NF-8209 Advanced Cable Tester with PoE Testing, Length Test, NCV& Lamp, Ethernet Wire Tracker Network Cable Tester for LAN CAT5 CAT6 Tracker

I've used this lots for tracing network cables around the house, testing newly terminated network connections and for checking lengths, and it works brilliantly, it's been so useful.Other than remembering to move to the right network connection on the tester when you change modes, it couldn't be easier. The included cables are for Cat 3 voice connections, so if you're testing a Cat 5/6 connection don't use those, use another cable if you're testing say a socket, otherwise it will only test 3 out of the 4 pairs.

Continuity check works well, wire tracker too. Cable length measurement is not very reliable at shorter lengths, for me, it is only fairly accurate for cables over 10 meters long. NCV works like in many cheap multimeters - approximately. PoE testing sometimes showed me nonsense - even with standard Cisco equipment. But overall, for the money, it's a pretty decent tester, so far I'm happy.

Best cable tracer I've had. Especially that you can check if it has poe on the cable and all the functions are great at diagnosis.

I have recently purchased this kit for the installation of some Cat 6 cabling. It gives you a length ready quickly and the mapping is very useful, especially if you mess up a plug like i did. The tone probe appears to better than I read and the volume without an earpiece is good. I found it to be worth the money.The one down side is having to switch between sockets on the test for the different functions, but that's a minor thing and wouldn't let it put me off this.

My manager has the more expensive NF-8601 for tracing electrical cables in new build apartments. It's great for finding the ends of cables that have been left in walls and not pulled out during second fix.I thought I should be fine with this cheaper model from the same company but it can barely detect anything. Apparently the cheapness is not just the black and white screen, the power is limited too.If you need a cable tester that can find a cable more than a few meters long behind more than a couple of inches of plasterboard wall then don't buy this

Has the potential to be a very handy tool when working with network cable.Has some great features like cable measurement and continuity testing. I bought it for the tone which worked well and helped me find where a cable was running although it wasn't strong enough to trace it through the wall so took longer than I was hoping.Unfortunately the continuity testing seemed to have a fault on the unit I received and so it showed the same wire having a fault no matter which cable was inserted. The wires connected to the crocodile clips are very thin so wouldn't hold much hope on them being very durable.All in all slightly disappointed with the unit I received but if you get one in full working order it is potentially time saving, but most definitely not suitable for commercial use.

Installing an IP CCTV system. Needed something to check continuity and mapping of my CAT5e cables. Also had a few unlabelled cables, so needed a wire trace.When it came out of the box, it felt light and not particularly well built. BUT....it does the job, and has saved me tons of time. I also had reservations about the wire tracing, as had limited success with another brand. It's bang on every time.I've only used it with network cable, so can't comment on other cables/functions, including the POE tester, which I've not had cause to use yet.

Value for money