cables they have requested the manufacturer to fit the anti-snag boots. I was tempted to deduct one star for this, but the seller has taken full responsibility and agreed to refund or supply a cable with anti-snag boots I think they have handled the issue very well. Many of the other reviewers for this cable seem to have received cheap/free samples, I actually purchased this cable at full price and to fulfil a genuine need! I highly recommend it, I've bought another 3 since.

Spot on cable. I saw some reviews for this item saying it would not go straight, constantly wanting to twirl itself back up. Ignore them. It is coiled up in the packaging. Just unwind it and straighten it out. Reverse the loops and twist it straight. It’s simple. If you want cable this length, you are probably restraining it in trunking or with cable grips anyway. The job I used it for involved going through tight holes in external wall, through conduit, buried in soil and through fairly tight bends in timber stud work. The first cable I used broke (that was a copper coated aluminium cable). A mistake. This one with solid copper cores is much much better. Very pleased. I was putting my own RJ45s and network socket jacks on this and only bought this finished cable because simple cable although plugs in was more expensive. For anyone doing the same, this cable was simple to work with. However it lacks a drawstring thread to pull on. Easy to strip back the ‘hard way’ though and crimps fine.

I bought this to replace the limited WiFi speeds I was getting with my home router. That aside, this cable in place gave me close to my full expected connection speed, so functions great. Sheathing is OK (feels a little thin) and is nice and flexible. Tried and tested with the plugs intact (perfect), although I cut them off and terminated the cable into sockets.

At this price you would expect copper-coated aluminium, but I can confirm this is solid copper core. The outer sheathing is weatherproof, which on the plus side means that unlike normal sheathing it doesn't rot away in sunlight or when buried, but on the downside, together with the solid core, means that it can't easily turn sharp corners (it is not very flexible; you have to use some well-anchored cable clips to make it travel around the corner of an exterior wall). Had no problems punching it down to network sockets or fitting network plugs. Previously with WiFi-N150, the PCs in my study were topping out at 25Mbit/sec; now with this cable I get the full 70Mbit/sec from my fibre router two rooms away, with SMB file transfers inside the LAN running far faster still. Total cable diameter with sheath is 5mm, so get either 5mm or 6mm cable clips. Note that this is unshielded, but it is twisted pairs so interference wasn't a problem for me even when passing the household mains fusebox. If you're planning to run alongside mains wire for a long length then consider shielded instead. Note also that it is not armoured, so if you bury it, one forceful spade could chop it. If you don't need shield nor armour, then for outdoor network cable running through and along walls, or under paving, this is about the best you can get for the price - expect to pay double or more to get better.

I've just moved house and wanted a LAN connection from the downstairs router to my upstairs office. The original idea was to run a cable along the front of the house & through the wall, and reading the ad I expected to receive a 'high quality' cable. Whilst I'm sure the internals are as stated, the outer covering could not be of a worse quality. Thin, tight, plastic-y and very, very shiny Naturally the cable is coiled on delivery but the coating is so cheap that it's almost impossible to straighten it. It was so bad that the chap who I called to fit it (Sky engineer) suggested it was run internally up into the loft & down again, as there was no way it'd straighten and would look atrocious fixed to external walls. Yes I could've returned it but time was of the essence from a work perspective. I VERY rarely leave poor reviews but I'm afraid this product warrants one. It works fine but if you're looking for a neat finish either internally or externally then try elsewhere.

Llego antes de lo previsto, muy buen material mejor de lo esperado. Las clavijas rj45 estan perfectas y no cuesta ningun trabajo enchufarlo. Ninguna perdida de velocidad. Recomendado 100%

my bad... i should have returned it right away.. item came damaged but seemed to work.. after a few weeks however the kink in the cable worsened and the cable stopped working.. returned for credit.... cable seemed pretty cheaply made however.

Here's the situation. We got two houses out here on the oregon coast, one of them has a router, one of them doesn't. Our solution was to run this cable from one house to the other through a window. I initially bought two because I didn't expect the first one to last a year. ... .. .. . that was 4 years ago. The second ones still just sitting in my closet ready to go. Over the years this thing has been sitting in mud and snow. It's been stepped on a hundred times and tripped over once. A bush has grown over it and has been cut down and allowed to grow back TWICE. We live right next to the beach so the salty air has also had its way with the cable as well. And it still works! This cable rocks! If you need an outdoor cable that will partially be outside do yourself a favor and get this one. Money well spent! Normally this is the part of the review where I say if it breaks I'll buy it again but this things determined to last.

Ran this across my lawn about a foot deep to my shop and set up a wifi repeater out there. Works like a charm so far (about a month). Now we'll just have to see how long it lasts.

Todo correcto.