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2025-08-31 09:54:26
works well
Charles Etheridge
2025-07-28 13:58:10
Great product and service 👌.
01MGM
2025-07-18 16:26:04
Good buy for $20. The toner and probe are good. They're not as powerful as my Fox+Hound but way better than my $25 Extech. I was able to tone out a 100ft cat5e line on the patch pannel pretty easily. The tone generator is very powerful and blasts cross talk into 6+ lines but it not too hard to narrow it down to the correct wire on a patch pannel. In a bundle tough, forget about it. Too much crosstalk. Another negative is the tone generator does go through 9v batteries fast. The wire testing works great. You do have to read the poorly translated manual to know how to test for line continuity, polarity and tip+ring. Also the alligator clips are a joke. I also love the on/off switch on the wand so i can tone without holding down a button. Be aware this isn't a professional tool. If you're going to be toning out lines routinely and toning out lines in bundles spend the $$$ and get a Triplett Fox+hound, or Tempo/greenlee. Those probes are way stronger more accurate, much less cross talk, have more features for tracing, and don't eat batteries. But for occasional use or something to keep in your IT dept as a backup its good.Update: so after using the probe with different tone generators and testing them all with a multimeter the secret sauce to this kits performance is the tone generator. The probe is as weak as the other cheap sub $30 probes but the tone generator puts a 7v signal out on all 4 pairs while the tempos, flukes, (and other cheapies for that matter) put a 3-4v signal out on 1 pair. In addition to putting tone out on 8 wires it doesnt put it out on pairs that are connected on the switch end so theres no continuity if its plugged into a switch. This makes it LOUD. The upside of this is you can get a loud tone from a dirt cheap probe because you're basically blasting the whole cable out with tone. The downside of this is LOTS of crosstalk and a short battery life.
Customer
2025-07-04 10:02:34
I used this Wire Tracker in my new apartment that was pre-wired with Cat5e+ but none of the cabling was labeled or terminated. This was crucial in finding what rooms correlated with which wires. The tracking was super easy to use and worked great. I was able to determine where each cable went and terminate them appropriately. I also used this to test out any new cabling I made with the continuity mode that tests each wire. I also used that after terminating each cable with a keystone to ensure good contact from start to end. Overall, I am very happy with this device and it was super helpful and worth the money. Just be sure to have 2 9V batteries as each "part" of the device requires 1 9V.
Dan
2025-06-19 16:46:39
So, it's inexpensive, and it makes tones on wires and lights up if a wire has continuity. Exactly what you were after. Down-side, you have to use the included earbuds to hear the tone. Which, if you're in a wiring closet waving this thing around at the end of your arm you've just pulled them out of your ears and won't hear the tone. Which is annoying. Anybody using a wire toner to find a circuit is not, repeat not, doing so during a funeral, church services, or at the ballet. The earbuds are thus necessary but a great hassle to keep in while toning. The signal strength is a bit weak, in spite of using 9vdc batteries which should give it a little more juice to work with. Continuity checks on ethernet wiring? Perfect tool! I've been a network engineer for 30 years now, I use Fluke products at work because I'm not paying for them. At home, on my dime, this does the job and if I break it I'm out the cost of a Happy Meal. Which, if you use it to tone a 110vac outlet to a de-energized breaker box and then happen to flip the breaker before remembering the tone generator is still in the outlet? Yeah, you're out a Happy Meal. Buy two of these before working on something that isn't low-voltage. I just wish they would have let that built-in speaker in the wand, you know, speak. Like it wants to do. Like it was made to do. Like it was born to do. Other recommendation: get four 9vdc rechargeable batteries because when you slip these into a tool pouch (which is not included and, really? How much can a nylon pouch actually cost?) the sliding switches will invariably slide and run the batteries down, and you will only find this out when you pull the pouch from your tool bag in Reva, SD in a -40F evening trying to figure out why an ethernet jack isn't feeding the WAP in the only motel in town, only to discover the nearest 9vdc battery is 40 miles away. For this kind of money, carry a spare and that includes the batteries too. To Sum, it's inexpensive, works, and is mildly inconvenient. I'd spend a few more bucks on one that doesn't require ear-buds or headphones.
Five Seven
2025-06-10 13:52:49
Had a zillion Ethernet wires bundled to a home run and couldn't figure out which was which, and which wasn't working and which had bad termination on ends and so on - this finally found the right ends and was able to sniff out ones that had been misterminated (or crimped poorly) by energizing the lines rather than the old tester that just tests whether it's passing through correctly.
Rebic810
2025-05-23 16:44:12
As soon as the package arrived I put batteries in and plugged a cat 6 wire to test the tracer function, the tracer worked and the speaker was loud for 1 second then got so quiet you couldn’t hear it. After about 30 seconds the tracer portion heated up and the smell of burning plastic filled my kitchen. I strongly suggest you don’t buy this product because it will most likely catch on fire.
Marco Linares
2025-05-17 15:37:53
Exelente!!
Mercedes1a1
2025-04-25 12:55:18
I was surprised by the price of this and expected it to be okay. The tester tones wires, tests wires and is a line finder all in the same unit. It works great and is a great value. I would recommend it.
ze
2025-03-24 13:09:43
Thanks
richard trueman
2025-03-06 17:38:13
As a cable verifier this works good. As for toning out lines with the audible tone generator, it's hit and miss. the wand is sensitive enough to pick up any noise but the tone generator side puts out a very weak signal and you have to play around and jiggle wires to make it work. This also burns out 9V batteries quite quickly. I would not consider this for any commercial applications.
Mark
2025-02-22 11:15:57
Great little piece of kit, loud enough to be heard, makes an easy job of locating cables, the cable tester part is a little basic but as this was purchased for the cable tracker part it does the job fine.Recommended to buy if you need a cable tracker.Both units take a pp3 battery each and you can use rechargeable batteries (Amazon basic pp3 rechargeable are great)
Sydnie Reighn Straal
2025-02-20 16:40:07
Easy to use
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