UbiGear Cable Tester +Crimp Crimper +100 RJ45 CAT5 CAT5e Connector Plug Network Tool Kits (Crimper31

Product Description

Cable Tester: 1.Test RJ11/RJ12/RJ45 cables. 2.Test correspondingly double-twisted cables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and Ground. 3.Can judge wrong connection, short circuit and open circuit. 4.Put cables into both main tester and remote tester. 5.The lights of the main tester will turn on sequentially from 1 to G. 6.Detachable remote tester, test remote cable up to 1000ft. in length. 7.Power supply: 2 pcs AAA batteries (not included). 8.Come with protective leather case.

Features

• 1 x UbiGear Network Crimper 315 -- works for RJ11 (6P4C)/RJ12 (6P6C)/RJ22(4P4C/4P2C)/RJ45 (8P8C) connectors.
• 1 x UbiGearCable Tester for cables with RJ45/RJ11/RJ12 Connector (battery/charger not included). The LED lights will flash in rotation if all the wires are properly connected, otherwise the corresponding light will not flash. The color of the LED light does not mean anything.
• 1 x Wire Stripper (Free)
• 100 x RJ45 RJ-45 CAT5 Modular Plug (This is just regular RJ45 connector, not pass-through, and without load bar)
• UbiGear One-Year Limited Warranty with 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! If there is anything wrong with your order, just let us know, and we’ll take care of it.

Top Reviews

Good crimping tool, useless wire stripper
by Richw (5 out of 5 stars)
April 29, 2018

I bought the UbiGear Crimp 315. I have not crimped Cat5e before so there was a learning curve. Fortunately, I have a brother with experience.

The yellow wire stripper is useless. When I used it to strip the Cat5e cable it nicked 1 or more wires underneath the outer shield. So I used a small scissors to cut upwards from the end for the length that I needed, then around the cable to reach the wires underneath. I made the mistake of trying to strip the individual wires before inserting them into the clip; not necessary. However, the stripper did a very poor job anyway, either stripping one side of the insulation or cutting through the wire. I have tossed the stripper.

The crimper does a very nice job of piercing the wires and making a good connection. Once I understood how to do it, it was fairly easy and each connection worked well. The tester allowed me to separate the units and put one on the second floor and the base on the other end on the first floor. The clips aren't high quality but they work just fine for my needs. I ran the first two wires from 2nd floor, to the attic, down to the crawl space and back up to the first floor. I put the clips on all 4 ends and used the tester to confirm. I connected to my cable box, the Roku box and the Sony Blu-ray player. All connections tested OK and now no more drops from the wireless connection. I'm going to add a switch to one of the wires and run more Cat5e to other first floor rooms.

How I did the crimps
-Run your wires as necessary in your home
-Strip about a half inch of outer insulation from the end of the Cat5e exposing the 4 twisted pairs of wires
-Straighten the individual wire pairs and align them according to the T568B or T568A standard (see the included instruction sheet). Whichever you use, always use that through your network. Flatten the pairs of aligned wires, you may need to trim them so they are all the same length.
-When you have the wires aligned to the standard, use forceps (or some gentle clip) to flatten and hold them in place
-With the retaining tab facing down, push the wires into the end of the clip. You should see the tips of the wires at the other end of the clip. You can look at the edges to see the outer 2 wires. It's very important that you have them ALL THE WAY to the end of the clip
-Insert the clip into the center (8P) of the crimper, tab up, careful not to pull the wires out. Squeeze the crimper and the chrome slide will go up to force the gold tabs up into the individual wires, piercing them and making the connection. Depress the tab on the clip and remove it from the crimper
-Do the other end of the wire the same way
-Separate the 2 pieces of the tester, put the smaller on one end of a new Cat5e clip
-Make sure there are batteries in the large tester and put the other end of the Cat5e into it. Move the slide switch to on or s(slow). "G" will light on only one of the testers (OK). Each tester will glow red for each of the numbers 1-8 (4 pair). If any light is missing then the crimp didn't work. (I went through about 6 clips before getting it right. Then the rest were OK on the first try.)

Hope this helps someone else.
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"Technicians" don't understand the concept of generic products.
by ghost (5 out of 5 stars)
February 15, 2016

The crimper is actually not as large as I initially thought it would be! On top of that, the stripper and crimp heads are all perfectly fine and dandy, I don't get why so many so called "technicians" are saying this is cheap crap. Literally this is no higher quality than buying another crimper rebranded with a TrendNET logo or anything else. It's definitely not a fluke networks tool or anything, but for a quick $15 replacement, with 100 connector ends and a stripper? Heck yes!
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Fairly pleased rank amateur
by V West (4 out of 5 stars)
September 13, 2017

I got the Crimper315 kit a couple of years ago when I was first began ripping out upstairs walls, in hopes that one day the cables I was tacking around the attic and dropping down walls would get connected to ... something. So now, a few years later, I'm hauling out and dusting off this kit and sitting down to reeducate myself about why on earth I bought this stuff and how I'm supposed to use it to hook up an ethernet network. I was incredibly relieved to discover that this kit had nearly every tool I'd need.

The tester was super easy to use. It let me check the connectors I was putting on both ends of cat5e cables to ensure they were valid. This in turn let me make a few little test cables and deploy the remote to double check the cables I'd dropped way back when, now that I'd finally punched them into jacks and a patch panel. This reassured me that I could go ahead and tack everything up in the basement -- and that I wouldn't have to crawl back into the attic insulation to replace anything. So for me, the tester was ~huge.~ (Note that it does require a not-provided 5-volt battery.)

The crimping tool turned out to be a minor problem. I discovered that squeezing too enthusiastically could ruin the connector. Also, when I looked at the connectors head on, I could see that at least one of the wires consistently seemed to be crimping slightly higher than the others. That said, the tester said they'd work -- and the network I'm using at the moment testifies to that.

I'd gotten a separate punching tool (didn't want to gamble on that part), so I only used the cutter portion of the other tool to take off sheathing. It turned out to be sharper than I'd expected, and more than, say, one and a half cautious turns would nick the interior wires. Yow.

So, all in all, nearly every tool you'd need to put an inexpensive home network together on a budget. I had zero knowledge of how any of this worked when I dumped out the box, and I'm not planning to get major use out of it in future other than making some custom cable lengths to hook up equipment. So from a strictly amateur, clutching some diagrams, maybe hooking up some equipment once in a blue moon perspective, this kit was a really great value.
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Tester pictured not sent, received CH-178 and instructions for a NS-468.
by chrishuffman5 (2 out of 5 stars)
December 5, 2017

Crimp tool works fine, but the cable tester that is pictured, is not the cable tester I received. The picture on the item and even the instructions i received for the cable tester are for an NS-468, which describe needing a 9v battery, but the model is received is a CH-178 which appears to take 2x AAA batteries. I have searched the web for this model of ubigear tester and can't find any instructions. When i power on the tester with AAA batteries the ground light turns red, and when i plug in a factory made cable it just scans through the numbers in red and never turns green.

Granted the crimping tool and rj-45 connectors are worth the price to not bother with a return, I was really hoping to have a semi usable tester. It would at least have been nice to have the correct instructions to the wrong tester...
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Worth it, but know what you are getting.
by Neba (3 out of 5 stars)
January 22, 2018

Pros:
-One stop shop, nearly every tool you'll need to easily and successfully create and test cables
-Cost/value, way cheaper than trying to buy all tools individually
-All of the tools work as intended

Cons:
-the cable ends are the push-through type. this is great for beginners but an annoyance for anyone else as it just adds an extra step of having to take a razor blade to the end of the cable end to cut off the access wires. they also will not click into place of any ports I have tried. cisco switches, routers, firewalls, APs, devices, servers, you name it.. even if you bend the tab outward to try to give it some grip.. nothing. totally abysmal, throw them out.
-the crimper works as intended, but is visibly slanted (saw other reviews and it appear it's common). it's a bit worrisome, and I wonder if it will eventually stop crimping correctly. it also doesn't give an audible click when correctly crimped, so you basically just have to crimp until you cannot compress the tool anymore. not the most reassuring.
-the wire stripper could not be adjusted to strip cat6 correctly at all. I have the same exact style at work and have used them repeatedly. I had to back out the adjustment screw and use a longer one I had laying around, then adjust the screw holding the actual razor, now it works like a charm. not a big deal for me, but would be annoying for most, and a non-functioning tool in a kit is not good.

Overall:

The kit is not perfect by far, but it is undoubtedly the best bang for your buck. grab a 30mm m3 screw for your stripping tool, throw out the cable ends (and order your own), and just make sure to compress all the way down with the crimper. Most of the other tools on amazon are the exact same parts sold separately for more, so unless you plan to spend a premium on better tools individually, it's worth it to pick this up and deal with some of the slight quirks of the kit.
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and stripping tool work great. Giving three stars because of the tester
by momx3 (5 out of 5 stars)
December 21, 2017

Crimp tool, RJ45 connectors, and stripping tool work great. Giving three stars because of the tester. Instructions state to use a standard 9V battery, as do all the folks who answered the questions here on Amazon. I open the battery door and lo and behold, it is very obvious this unit takes (what appears to be) two AAA batteries (side by side with polarities opposite, just like any other device that takes 2 AAA batteries). A 9V wouldn't fit into the space even if it was supposed to go there. Tried two different sets of AAA batteries and got no response from the unit.

Not sure if I got the right tester with this kit or, if they've changed the battery type, the unit is just DOA. Didn't really need the tester anyway so no big deal, but if you're buying this at the end of 2017, be advised.

EDIT: Tried a third set of batteries and got the tester to work. Instructions that come with the device are either outdated or from another tester. Mine didn't have any green lights, only red. Despite this, the cable I made worked fine, so I'm assuming my version only has red lights to indicate continuity. Changing to five stars.
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Great Product, works as advertised
by Robert Carr (5 out of 5 stars)
February 7, 2019

I have a small cabling project to do (<10 connections). I read all the negative reviews and checked my new crimper as soon as it arrived, looking for the reported defects. Problem 1, the crimper die does not align with the pins in the connector - False. Works perfectly. Problem 2, No instructions provided with the kit - That's why we have Google. Besides, the one comment I read concerned the stripping tool. (Man, if you can't figure this one out without instructions, stay away from tools entirely.) Problem 3, Can't figure out what kind of battery to install - 2 "AAA" cells. Doh! The only things that will fit. Problem 4, Tester did not work - No problem with mine. I plugged in a known good cable and the lights stepped from 1 to 8 just as pretty as you please. I did have one question. The tester has positions for On, Off and S. I didn't know what S was for. So I selected it. The scan rate slowed down. S = Slow. Pretty nifty. All in all a very cost effective set of tools for occasional use. If I was a cable installer, I'd probably prefer a better tool, but for my use (and budget) this was perfect.
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Design flaw.
by Bryan L. (1 out of 5 stars)
July 27, 2019

I'm a contractor working with several defense contractors. Safety is paramount when working at these manufacturing facilities. If there is an accident or injury, it requires OSHA reporting, etc. and is a big issue. You can easily get tossed for any injury or accident. I've been doing this for 19 years - accident and injury free.

I used this device on a project. I reached into my tool belt to grab something next to this device, but a finger went right down between the two arms and struck the blade, and when I pulled it out, I had a deep gash and was bleeding everywhere. Fortunately, it happened where nobody saw. I had to put my hand into my pants pocket to hide the bleeding and get to the bathroom where I could wrap it in tissue, put a glove over it, and leave before anybody could see it.

The cable tester works just fine. But that crimp tool has a design flaw that makes it unsafe. I've never had anything like this happen before with any other crimp tool. It's just unfathomable that this would have happened.
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Fully functional. Couldn't ask for more for the price.
by Seamus (5 out of 5 stars)
June 24, 2015

Is this the best crimper on planet Earth? No. Is it the best crimper you could possibly buy for the price? Quite possibly. The value of this kit is unbelievable. I have made about 20 crimps with it so far, and have had no problems. The included tester feels kind of like a McDonald's toy, but it works well and has saved a significant amount of time for me in checking each connector. The connectors themselves are cheep. If this comes as a surprise, please consult the price above. However, they are fully functional despite what they lack in beefyness, and for the price its functionality is really the only thing that it can be fairly judged by.

If you are a network pro, you should know better than to be looking in this price range for tools. If you don't plan to make 100 crimps per week, this is the tool for you.
10/10, would buy again.
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Great value for money
by Ivan Kowalenko (4 out of 5 stars)
June 10, 2018

It's a good kit, great value for money, but the cable tester is just so cheap and flimsy feeling that I can't give it five stars.

The jacket stripping tool needs a little bit of care to avoid corkscrewing, but if you keep it steady, which isn't hard, it does an awesome job in effortlessly cutting away the cable jacket without nicking the individual conductors.

The crimper is the real star of the show here. We have a Klein Tool style crimper in the office, without the ratchet, and it's a pain in the butt to pull the crimped connector out of the tool and it depresses the clip. This crimper, however, felt extremely light, and it doesn't really feel like a serious tool, and it's so effortless to use you question whether or not it's making a good crimp. However these fears were unwarranted, as every single crimp was just as solid as the crimp from the Klein Tool style crimper. It's very easy to use, no iron grip required.

You do have to watch out, though, for the unguarded blades in the handle for cutting. Depending on how you hold it to pop the connector out after crimping you can easily nick yourself, and those blades are SHARP. It's not like it'll cause a gusher of a cut, but it'll create a little nick so fine you won't even notice it at first.

The connectors are nothing too special. They're the style where you have to use the little clip-in guide, but they're easy enough to use on the different Cat5e that I tried it with that I'm happy with them. They're very clear, and it's very easy to verify that all your connectors are all the way in. The only bad crimp I had was one where I screwed up the order of a pair.

This is an awesome kit for someone looking to make their own cables for a homelab or SOHO, or a hobbyist that just wants to repair some busted ends on cables they already own.

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