25 ft Cat 6 Unshielded (UTP) Flat Ethernet Network Cable - Black

I have bought this product twice , so i will try to write a detailed review of my experience if it helps others in making a buying decision . Out of so many ethernet cables i have used from different companies , this has proved to be the best for many reasons , at east for me(1) First of all it is ultra flat and can be easily put under rug, carpet , tables cloth etc without raising the overlying portion( 2 ) it does not tangle easily because when the wiring goes through any twisting force during use , only that part is will take a turn but will remain soft without getting tense or extending the turns to other parts. It therefore does not create a pulling pressure on the end of the cable which is plugged into the PC/Laptop( 3 ) The speed is very good as it is CAT 6 which is newer category with sufficient speed capability for most users . I compared it with my two other/previous CAT6 round type cables from Belkin and eForce and the internet speed was the same if not better. Actually the internet speed fluctuates from test to test , so it is hard to exactly compare , but in general the speed remained in the same range(4 ) The cable is thin but still strong enough to withstand ordinary pulling pressures with daily use . My two year old son frequently pulls it to tease me but so far it has no signs of damage. Sometimes it gets pulled accidentally through my feet as well.( 5 ) There many length and color options available . I have one blue and one black .( 6) If needed for neat packing, the cable can be rolled nicely on itself in the shape of a disc which will be as thick as the width of the cable(7 ) I specially like the ends . They may look long in picture but they are shorter compared to most available Ethernet cables and are also thinner and slightly flexible ( am talking about portions which stays out of the Ethernet ports ) and after plugging in my Laptop , this outer portion of the cable's end does not touch the surface on which i put my Laptop because the cable wiring is flat and light weight and does not create a downward pull on the plugged ends which therefore stays straight in horizontal position . This minimizes the chances of the ends getting pulled out which used to be a problem with previous round wired Ethernet because the bottom side of Ethernet ports on my LENOVO U530 touch Ultra Book are flexible and opens like a lid if there is any outward and downward force applied on the ends of ethenet cable.

Like another reviewer, I got this for a Logitech Alert outdoor camera. I, too, trimmed it down to fit. But while one side trims easily, the other side takes more. The side with the camera has a little more room inside, so all you have to remove are the ribs, and since they're not part of the sheathing, it's easy to just snip them and peel them off without doing anything to the insulation of the cable. However, the box that plugs into the outlet has less depth where the cable plugs in, so I had to remove some of the plug's covering itself, much more difficult to do while trying to be careful.It worked fine though, and for the price it couldn't be beat. I'm not a fan of the "snagless" cover over the tab on the plug though, since too often they make it more of a pain to remove the plug, so I cut those off as well.I needed the flat cable because of the camera system, but I prefer flat anyway since it gives you something far less twisted when you unroll everything. Nothing is more annoying than a spiral of cable that keeps kinking itself or getting hung up and won't stretch out easily. No such issues with the flat cables.For the price, can't beat it.

Having survived being married for more than 30 years I've learned that it's important to pick your battles. Its all about compromise. I can get away with having computer equipment strung all around the house as long as I keep the wires neat and out of sight. While in most cases I try to use wireless for networking there are some instances such as connecting a NAS where a wired connection is more appropriate.While my wife was away visiting friends for a weekend, I commandeered an end-table in the living room and using my best McGyver impersonation I hollowed out the base and fitted it with an 15TB RAID NAS. From the back of the table came a power cable and this UltraFlat Ethernet cable. The non-obtrusive cable fit neatly between the flooring and baseboards along the edge of the room where I could attach it to the Gigabit Ethernet switch that was housed behind my wife's display of Precious Moments figurines during another stealth mission when she was away visiting her mother.The Ethernet cable has worked well providing Cat6 speeds to the NAS without the bulk of a large cable giving away the location of yet another piece of computer hardware. Thanks to products such as this UltraFlat Ethernet cable I have lived to see another day of married life while getting tremendous throughput to the new NAS-enabled end-table in our living room.

The cables plugged into my Gig PoE switch just fine but the cable ends were too long to fit into the Logitech Alert camera enclosures I was connecting to the network. I was able to carefully carve aware the ribbed cable supports that are molded to the wire and eventually got them to work with cameras. If you are looking to replace the cables that came with the Alert cameras like I was, just be prepared to perform some modifications before these can be used. If you aren't comfortable with making that kind of a modification, look elsewhere as the end connectors are simple too long for the cameras.As for the cable quality, they appear well built and I have not seen any issues with interference or network transmission error rates after putting them to use. For example, after 20 days of use I have the following stats collected:Jabbers Received 0Fragments Received 0Undersize Received 0Alignment Errors 0Rx FCS Errors 0Overruns 0Total Transmit Errors 0Tx FCS Errors 0Underrun Errors 0Total Transmit Packets Discarded 0The flat cables certainly are ultraflat as advertised. I rated this as a 4 out of 5 stars because I had hoped for a better physical match with my existing Logitech Alert camera requirements. Aside from that attribute, these appear to be performing well.