Klein Tools VDV501-852 Cable Tester with Remote, VDV Scout Pro 3 Test Kit Locates and Tests Voice, Data and Video Cables

Before I even got a chance to use this device, I am noticing the battery door will not fit with battery installed. They manufactured the device with not enough room in the battery compartment. :-(

It’s a great tester when you just need a wire map or length. The tone feature is not so great.

Hard to use

It does what I need & more. I have wasted too much money on cheap alternatives, so I decided to buy a decent device.

I bought this to be able to test various cables, especially ethernet. In the questions and answers it is stated that you can test POE ethernet with this, which is definitely not the case. Long story short, had I known I would have forked out the extra money to get something which does what it claims instead of misleading people.

I bought this at Home Depot, so it wont say the purchase is verified, but I do own it.

I probably wouldnt have given it such a low mark except I went to the Klein website and dialed their 800 number...which immediately transferred me to a car warranty queue. Not sure why but the device failed to power on correctly and the display was stuck at a flashing Voltage, Fail, and PoE message. Did not respond to any key presses, did not respond when I connected a CAT 5e cable, no change when I tried a different battery.

works great only downfall is the time it takes to test not as instant as older model

This does not only test your ethernet cable it also tells you the length. I use HDMI extenders, this helps me to set EQ settings. Great product!

Definitely worth the money as it pays for itself in time saved. First week I was pulling wire in an existing house to expand network, multiple 100-200 cat6 pulls. One run pin tested short on 6 and 7. Instead of searching or just pulling a new line I used the conductor length feature. Told me all conductors were 105 from my measure except for 6,7 which were only 100 which let me know the short was 5 from the opposite end. Sure enough there was a snag 5 from the end which was fixed in under 5 minutes.