Ideal Industries62-200 Linkmaster UTP/STP Wire Map Cable Tester

The product was exactly what it should be and worked great. I would buy again from this seller and recommend them to other people.

This tester is a must if you are building and installing your own cable runs in your home or business.If you are running Ethernet cable and then crimping the connectors on later - you need this tester to make sure your didn't mistakenly cross any wires. You would want to know if a conductor is open or if you have the pairs swapped or if the pair itself has swapped leads.The weird thing is that the one I ordered had 4 button cell batteries (LR44) stacked in series rather than the single A28 (544) battery that it said it had according to the manual. When replacing the batteries, none of the LR44 or A28 batteries would properly fit. I tried multiple brands, from Energizer to Rayovac and other compatible button sizes A76/357/303 and nothing. The problem is that the replacements don't have a wide curvature on the positive side, and are simply flat, so they cannot reach the terminals when snapped into the battery cradle. I called Ideal, and they were stumped, and figured the OEM messed up.I figured out a work around to replacing the battery. I purchased a Duracell 28L from a local Batteries Plus store, which is simply the Lithium variant of the A544 alkaline battery listed in the manual which will last much longer, and then carefully peeled back and removed the battery casing. This revealed two large button cell lithium batteries that stack and fit PERFECTLY inside the battery cradle. This provides the proper fit and 6V of power required by the device, and has a much long life with no corrosion because it is lithium. I hope this can help others that are frustrated with the battery replacement problem.

Great tester for many applications. Make a cable, test a cable cross connections, shorts and opens. Very good battery life.

This is perfect for tracing down shorts, and miswires. Works great with shielded Cat cable. Great purchase for the data, AV tech

Gets the job done reliably until it doesn't. Had two of these for a year, they have both taken the occasional drop without issue. The other day one fell off the top of an ethernet box, about 16" or so. Dead. This is a $10 product being sold for $75. I expected more.

Tried to save some money and ordered a cheaper alternative, waste of time and money. Never really understood if it was telling me the cable was bad or good. Not the case with this, easy to read and understand. Don't have to waste time guessing if the cable you wired is bad or not. If you do any type of networking or cabling, this is a must have. I've had this for months and have not had a problem with this.

This tester is a must if you are building and installing your own cable runs in your home or business.If you are running ethernet cable and then crimping the connectors on later - you need this tester to make sure your didn't bung something up. You would want to know if a conductor is open or if you have the pairs swapped or if the pair itself has swapped leads.The weird thing is that the one I ordered had 4 button cell batteries (LR44) stacked in series rather than the single A28 (544) battery that it said it had.

Have used this one before that my company provided , this one the batteries I bought at any place were smaller.

This kit works really well. Good price too!

Fast, simple and so far, reliable.Item is in two sections, both with rj45 ports but only one with the testing button and light indicators.Plug one end of cat cable into one rj45 port on one box and the other end into the other port of the other box, press the test button and you'll get a reading as to which of the 8 cores has failed. Only issue being that it doesn't state which end might not be terminated correctly.Other than that, far more reliable than the cheap options.