Monoprice 100-pcs RJ45 Modular Plug for Cat6 Solid Cable

Yeah, it definitely does not fit. If you strip the shielding off the individual wires, then you stand a chance of getting it to go into the little guide... but then what's the point? I see that it's the staggered design, but either this is just a cheap product or the cat-6 23AWG CM STP bought on here just is incompatible. I've gotten it to work with keystones (p/n 5379), so I think the problem is just that these connectors suck.

Just too difficult to insert wires into the tiny holes. Kept getting error messages after using tester.

The assembly is very easy but the latch does not work well at all. you have to pry it well out of place and even then they may not latch.

This does not fit solid Cat6 cable. It is virtually impossible to fit it through the collar. It might work with cheaper cat6 cable, but when pairing with better cable, it won?t fit. Wasted money and product is going in the trash. Too bad, I generally like monoprice?s products.

I'd consider myself a patient person. Not with these, just threw the whole bag in the garbage. I've made cables with the one piece connectors for years now, not a novice with this. (Prob 500+ cables in my lifetime) Cat 6a - Impossible. 2 hours of attempts on a single cable. 23AWG won't fit for the life of me in the 'organizer'. Tried the 4x2 inserts, 8x1 insert, 1x8 insert, nothing. Couldn't get 1 finished. Cat 5e - Doable if you have an hour per cable. I've spent about 1.5hrs on a 6ft practice cable and I got 1 side done. The last side will not work for the life of me. Even this cable won't insert into these garbage organizers. (Just seeing if my 6a cable was the issue... oh that cable was from Monoprice also.) I've watched 10 Youtube videos and the same connector type on those videos slide right in.

These are okay inserts. You will (probably) need to trim them multiple times, and inserting them isn?t always easy as a small corner may get stuck, or the copper tap is too low, or something else, but usually you can manage to get them on, and crimped. They aren?t passthroughs, but passthroughs are still, and will always be, incredibly overpriced. One positive point of these style of inserts though is that, though you have to trim it multiple times, requiring you to insert them using the cable means that they will be trimmed so short that you will never have to worry about missing the sleeve when you crimp, and with or without protective boots, they will always look clean.

Note: These work great on lower CAT cable. But are extremely difficult on underground Rated CAT6A cables

Made installing cable a breeze with the included inserts. I did not have to rewire any of my ends.

Like many others, I didn't realize what "with inserts" meant. I had ordered CAT5e heads from Monoprice before and they were exactly what I needed. These CAT6 heads looked to be the same thing, but they are quite different. There's a PDF on this page with instructions from the 1800s on how to use the inserts, but look on YouTube for "two piece high performance cat6" or "cat6 loading bar" to really see how to use these. I get it, and I see what they were going for, but it just doesn't add any value. The insert makes crimping cables harder and take longer. It does support 23AWG solid cables (also from Monoprice), but just barely. I wish Monoprice sold normal CAT6 plugs; all of them are either shielded, have inserts, or are passthrough. The passthrough plugs have the same idea of simplifying crimping and actually do so - but they're much more expensive and generally need a different (more expensive) crimper.

The plugs worked fine for me. I got them to work the first time. I used them with the bulk CAT6 23AWG cable from monoprice. I did not have any problem with the size of the cable. Tip: you have to cut the wires diagonally all together before inserting them into the inserts. That way you can insert them all at once. Check Youtube videos for instructions. My only criticism is that they should make these videos easier to find.

these are the most awkward plugs i’ve ever used. I didn’t realize they had inserts, even though it’s in the title. I’ve never used a plug with an insert, didn’t know they existed. They don’t seem to crimp well with a professional RJ45 crimping tool.

I got these after reading Q&A and reviews to make sure they can handle 23 AWG. Well, there is no way it can handle it. The through holes are too small to accept 23 AWG wires. Physically impossible. I totally wasted my money.

In addition to the same problems others have outlined. These connectors also do not stay in the ethernet port. You don't get that click sound telling you its inserted. I have to press in hard and then pull up on the release tab to lock it in the port. Super annoying and still always pop out when pulling out a rack. Junk.

This rj45 plug made it so much easier for me to learn how to crimp.

Worked perfectly for crimping plugs on end of _solid_ core cat 6 cable. Note they are not the passthrough style seen elsewhere, but are 2 parts and have a little cable comb that holds the wires in the correct order and fits in to the rest of the plug for easy crimping.

I did not realize these had inserts, I would not have bought them.

Took entirely to long to align the cables the offset wholes made stringing the cables through the insert a horribly tedious job, ended up going to a local store and buying a different brand all together.

These are the best. The failure rate is lower than pass through connectors in my opinion. These are easier to terminate than pass through connectors as well.

The connectors work well enough. The insert works well because you can get everything aligned nicely before crimping. The product packaging came with no directions, so it took me a bit to figure out how to get it all to work. I bought the Monoprice crimper and it worked well with the connectors.

Besides the wire harness insert thingy, they worked just fine. I don't know what problem the insert is trying to solve. To me, it just made terminating my cables a bit more of a hassle.