Easy Crimp Tool for Cable Matters Cat6A / Cat 6A Shielded Metal Keystone Jacks

First time using a Keystone Jack Crimp tool. I was impressed with the overall quality and ease of use. Pros: <> Worked flawlesly <> Provides good leverage <> Good value Cons: <> Looks a tad cheap but works great so this is minor

This tool wouldn't last to do this for a living, but it works as it should for small projects like wiring a house or two. Light weight, plastic, but pretty solid, although a touch expensive for being just plastic.

Depicted: CableMatters Cat6A heads on SolidLink Cat6A S/FTP 23AWG cable. These heads work perfectly, and this tool helps a ton. PRO: +inexpensive, seriously. +for CableMatters Cat6A heads, this works perfectly. +Crimps and secures grounded cable to the head, whether or not you hear an audible click. +has a recess for the keystone retention clip. CON (honestly none, just buy it): -literally none, if you buy those jacks just buy this tool and get over yourself. It's cheap. Most tools for this kind of job cost $30-100. This costs like $5. Get over it and buy it, it helps a ton.

Although tool-less keystone jacks are supposed to be, well, tool-less I often terminate very thick conductor Ethernet cable and sometimes the keystone, no matter how careful I am, just does not want to close unless I apply a set of parallel jaw pliers to them. Rather than risk damage with pliers, I bought this tool and it really does work. My sanity is now preserved! The price is right, especially given how much time this thing has saved me and my fingers/hands from undue pain. Construction is of ABS, so you would be hard pressed to break it.

I used this to crimp shielded CAT6 RJ-45 terminals and it did the trick. Seems very sturdy and durable.