Everest easyJACK - 90 Degree Speed Termination Tool

I have punched down a lot of network cables manually and this has been by far the easiest tool to use to terminate network cables and it's solid. It still requires the same work, but in the end it punches all 8 wires at once. From experience, anytime I have ever punched down keystone jacks manually, if you did so much as breathing on it the wrong way, a wire comes loose. The same after testing and simply pushing it back into the wall. With this tool, I can push, twist, pull it by the wire, pop it into a quick port, remove it, pop it again and it has not once came loose. Since I started using this tool, they have tested good 100% of the time. I ended up wiring one wrong and I can confirm that the wires are punched down solid and it was very difficult to pull the wires from the jack. I thought I was going to have to give up and toss it. Super solid. I would definitely recommend this tool. A bit of advice to anyone purchasing this tool. Do not use network cable with the super thin pairs of wires. Make sure you spend a little more or else this may not be the right termination tool for you. Also, if you are like me and you like to put the cable jacket halfway into the jack, don't do that on these. There isn't a lot of room so you crush the wires. I'm sure it would still work, but it will most likely cause problems down the road. One last item is that the plastic cover you pop onto the jack, don't freak out because it is NOT designed to be fully seated onto the jack. I sat there for about 10 minutes trying to figure it out why it wasn't seated down all the way. I am not personally a fan of this design, but it still works. CON: They designed this in a way that requires you to purchase their proprietary keystone jacks if you want to continue using this tool. It's not a universal fit to match basically every other keystone jacks out there. I tried other keystone jacks I had laying around and can confirm this. I don't have every keystone jack ever made so I can't say this is correct 100% across the board, but I'm 99.9% sure this is the case.

Excellent tool- easy to use

So easy to use and fast. Crimping and cutting in one motion is great.

I like it, and im glad i got it. but i wish it cut farther. i still find myself having to cut off wires after its punched down.

I needed to convert 7 CAT5E drops in my new home, which were originally setup as RJ11 phone jacks, to CAT5E RJ45. If I had to do this with traditional punch down tools it would have take much longer. 7 drops, 8 wires and 2 jacks for each drop equates to 112 wires I would have had to punch down, individually on all the jacks, to complete the project. This tool and the provided easyJACKs (which you have to use with the tool) punches down all 8 wires on the jack at once and cuts the ends off. It worked perfectly and I couldn't have been happier with the results. I don't typically review products, but this one was a game changer for my project. I wish they had tools and jacks like this when I used to punch down dozens of these, routinely, as part of my work 20 years ago.

I've keystoned a fair amount of cabling over the years, somewhere over 2,000 terminations. I bought this crimp tool, along with EMS's RJ45 jacks in bulk, for my own remodel. Wish I'd found these years ago. There's a very mild learning curve and it's important to get the tension set properly. Once you're there, this is an amazing tool. No more pucks to deal with to keep dents off drywall. No more bang-bang-bang impact tool to mash a hole in your finger when your hands get tired or sweaty and a keystone rolls out from under the impact tool. None of that. A couple of hours to terminate 30 cables at both ends (I don't claim to be fast), everything was muscle memory by the 4th or 5th keystone. Push wire into one side of the keystone, turn the cable into its valley, push 4 more in, check, set the keystone in the crimper, one squeeze and you're done; the tool seats and cleaves in one go. Perfect terminations, 60 for 60, all confirmed by my Fluke CIQ. Happy times, next task. The system isn't cheap. It's also not cheaply made. The crimper has good hand feel and its padded case has real rather than living hinges and closures. Can't speak to its long term durability or how long its blades stay viably sharp after one small project, but I'm relegating my Fluke crimper, impact tool and puck (if I can find it) to a dusty, disused corner of the tool cabinet. VERY well done, EMS!

I usually don't leave reviews, but couldn't resist as this tool is incredible! I've never done my own ethernet wiring, but I'm building a new house and really didn't want to hire anyone and it was a good opportunity for experience. I tried the traditional punch down tool and standard keystone connectors from a well known brand. It sort of worked, but was slow and a pain. And the wires didn't feel very secure and they didn't always cut. I was like ok I need something to make my life easier- plus I didn't want to spend so much time at my construction site. So I did some Amazon browsing and this is what I found. Now I've got keystone terminations down to just a few minutes. Thank you Everest Media Solutions. Getting ready to order some more connectors! Hint for anyone having trouble: When you put the wires into the keystone connector, just make sure to push hard on them and then they'll stay in place so you can use the tool. I'll update if I have any issues, but seriously, get this tool!!

100% Buy this. Saved me HOURS on a recent 90 cable job.

Extremely satisfied with this purchase. I almost don't want to share this because I want it to stay a secret. Major time-saver, unbeatable price, high quality, every keystone gets punched down perfectly and passes my fluke without issue and I've ordered hundreds at the time of this review. Highly recommended

Pues me gusto mucho lo práctico que Es para instalar una red con jack Keytone. Deja muy bien ponchado . El costo beneficios recomendado

Me gustó, es práctica y viene completa para su uso

A lot safer to use than traditional punch down tool; I had slipped and sliced my thumb with those. Also beats it out in terms of speed, ease of use and I had 1 super short wire from wall gang that I was able to terminate using this. Blade is sharp and cut all wires in 1 shot, no need to bend wires till they fall off! Very much worth it and very good quality.

La herramienta funciona muy bien, nada más tener cuidado al comprar JACK deben ser los modelos que indica, ya que solo es funciona para esos conectores,