[MJeeves]

BELKIN or LINDY - Which are the better make of CAT5 and CAT6 cable?

[LINDY Michael]

Well, you can probably guess what I'd say!

Seriously though, all our patch cables have a 10 year warranty. We sell tens of thousands of these every year and, honestly, the failure rate is negligible.

Plus, you can contact us directly if you have any queries and speak to an actual technician here in the UK. And, we're here as an assured advertiser, supporting these forums. That's got to be worth something!

MikeO

[MJeeves]

Originally Posted by LINDY Michael

Well, you can probably guess what I'd say!

Seriously though, all our patch cables have a 10 year warranty. We sell tens of thousands of these every year and, honestly, the failure rate is negligible.

Plus, you can contact us directly if you have any queries and speak to an actual technician here in the UK. And, we're here as an assured advertiser, supporting these forums. That's got to be worth something!

MikeO

Thanks Michael.

Do Lindy do shielded STP CAT6a cables ?

[LINDY Michael]

Originally Posted by MJeeves

Do Lindy do shielded STP CAT6a cables ?

Yep. You can find them here.

MikeO

[MJeeves]

Originally Posted by LINDY Michael

Yep. You can find them here.

MikeO

Thanks Mike.

[greenears]

In the interest of impatiality (and a little mischief-making!), does anyone have any thoughts on the Belkin cables?

[Jamie]

I personally believe theres very little real difference, having said that the only patch cable I've ever had go wrong was a Belkin one. Make of that what you will.

[mrbenn]

i almost fell off my chair when i looked at the price of the lindy cables, do youself a favour and get belkin - amazon sell them direct for example:
10 cat 6 £8.15
Belkin Cat6 Snagless UTP Patch Cable 10m: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo


non-belkin 5m shielded:http://www.amazon.co.uk/5m-Shielded-...743720&sr=1-12
£3.99

if you need cat 5e 7dayshop.com is well priced

[LINDY Michael]

Originally Posted by mrbenn

i almost fell off my chair when i looked at the price of the lindy cables, do youself a favour and get belkin - amazon sell them direct for example:
10 cat 6 £8.15

If you're going to compare branded cables on price, at least make sure you do it like for like. The link I posted earlier was for CAT6a SSTP as per the OP's request.

You can get a LINDY 10m CAT6 UTP for £7.29

10m CAT6 UTP Snagless Network Cable, Black | September | New Products | LINDY UK

MikeO

[mrbenn]

Originally Posted by LINDY Michael

If you're going to compare branded cables on price, at least make sure you do it like for like. The link I posted earlier was for CAT6a SSTP as per the OP's request.

You can get a LINDY 10m CAT6 UTP for £7.29

10m CAT6 UTP Snagless Network Cable, Black | September | New Products | LINDY UK

MikeO

fair point so checking amazon:
you can get 10m belkin cat 6 utp for £7.98 see
Belkin Cat6 Snagless UTP Patch Cable 10m: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
with free p+p rather than £2.99

check out ebuyer to £3.85 for 10m + £2.58 p and p
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130700

and also ebuyer for cat6 STP for example belkin 3m £3.75 + £2.58
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/56499

pays your money takes your choice

[LINDY Michael]

Originally Posted by mrbenn

pays your money takes your choice

Yep, I agree on that.

[MJeeves]

Thanks guys!

[MJeeves]

Originally Posted by LINDY Michael

Yep. You can find them here.

MikeO

Do you do these CAT6A STP cables in 2 metre lengths?

[LINDY Michael]

Apologies for the delay getting back to you. Yes, we do a 2m cable. Unfortunately, due to an oversight it wasn't made visible on the website. The guilty party has been severely reprimanded with a pointy stick .

You can now find it here.

MikeO

[illingworth22]

Originally Posted by LINDY Michael

Apologies for the delay getting back to you. Yes, we do a 2m cable. Unfortunately, due to an oversight it wasn't made visible on the website. The guilty party has been severely reprimanded with a pointy stick .

You can now find it here.

MikeO

Quick question, why is the Cat 5e (Part No 12930) the same price as the Cat 6 (Part No 12937) cables?

[LINDY Michael]

12937 (The Cat6 cable) is solid core. 12930 (Cat5e) is stranded core. Generally, solid core cable is cheaper than stranded.

For example, our 305m reel of Cat5e UTP solid core is £89.99 as opposed to £114.99 for the equivalent stranded.

Solid core is used in permanent, infrastructure installations inside walls etc. Stranded cable is more flexible and is typically used to make patch cables.

MikeO

[Joe Fernand]

HDMI over CATx Extenders do require a decent grade of CATx cable - what may work in a typical IP infrastructure may well fail in an HDMI infrastructure.

Ensure too that you know which wiring config your HDMI Extenders require - some are TIA-618A, some are TIA-618B, some don't care and some require a straight through connection.

Joe

[Manmc]

So , Joe , I have one of these in the mail to me at the moment :

Media Factory - Octava HDOCAT, HDMI + Optical 5.1 over CAT5 Extender inc. IR Passthru

which configuration is best for this ?? I was planning to use Cat 6 STP


~M~

[Manmc]

Anyone know the answer to the above question ?

~M~

[Joe Fernand]

We use this on installs - Product Display: Black Box Network Services

Joe

PS I'm sure Michael at Lindy can sort you out with a suitable alternative!